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99th Congress1985 - 1986January 21, 1986 - January 6, 1987Senate 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. 1986/01/21 Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 21, 1986; pages D18 - D ? (Bound vol. D3-D5) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) COPYRIGHTS Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks concluded hearings on S. 1822, to provide for the manufacturing and public distribution of certain copyrighted material, and S. 1938, to make permanent the requirements of the manufacturing clause of the copyright law, after receiving testimony from Ralph Oman, Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress; William B. Milam, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Finance and Development, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State; Alan Holmer, General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative; Donald J. Quigg, Commissioner of Patents and Assistant Secretary of Commerce; Howard D. Samuel, AFL-CIO, James J. Noryon, Graphic Communications International Union, and Townsend Hoopes, Association of American Publishers, all of Washington, D.C.; Arthur C. Prine, Jr., R.R. Donnelley & Sons, Co., Chicago, Illinois; Benjamin Y. Cooper, Printing Industries of America, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; Rebecca Ratliff, Bethesda Regional Public Library, Bethesda, Maryland; and Irwin Karp, The Authors League of America, Inc., Marc Cheshire, Books for Young Readers, and Andrew Stewart, Stewart, Tabori and Chang, Publishers, all of New York, New York. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/01/22 Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 22, 1986; pages D23 - D ? (Bound vol. D5- D8) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) DEPOSIT INSURANCE Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings to review Federal deposit insurance programs and the enforcement responsibilities of State regulators, after receiving testimony from Kathleen P. Utgoff, Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Theodore H. Focht, Securities Investor Protection Corporation; and Edward J. Muhl, Maryland Insurance Commissioner, Annapolis, and John E. Washburn, Illinois Director of Insurance, Springfield, both representing the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. DEFICIT CONTROL Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to review the implementation of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act (Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985), focusing on the sequester and review of procedures for fiscal year 1986, after receiving testimony from James C. Miller, Director, Office of Management and Budget; Rudolph C. Penner, Director, Congressional Budget Office; and Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, General Accounting Office. CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION RECORDS Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Law concluded hearings on S. 1203, to grant railroad police and private college or university police departments access to Federal criminal identification records, after receiving testimony from Lawrence K. York, Assistant Director, and Melvin D. Mercer, Jr., Section Chief, Recording and Posting Section, both of the Identification Division, and David T. Mitchell, Supervisory Special Agent, Technical Services Division, National Crime Information Center, all of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Raymond C. Ingalls, Chief of Police, AMTRAK; Carl B. Stokes, University of South Carolina, Columbia; Gerald T. Witsil, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; and Charles E. Lamb III, International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Washington, D.C. CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings on S. 1787, S. 1806, S. 1891, and related measures to amend the Federal campaign finance laws, receiving testimony from Senators Boren, Heinz, Mitchell, and Stennis; and Representative Synar. Hearings were recessed subject to call. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/01/23 Daily Digest - Thursday, January 23, 1986; pages D29 - D ? (Bound vol. D8- D10) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) NOMINATIONS Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Wayne D. Angell, of Kansas and Manuel H. Johnson, of Virginia, each to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Angell was introduced by Senator Dole and Mr. Johnson was introduced by Senator Warner. PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to review the Presidential elections in the Philippines, after receiving testimony from Senator Gramm; Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; Paul Wolfowitz, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Keith Schuette, National Republican Institute for International Affairs; and J. Brian Atwood, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, both of Washington, D.C. Joint Meeting NATIONAL DEBT Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Economic Goals and Intergovernmental Policy concluded hearings on managing the debt problem, after receiving testimony from David Mulford, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs; and Stanley Fisher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. 1986/01/27 Daily Digest - Monday, January 27, 1986; pages D36 - D ? (Bound vol. D10-D11) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) FARM FORECLOSURES Committee on Appropriations: On Friday, January 24, the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development and related agencies held oversight hearings on the foreclosure policies of the Farmers Home Administration and on new regulations of handling delinquent farm borrowers, receiving testimony from Frank Naylor, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Small Community and Rural Development; and Vance Clark, Administrator, Farmers Home Administration. Subcommittee recessed subject to call. FOREIGN COVERT OPERATIONS IN U.S. Committee on Foreign Relations: On Friday, January 24, the committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on foreign covert operations in the United States from officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, but made no announcements. Committee recessed subject to call. 1986/01/28 Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 28, 1986; pages D40 - D ? (Bound vol. D11- D14) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) NOMINATIONS Committee on Armed Services: Committee approved for reporting the nomination of H. Lawrence Garrett III, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense, and 5,045 routine nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Mr. Garrett, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Warner, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. TERRORISM Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on state-sponsored terrorism and its implications on U.S. foreign policy, receiving testimony from Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, former Ambassador to the United Nations. Also, the committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on state-sponsored terrorism from officials of the intelligence community, but made no announcements, and recessed subject to call. CREDIT CARD INTEREST RATES Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Affairs concluded hearings on S. 1603 and S. 1922, bills to impose a ceiling on credit card interest rates, after receiving testimony from Senators Hawkins and D'Amato; Emmett J. Rice, Member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Robert Ranck, Associated Dry Goods Corporation, New York, New York, representing the National Retail Merchants Association; Charles F. Anderson, Ranier National Bank, Seattle, Washington, representing the Washington Bankers Association; Richard E. Huddleston, Indiana National Bank, Indianapolis, representing the American Bankers Association; and Alan Fox, Consumer Federation of America, and Elwood Holstein, Bankcard Holders of America, both of Washington, DC. RETIREMENT INCOME POLICY ACT Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Savings, Pensions and Investment Policy concluded hearings on S. 1784, to enhance retirement security by broadening retirement benefit delivery, strengthening the present system of voluntary employer-sponsored pensions and encouraging growth and development of the private pension system by simplifying the administration of pension plans, after receiving testimony from Howard C. Weizmann, the Sun Company, Inc., Radnor, Pennsylvania; L. Mark Rigg, the Southland Corporation, Dallas, Texas; Harry Garber, The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Long Island, New York; Verle G. Whittington, Shell Oil Company, Houston, Texas; G. David Hurd, the Bankers Life Company, Des Moines, Iowa, on behalf of the Association of Private Pension and Welfare Plans; Edward O. Handy, Jr., Textron, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island, on behalf of the ERISA Industry Committee; Walter Holan, Profit Sharing Council of America, Chicago, Illinois; William S. Hoffman, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Detroit, Michigan; and John N. Erlenborn, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather and Geraldson, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, David Silver, and Alfred Johnson, both of the Investment Company Institute, Anne E. Moss and Karen Ferguson, both of the Pension Rights Center, Mary W. Gray, Women's Equity Action League, and William B. Welsh, and Charles M. Loveless, both of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, all of Washington, DC. COMMITTEE BUDGET Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee approved for reporting an original resolution requesting $2,434,509 in operating expenses for 1986. OMB -- REGULATORY REVIEW ACTIVITIES Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations concluded oversight hearings on the Office of Management and Budget's regulatory review and planning process and on the implementation of the Paperwork Reduction Act (P.L. 96-511), after receiving testimony from James C. Miller III, Director, and Wendy Gramm, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, both of the Office of Management and Budget; Deborah Berkowitz, AFL-CIO, Robert V. Percival, Environmental Defense Fund, Daniel Guttman, Spiegel and McDiarmid, on behalf of the Service Employees International Union, and Gary D. Bass, OMB Watch, all of Washington, DC.; Larry Jackson, American Federation of Grain Millers, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Barbara Fenster, Modesto, California; James Fite, White Lung Association, Baltimore, Maryland; Harold Seidman, University of Connecticut, Storrs; and Steven Kargman, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut. COMMITTEE BUDGET Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee approved for reporting an original resolution (S. Res. 300) requesting $4,453,130 in operating expenses for the committee for 1986. HIGHER EDUCATION Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities held hearings to review the role of the Federal Government in measuring the quality of higher education in America, focusing on improving postsecondary education programs, receiving testimony from William J. Bennett, Secretary of Education; James Rogers, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Atlanta, Georgia; and C. Donald Sweeney, National Association of State Approving Agencies, Augusta, Maine. Hearings were recessed subject to call. MIA'S Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee held hearings on the reported sightings of live military personnel missing in action in Southeast Asia, receiving testimony from Ann Mills Griffiths, National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, Cooper T. Holt, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Paul S. Egan, The American Legion, and Stephen L. Edmiston, Disabled American Veterans, all of Washington, DC.; Scott T. Barnes, Kernville, California; Ruth Brellenthin, Dunedin, Florida; and Robert A. Cressman, National Forget-Me-Not Association for POW/MIAs, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida. Hearings continue on Thursday, January 30. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/01/29 Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 29, 1986; pages D45 - D ? (Bound vol. D14- D18) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on worldwide intelligence matters from William J. Casey, Director of Central Intelligence, but made no announcements, and recessed subject to call. COMMITTEE BUDGET Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 301) requesting $2,397,763 in operating expenses for the Committee for 1986. Also, Committee resumed consideration of S. 1192 and H.R. 3113, bills to coordinate the operation of the Central Valley project with the State project in California, and S. 1171, to authorize additional funds for assistance to non-Federal organizations for developing reclamation projects, but did not complete action thereon and recessed subject to call. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee began hearings on H.R. 3838, proposed Tax Reform Act of 1986, focusing on the economic impact of the proposal, receiving testimony from Lawrence Chimerine, Chase Econometrics, Balacynwyd, Pennsylvania; Roger E. Brinner, Data Resources, Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts; and George Schink, Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hearings continue tomorrow. NOMINATION Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Mark N. Blitz, of Virginia, to be an Associate Director of the United States Information Agency, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf. INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community, but made no announcements, and will meet again tomorrow. Joint Meeting SCHOOL LUNCH/CHILD NUTRITION Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 7, to extend and improve the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. 1986/01/30 Daily Digest - Thursday, January 30, 1986; pages D51 - D ? (Bound vol. D18- D23) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) COMMITTEE BUDGET Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee approved for reporting an original resolution (S. Res. 311) requesting $1,300,500 in operating expenses for the committee for 1986. FARM LOANS Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the Farmers Home Administration loan servicing regulations and on a General Accounting Office report on FmHA's farm loan portfolio, focusing on total farm debt, number of loans and borrowers and loan amounts for each of FmHA's major farm programs, and delinquencies and loan losses occurring in these programs, after receiving testimony from Brian P. Crowley, Senior Associate Director, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Frank W. Naylor, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Small Community and Rural Development; and Vance L. Clark, Administrator, Farmers Home Administration. ATBM DEFENSES Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces held hearings on issues associated with anti-tactical ballistic missile (ATBM) defenses, receiving testimony from R. James Woolsey, Shea and Gardner, Washington, D.C. former Under Secretary of the Navy; and Dennis Gormley, Pacific-Sierra Research Corporation, Arlington, Virginia. Subcommittee recessed subject to call. PUBLIC LANDS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands, Reserved Water and Resource Conservation concluded hearings on the following bills: H.R. 3851, to extend the statute of limitations of challenges to the Bureau of Land Management's determination of nonnavigability of submerged lands in Alaska, after receiving testimony from James M. Parker, Associate Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; John W. Katz, Alaska Director of State/Federal Relations and Special Counsel to the Governor, Juneau; and Don Mitchell, Alaska Federation of Natives, and Lloyd Meeds, Calista Corporation, both of Anchorage, Alaska; and S.J. Res. 221 and H.J. Res. 382, measures to permit the continued use of Sequoia National Park lands, California, for the Kaweah Project of Southern California Edison Company, after receiving testimony from P. Daniel Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks; Tom P. Gilfoy, Southern California Edison, Rosemead, California; and Steven C. Whitney, National Parks and Conservation Association, Washington, D.C. COMMITTEE BUDGET Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee approved for reporting an original resolution (S. Res. 308) requesting $2,333,631 in operating expenses for the committee for 1986. NOMINATION Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of J. Craig Potter, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Simpson, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. EPA -- SUPERFUND Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings to review the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund contingency plan, after receiving testimony from Lee M. Thomas, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency. COMMITTEE BUDGET Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original resolution requesting $2,687,245 in operating expenses for the committee for 1986. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee continued hearings on H.R. 3838, proposed Tax Reform Act of 1986, focusing on the economic impact of the proposal, receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Townsend-Greenspan and Company, Inc., New York, New York; Murray Weidenbaum, Center for Study of American Business, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri; and Paul Craig Roberts, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Hearings continue on Monday, February 3. NOMINATION Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee approved for reporting the nomination of Mark N. Blitz, of Virginia, to be an Associate Director of the United States Information Agency. ANGOLA Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held closed hearings to review U.S. policy toward Angola, receiving testimony from Robert Gates, Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency; and Chester A. Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. Committee recessed subject to call. COMMITTEE BUDGET Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee approved for reporting an original resolution (S. Res. 313) requesting $4,440,229 in operating expenses for the committee for 1986. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: The nominations of Howard V. Adair, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Alabama, Kernan H. Bagley, to be United States Marshal for the District of Oregon, Thomas C. Greene, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Alabama, Melvin E. Jones, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Alabama, and Robert L. Pavlak, Sr., to be United States Marshal for the District of Wyoming; An original resolution (S. Res. 306), requesting $4,246,242 in operating expenses for the committee for 1986; S.J. Res. 226, to designate the week of April 6-12, 1986, as "World Health Week," and to designate April 7, 1986, as "World Health Day"; S.J. Res. 239, to designate the week beginning on June 1, 1986, as "National Maternal and Child Health Week"; S.J. Res. 247, to designate the week of June 1-7, 1986, as "National Theatre Week"; S.J. Res. 249, to proclaim October 23, 1986, as "A Time of Remembrance" for all victims of terrorism throughout the world; S.J. Res. 254, to designate the year of 1987 as the "National Year of Thanksgiving"; and S.J. Res. 234, to designate the week of February 9-15, 1986, as "National Burn Awareness Week." MIA'S Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee continued hearings on the reported sightings of live military personnel missing in action in Southeast Asia, receiving testimony from Representatives Solomon and Gilman; Richard F. Hebert, Center for POW/MIA Accountability, Greenwich, Connecticut; Col. Earl P. Hopper, U.S. Army (Ret.), Glendale, Arizona; Patricia B. Skelly, Fairmont, Minnesota; Lt. Col. Robert Howard, U.S. Army, Stuttgart, West Germany; and Michael Van Atta, "The Insiders," Dr. Larry Ward, Emeritus Food for the Hungry International, and William Bennett, Vietnam Veterans Coalition, all of Washington, DC. The committee also met in closed session, but made no announcements. Committee will meet again on Monday, February 3. COMMITTEE BUDGET Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee approved for reporting an original resolution (S. Res. 314) requesting $814,032 in operating expenses for the committee for 1986. COMMITTEE BUDGET Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee approved for reporting an original resolution requesting $1,918,904 in operating expenses for the committee for 1986. 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 5. COMMITTEE BUDGET Special Committee on Aging: Committee ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 310) requesting $1,072,116 in operating expenses for the committee for 1986. Also, the committee discussed its agenda for the second session of the 99th Congress. Joint Meeting SAFE DRINKING WATER Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of S. 124, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1986-1990 for programs of the Safe Drinking Water Act, including public water systems and protection of underground sources of drinking water, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. 1986/02/03 Daily Digest - Monday, February 3, 1986; pages D61 - D ? (Bound vol. D23-D27) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) COMMITTEE BUDGET Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: On Friday, January 31, committee approved for reporting an original resolution (S. Res. 327) requesting $1,660,768 in operating expenses for the committee for 1986. AVIATION FUNDING AND SAFETY Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation concluded oversight hearings on the impact of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 on aviation funding and safety, after receiving testimony from Donald D. Engen, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration; and Edward Stimpson, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, Capt. Henry A. Duffy, Air Line Pilots Association, International, John Baker, Aircraft Operators and Pilots Association, and Howard Johannssen and Mark E. Schneider, both of the Professional Airway System Specialists, all of Washington, D.C. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings on H.R. 3838, proposed Tax Reform Act of 1986, focusing on the alternative minimum tax provisions of the proposal, receiving testimony from Byrle M. Abbin, Arthur Andersen and Company, Washington, D.C.; Victor Zonana, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays and Handler, and Donald Schapiro, Barrett, Smith, Schapiro, Simon, and Armstrong, both of New York, New York; and John W. Hamm, Arthur Young and Company, San Jose, California. Hearings continue tomorrow. TAX TREATMENT Committee on Finance: On Friday, January 31, the Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management concluded hearings on S. 1959, to clarify the tax treatment of certain mortgage related securities, and to authorize the ownership of certain mortgage loans in multiple class arrangements, S. 1978, to clarify the taxation of certain asset backed securities in multiple class arrangements, and S. 1839, to provide that certain deductions and credits not be allowed for expenditures within an environmental zone, after receiving testimony from Senator D'Amato; Dennis Ross, Tax Legislative Counsel, Department of the Treasury; Caryl Bernstein, Federal National Mortgage Association, Warren Lasko, Mortgage Bankers Association, Peter B. Harkins, National Association of Realtors, William Y. Brown, Waste Management, Inc., Faith Campbell, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., on behalf of the National Wildlife Federation, Hope M. Babcock, National Audubon Society, Ruth Caplan, Environmental Action, William Condrell, Forest Industries Committee on Timber Valuation and Taxation, Karl Moody, Independent Petroleum Association of America, Andrew Yood, American Petroleum Institute, and David E. Stahl and Mark Rey, both of the National Forest Products Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Lewis S. Ranieri, Salomon Brothers, Inc., Laurence D. Fink, First Boston Corporation, Thomas A. Kasper, Morgan Stanley and Company, Michael C. Rush, Shearson Lehman Brothers, and Helen Peters, Security Pacific National Bank, all of New York, New York; Robert Horner, Sears Mortgage Corporation, Lincolnshire, Illinois; Michael Wise, Silverado Banking of Denver, Denver, Colorado, on behalf of the United States League of Savings Institutions. NOMINATIONS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Paul D. Wolfowitz, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, and Gaston J. Sigur, Jr., of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. NOMINATION Committee on Labor and Human Resources: On Friday, January 31, the committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Lois Shepard, of Maryland, to be Director of the Institute of Museum Services, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Mathias, testified and answered questions in her own behalf. COMMITTEE BUDGET REQUESTS Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee began hearings to receive testimony from Senators in support of resolutions requestings funds for operating expenses of their respective committees, as follows: FOREIGN RELATIONS: (S. Res. 302 -- $2,434,509), Senators Lugar and Pell. Hearings continue tomorrow. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/02/04 Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 4, 1986; pages D68 - D ? (Bound vol. D28- D32) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) DEFENSE REORGANIZATION Committee on Armed Services: Committee began markup of a staff proposal on Defense reorganization, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. NOMINATIONS Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee approved for reporting the nominations of Manuel H. Johnson, of Virginia, and Wayne D. Angell, of Kansas, each to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. TAX REFORM IMPLICATIONS Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held hearings to review the implications of the proposed Tax Reform Act on those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the committee, focusing on manufacturing, insurance, and non-bank financial services industries, receiving testimony from James H. Mack, National Machine Tool Builders Association, McLean, Virginia; Paul R. Huard, National Association of Manufacturers, George J. Clarke, Citibank, N/A., on behalf of the National Foreign Trade Council, Lowell R. Beck, National Association of Independent Insurers, and Thomas P. Maletta, Household International, Inc., on behalf of the American Financial Services Association, all of Washington, D.C.; and Robert D. Hostetler, CTS Corporation, Elkhart, Indiana, on behalf of the Electronic Industries Association. Hearings continue tomorrow. NOMINATION Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee approved for reporting the nomination of J. Craig Potter, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. NOMINATION Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Michael A. Samuels, of the District of Columbia, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Heinz, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee continued hearings on H.R. 3838, proposed Tax Reform Act of 1986, receiving testimony from Senator Wilson; Representative Frenzel; Bernard R. Tresnowski, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Chicago, Illinois; James G. MacDonald, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America-College Retirement Equities Fund, Philip J. Loree, Federation of American Controlled Shipping, and Thomas F. Ruhm, Bessemer Securities Corporation, all of New York, New York; Raymond Wiacek, Jones, Day, Reavis and Poque, on behalf of the Emergency Committee for American Trade, and Fred Wertheimer, Common Cause, both of Washington, D.C.; and Larry Langdon, Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, California, on behalf of the American Electronics Association. Hearings continue tomorrow. EMBASSY SECURITY Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings on S. 2015, to provide for the security of United States diplomatic personnel, facilities, and operations, receiving testimony from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State. Hearings were recessed subject to call. ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE ON THE UNITED STATES Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for an additional four years for the Administrative Conference of the United States, after receiving testimony from Marshall J. Breger, Chairman, Administrative Conference of the United States. EDUCATION OF THE HANDICAPPED Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on the Handicapped held hearings on the reauthorization of discretionary programs under the Education of the Handicapped Act (P.L. 98-199), focusing on comprehensive intervention services during the early years for young handicapped children and their families, receiving testimony from Madeleine C. Will, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education; Sandra S. Parrino, National Council on the Handicapped, Washington, D.C.; Michael Guralnick, Nisonger Center, Ohio State University, Columbus; Martin and Barbara Lampe, University Park, Maryland; Philip J. Burke, University of Maryland, College Park; and Martha H. Ziegler, Federation for Children for Special Needs, Boston, Massachusetts. Hearings continue on Friday, February 21. COMMITTEE BUDGET REQUESTS Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee continued hearings to receive testimony from Senators, as indicated, in support of resolutions requesting funds for operating expenses of their respective committees, as follows: Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: (S. Res. 327 -- $1,660,768), Senators Garn and Proxmire; Energy and Natural Resources: (S. Res. 301 -- $2,397,763), Senator McClure; Environment and Public Works: (S. Res. 308 -- $2,333,631), Senators Stafford and Bentsen; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: (S. Res. 311 -- $1,300,500), Senators Helms and Zorinsky; Finance: (S. Res. 325 -- $2,687,245), Senators Packwood and Long; Judiciary: (S. Res. 306 -- $4,246,242), Senators Thurmond and Biden; Budget: (S. Res. 321 -- $2,958,284), Senators Domenici and Chiles; and Commerce, Science, and Transportation: (S. Res. 326 -- $3,312,233), Senators Danforth and Hollings. Hearings continue tomorrow. COMMITTEE BUDGET Veterans' Affairs: Committee approved for reporting an original resolution (S. Res. 331) requesting $887,069 in operating expenses for the committee for 1986. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/02/05 Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 5, 1986; pages D75 - D ? (Bound vol. D32- D36) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) AVIAN INFLUENZA Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza on the poultry industry, receiving testimony from Senator Roth; Raymond D. Lett, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Inspection Services; John Atwell, Deputy Administrator, and Euclid Charman, Assistant Deputy Administrator for Animal Health Programs, both of Veterinary Services, and Sam Ladd, Director of Budget and Accounting, all of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and Charles W. Beard, Laboratory Director, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory (Athens, Georgia), Agricultural Research Service, all of the Department of Agriculture. Hearings were recessed subject to call. NOMINATIONS -- DEFENSE REORGANIZATION Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 1,783 military nominations in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. The committee also continued closed markup of a staff proposal on Defense reorganization, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to review the proposed military authorization request for the Department of Defense, focusing on U.S. military posture, receiving testimony from Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense; and Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hearings were recessed subject to call. TAX REFORM IMPLICATIONS Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee continued hearings to review the implications of the proposed Tax Reform Act on those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the committee, focusing on the manufacturing, insurance, and non-bank financial services industries, receiving testimony from Donald T. Senterfitt, Sun Trust, Orlando, Florida, representing the American Bankers Association; B.F. Backlund, Bartonville Bank, Peoria, Illinois, representing the Independent Bankers Association of America; Thomas Macy, Price Waterhouse, on behalf of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and Walter V. Shipley, New York Clearing House, both of New York, New York; Charles Miller, Philadelphia National Bank, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Bankers Association for Foreign Trade; Alberto Parracchini, Banco de Pouce, on behalf of Puerto Rico Bankers Association and Puerto Rico League of Savings Institutions; Johann H. Brinckmann, Amsterdam, Rotterdam Banks, representing the Institute of Foreign Bankers; Joseph C. Morris, Columbia Savings Association, Emporia, Kansas, on behalf of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions; and Kenneth F.X. Albers, Provident Savings Bank, Jersey City, New Jersey, representing the National Council of Savings Institutions. Hearings continue tomorrow. 1987 BUDGET Committee on the Budget: Committee began hearings in preparation for reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1987 budget, receiving testimony from James C. Miller, Director, Office of Management and Budget. Hearings continue tomorrow. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee continued hearings on the economic effects of H.R. 3838, proposed Tax Reform Act of 1986, receiving testimony from Walter W. Heller, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Laurence H. Meyer, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri; and Harvey Galper, The Brookings Institution, and Carl T. Curtis, on behalf of the National Association of Royalty Owners, both of Washington, D.C. Hearings continue tomorrow. NOMINATIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Danny J. Boggs, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Walter J. Gex III, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, Thomas J. McAvoy, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York, and Sidney A. Fitzwater, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Boggs was introduced by Senator McConnell, Mr. McAvoy was introduced by Senator D'Amato, and Mr. Fitzwater was introduced by Senator Gramm. Testimony was also received on the nomination of Mr. Fitzwater from Representative Leland, on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus; Robert M. Greenberg, Dallas, Texas; and Andrew Hernandez, Southwest Voter Registration Educational Project, and Althea T.L. Simmons, NAACP, both of Washington, D.C. MIROSLAV MEDVID INCIDENT Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy concluded hearings to review issues surrounding the attempted defection of Seaman Miroslav Medvid, focusing on the United States Government procedures for handling potential Soviet bloc country asylum cases, after receiving testimony from William M. Woessner, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs; Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner, and Roger P. Brandemuehl, Assistant Commissioner, Border Patrol, both of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; Lt. Comdr. J.M. Caruthers, United States Navy, Naval Medical Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana; Maj. William M. Hunt III, Chief Inpatient Psychiatry Service, United States Air Force Medical Center, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi; and Taras Szmagala, Ukrainian National Association, Cleveland, Ohio. JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Aging held oversight hearings to explore the services and programs offered to older citizens through the Job Training Partnership Act, after receiving testimony from Steven H. Sandell, Project Director, National Employment Policy and Older Americans, National Commission for Employment Policy; Brent Johnson, Maryland Department of Employment and Training, Baltimore, representing the National Governors' Association; Wilda Ferguson, Virginia Department of Aging, Richmond, representing the National Association of State Units on Aging; Esther F. Schaeffer, National Alliance of Business, Washington, D.C.; John R. Kiley, Iowa Job Training Programs, Davenport; Alec G. Olson, Green Thumb, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; William S. Massey, Peninsula Agency on Aging, Newport News, Virginia, on behalf of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging; and Katherine Lewis, Project Grow, Rochester, New York. Hearings were recessed subject to call. COMMITTEE BUDGET REQUESTS Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings to receive testimony from Senators, as indicated, in support of resolutions requesting funds for operating expenses of their respective committees, as follows: Armed Services: (S. Res. 323 -- $2,298,260), Senators Goldwater and Nunn; Labor and Human Resources: (S. Res. 300 -- $4,453,130), Senator Hatch; Governmental Affairs: (S. Res. 313 -- $4,440,229), Senators Roth and Eagleton; Select on Indian Affairs: (S. Res. 314 -- $814,032), Senators Andrews and Melcher; Appropriations: (S. Res. 324 -- $4,117,385), Senator Stennis; Small Business: (S. Res. 315 -- $926,220), Senators Weicker and Bumpers; Veterans' Affairs: (S. Res. 331 -- $887,069), Senator Cranston; Select on Intelligence: (S. Res. 322 -- $1,918,904), Senators Durenberger and Boren; and Special on Aging: (S. Res. 310 -- $1,072,116), Senators Heinz and Glenn. Joint Meetings SCHOOL LUNCH/CHILD NUTRITION Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 7, to extend and improve the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. 1986/02/06 Daily Digest - Thursday, February 6, 1986; pages D83 - D ? (Bound vol. D36- D44) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) DEFENSE REORGANIZATION Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued closed markup of a staff proposal on Defense reorganization, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. TAX REFORM IMPLICATIONS Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to review the implications of the proposed Tax Reform Act on those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the committee, focusing on the manufacturing, insurance, and non-bank financial services industries, after receiving testimony from Mayor Xavier Suarez, Miami, Florida, on behalf of the United States Conference of Mayors; Richard Guthman, Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the National League of Cities; Edward Alter, Utah Director Treasurer, Salt Lake City; David Herlinger, Colorado Housing Finance Authority, Denver; Leo Henikoff, Jr., Rush University, Chicago, Illinois; William A. Holby, King and Spaulding, Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the National Association of Bond Lawyers; Richard F. Kezer, Citibank, New York, New York, on behalf of the Public Securities Association and Dealer Bank Association; Ronald F. Poe, Dorman & Wilson, Inc., White Plains, New York, on behalf of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America; Robert F. Sherman, S&S Properties, Inc., Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the National Apartment Association; John J. Koelemij, Orange State Construction Company, Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf of the National Association of Home Builders; and Bernard L. Tetreault, Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies, G.V. Brenneman, Jr., National Association of Realtors, Stephen D. Driesler, National Multi Housing Council, Robert W. Maffin, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, J. Roderick Heller III, National Corporation of Housing Partnerships, and Barry Zigas, National Low Income Housing Coalition, all of Washington, D.C. 1987 BUDGET Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1987 budget, receiving testimony from Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense. Hearings continue tomorrow. AIRPORT OPERATING RIGHTS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation concluded hearings on S. 1966, to provide for efficient and equitable use of operating rights at certain congested airports, focusing on a new approach to allocating the Federal Aviation Administration instrument flight rule operating rights at O'Hare, JFK, Laguardia, and Washington National Airports, after receiving testimony from James Burnley, Deputy Secretary of Transportation; Charles M. Barclay, American Association of Airport Executives, Alexandria, Virginia; Donald Reilly, Airport Operators Council International, Cornish Hitchcock, Aviation Consumer Action Project, Fred Gammon, National Association of State Aviation Officials, Robert Cohn, Peoples Express, Gene E. Overbeck, American Airlines, Robert Stevenson, Delta Airlines, John Sheehan, Aircraft Operators and Pilots Association, Edward Stimpson, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, and Robert A. Cooke, National Business Aviation Association, all of Washington, D.C.; George J. Aste, United Airlines, Chicago, Illinois; Ed Witkowski, Ozark Airlines, St. Louis, Missouri; Sandy Murdoch, Jet America Airlines, Inc., Newport Beach, California; and John Leonard, Ransome Airlines, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Alan Stephen, Washington, D.C., both on behalf of the Regional Airline Association. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the following measures: S. 360, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey, without consideration, to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, approximately 160 acres of land within the Nebraska National Forest to be used for the purpose of expanding the Chadron State Park, Nebraska, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; H.J. Res. 382, to permit the continued use of Sequoia National Park lands, California, for the Kaweah Project of Southern California Edison Company, with an amendment; H.R. 3443, to designate the Closed Basin Conveyance Channel of the Closed Basin Division, San Luis Valley Project, Colorado, as the "Franklin Eddy Canal," in lieu of S. 1875; and H.R. 3851, to extend the statute of limitations of challenges to the Bureau of Land Management's determination of nonnavigability of submerged lands in Alaska. Also, the committee resumed consideration of S. 1192 and H.R. 3113, bills to coordinate the operation of the Central Valley project with the State project in California, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Tuesday, February 25. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the economic effects of H.R. 3838, proposed Tax Reform Act of 1986, focusing on capital formation and international competitiveness, after receiving testimony from Martin Feldstein, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Charles L. Schultze, The Brookings Institution, and Norman B. Ture, Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation, both of Washington, D.C.; and Alan J. Auerbach, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. NOMINATIONS Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee approved for reporting the nominations of Frances M. Norris, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Education for Legislation and Public Affairs, and Lois B. Shepard, of Maryland, to be Director of the Institute of Museum Services. AUTHORIZATIONS Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal years 1987, 1988, and 1989, for the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (ACTION), after receiving testimony from Donna M. Alvarado, Director, ACTION; Nancy Doctor, Audubon Area Community Services, Inc., Owensboro, Kentucky, on behalf of the National Association of Senior Companion Program Directors; James H. Sugarman, National Association of Retired Senior Volunteer Program Directors; Betty Manley, National Association of Foster Grandparent Program Directors, San Jose, California; Francis Judd, Clairfield, Utah; Jean Goering, Creston, Iowa, on behalf of Medcrest VISTA; Ira Greiff, Boston, Massachusetts; and Daisy Martin, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. SMALL BUSINESS -- TAX REFORM Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded hearings on the impact of tax reform and simplification proposals on small business, after receiving testimony from Frank Swain, Chief Counsel, Office of Advocacy, Small Business Administration; Frank B. Fairbanks, Horix Manufacturing Company, McKees Rock, Pennsylvania, representing Small Business United; Abraham Schneier, National Federation of Independent Business, John Satagaj, Small Business Legislative Counsel, Peter McNeish, National Association of Small Business Investment Companies, and Kent Colton, National Association of Home Builders, all of Washington, D.C.; Roger S. Vail, Fred W. Uhlman Company, Bowling Green, Ohio, representing the National Retail Merchants Association; James McCarthy, General Business Services, Rockville, Maryland, representing the National Small Business Association; W. Scott Smith, Jr., Stull Enterprises, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, representing the National Association of Wholesaler Distributors; Burton J. McMurtry, Technology Venture Investors, Menlo Park, California, representing the National Venture Capital Association; Jeanine Hanson, LINSCO, Alexandria, Virginia; and Mario Borini, Seidman & Seidman, New York, New York. INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on counter-intelligence from officials of the intelligence community, but made no announcements, and will meet again on Wednesday, February 19. Joint Meetings ECONOMY Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to review the economic outlook, receiving testimony from Beryl W. Sprinkel, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers; Lester Thurow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; Alan Greenspan, Townsend Greenspan, Inc., New York, New York; and Lawrence Chimerine, Chase Econometrics, BalaCynwyd, Pennsylvania. Hearings were recessed subject to call. 1986/02/07 Daily Digest - Friday, February 7, 1986; pages D94 - D ? (Bound vol. D44-D46) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) AUTHORIZATIONS -- EXPORT-IMPORT BANK Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Policy concluded hearings on S. 2058, authorizing funds through fiscal year 1991 for the Export-Import Bank, after receiving testimony from William H. Draper III, President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United States; Frederick D. Wolf, Director, Accounting and Financial Management Division, General Accounting Office; Larry Williams, Caterpillar Tractor Company, Peoria, Illinois, on behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers; Fruzsina M. Harsanyi, Combustion Engineering, Inc., Stamford, Connecticut, on behalf of the National Foreign Trade Council; Axel O. Velden, Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey, on behalf of the Emergency Committee for American Trade; and Rosemary Maxon, the Allied Signal Companies, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Coalition for Employment through Exports. Joint Meeting EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to review the employment/unemployment situation for January, receiving testimony from Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor. Committee recessed subject to call. 1986/02/17 Daily Digest - Monday, February 17, 1986; pages D97 - D ? (Bound vol. D46) Committee Meetings No committee meetings were held. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/02/18 Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 18, 1986; pages D99 - D ? (Bound vol. D46- D50) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Major General Andrew J. Adams, USA, Secretary, The American Battle Monuments Commission; Major General John L. Ballantyne, Commander, U.S. Army Military District of Washington, in support of funds for Cemeterial Expenses, Department of the Army; Teresa N. Nasif, Director, Consumer Information Center; Virginia H. Knauer, Special Adviser to the President for Consumer Affairs; and Carol G. Dawson, Acting Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, February 20. DEFENSE REORGANIZATION Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed closed markup of a staff proposal on Defense reorganization, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. BUDGET RESOLUTION Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed hearings in preparation for reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1987 budget, receiving testimony from Rudolph G. Penner, Director, Congressional Budget Office; and James A. Baker III, Secretary of the Treasury. Hearings continue tomorrow. ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE IN TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings to examine alcohol and drug abuse in the aviation, bus, railroad, and truck industries, after receiving testimony from Patricia A. Goldman, Vice Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; John H. Riley, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, Richard H. Jones, Deputy Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, and Richard P. Landis, Associate Administrator for Motor Carriers, Federal Highway Administration, all of the Department of Transportation; William H. Dempsey, Association of American Railroads, Fred Hardin, United Transportation Union, R.V. Durham, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, James E. Landry, Air Transport Association of America, and Richard B. Stone, and Richard L. Masters, both of the Air Line Pilots Association International, all of Washington, D.C.; and Thomas J. Donohue, American Trucking Associations, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia. SPACE SHUTTLE "CHALLENGER" ACCIDENT Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space held oversight hearings on the accident of the space shuttle CHALLENGER (Flight 51L), focusing on plans for investigating the accident and methods for conducting the investigation, receiving testimony from William P. Rogers, Chairman, and Neil Armstrong, Vice Chairman, both of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle CHALLENGER Accident; and William R. Graham, Acting Administrator, and Jesse Moore, Associate Administrator of Space Flight, both of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Hearings were recessed subject to call. ENERGY AND INTERIOR -- BUDGET REQUESTS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee began oversight hearings to review those programs which fall within the committee's jurisdiction as contained in the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1987, with a view toward making its recommendations to the Committee on the Budget, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from John S. Herrington, Secretary of Energy, and Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Interior. Hearings continue tomorrow. ANGOLA Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1972 and S. 2021, bills to authorize military and humanitarian assistance for the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), and S. Res. 280, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding support by the United States for the UNITA, after receiving testimony from Chester A. Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Thomas H. Henriksen, Hoover Institute, Stanford, California; and Richard Moose, Shearson/Lehman Brothers, New York, New York. INDIAN PROGRAMS -- BUDGET REQUESTS Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to review those programs which fall within the committee's jurisdiction as contained in the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1987 with a view toward making its recommendations to the Committee on the Budget, after receiving testimony from Ross O. Swimmer, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Henrietta Whiteman, Director, Office of Indian Education, Frank Ryan, Director, Office of Trust, Ron Esquerra, Director, Office of Administration, and Hazel Elbert, Director, Office of Indian Services, all of the Department of the Interior; Everett Rhoades, Director, Indian Health Service, and Edward Martin, Acting Deputy Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; Bruce Carnes, Deputy Under Secretary, Office of Planning, Budget and Evaluation, Lawrence Davenport, Assistant Secretary, Elementary and Secondary Education, and Hakim Kahn, Acting Director, Office of Indian Education Programs, all of the Department of Education; John Myers, Director, and Patricia Arnaudo, Deputy Director, both of the Office of Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Larry Miike, Project Director, Indian Health Study, Office of Technology Assessment; Julie Kitka, Anchorage, Alaska, Spud Williams, Tanama Chiefs Conference, Fairbanks, Alaska, Robert Clark, Bristol Bay Health Corporation, Dillingham, Alaska, and Carl Jack, Association of Village Council Presidents, Bethel, Alaska, all on behalf of the Federation of Alaska Natives; Keith Jewitt, Cheyenne River Tribe, Timberlake, South Dakota, on behalf of the Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen's Association; Anselm Davis, Fort Defiance, Arizona; Susan Shown Harjo, Washington, D.C., National Congress of American Indians; Richard LaFromboise, Belcourt, North Dakota, National Tribal Chairmen's Association; William LaRoque, American Indian Health Care Association, St. Paul Minnesota; Jake Whitecrow, Denver, Colorado, National Indian Health Board; Virginia Spencer, and Edward V. Fagan, both of the National American Indian Housing Council, Washington, D.C.; Roger Bordeaux, Pierre, South Dakota, Association of Contract Tribal Schools; Phyllis Howard, Sissenton, South Dakota, American Indian Higher Education Consortium; Michael L. Stepetin, Portland, Oregon, National Advisory Council on Indian Education; Bruce Hoffman, Navajo Contract Schools Association, and Ernest Dick, Navajo Community Controlled School Boards, both of Rock Point, Arizona; and Carmen Taylor, Albuquerque, New Mexico, National Indian School Board Association. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/02/19 Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 19, 1986; pages D109 - D ? (Bound vol. D50-D58) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) AUTHORIZATIONS -- COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held hearings on S. 2045, authorizing funds through fiscal year 1992 for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, receiving testimony from Susan M. Phillips, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Robert K. Wilmouth, National Futures Association, Leo Melamed, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and John F. Gilmore, Jr., Chicago Board of Trade, all of Chicago, Illinois; Alan J. Brody, Commodity Exchange, Inc., New York, New York; Louis E. Carabini, Monex International, Ltd., Newport Beach, California; and Harvey Kochen, International Precious Metals Corporation, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Hearings continue tomorrow. 1987 BUDGET Committee on Appropriations: Committee held hearings to review the President's proposed budget requests for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony from James C. Miller III, Director, Office of Management and Budget. Hearings continue on Wednesday, February 26. APPROPRIATIONS -- NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION/ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION/WILSON CENTER FOR SCHOLARS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Glen T. Urquhart, Chairman, National Capital Planning Commission; Cynthia Grassby Baker, Chairman, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; and James Billington, Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Subcommittee will meet again on Monday, February 24. APPROPRIATIONS -- TRANSPORTATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Transportation, receiving testimony from Elizabeth H. Dole, Secretary of Transportation, and Raymond A. Karam, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Budget and Programs. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, February 26. DEFENSE REORGANIZATION Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued closed markup of a staff proposal on Defense reorganization, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. FOREIGN POLICY EXPORT CONTROLS Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2076, authorizing funds for export administration and export promotion activities of the Department of Commerce, and concluded oversight hearings on the first annual report on foreign policy controls of the Department of Commerce, after receiving testimony from Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce; Allan I. Mendelowitz, Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office; Larry L. Hansen, Varian Associates, Palo Alto, California, on behalf of the Semi-Conductor Equipment and Materials Institute; and Robert G. Mills, United States Defense Committee, Fairfax, Virginia. BUDGET RESOLUTION Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings in preparation for reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1987 budget, after receiving testimony from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State. LIABILITY INSURANCE Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings on liability insurance, focusing on the availability and affordability of insurance in various property and casualty lines, receiving testimony from Senator Simon; Albert J. Beer, Tillinghast, Nelson, and Warren, Inc., New York, New York; Ralph Nader, Center for Study of Responsive Law, Mavis A. Walters, Insurance Service Office, Inc., Andre Maisonpierre, Reinsurance Association of America, and Robert H. Moore, Alexander and Alexander Services, Inc., on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Brokers, all of Washington, D.C.; Jay Angoff, National Insurance Consumer Organization, Alexandria, Virginia; William H. McCormick, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Novato, California; Stephen I. Martin, Hartford Insurance Group, Hartford, Connecticut, representing the American Insurance Association; Bradford W. Mitchell, Harleysville Insurance Company, Harleysville, Pennsylvania, representing the National Association of Independent Insurers; Christopher G. Mansfield, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Boston, Massachusetts, representing the Alliance of American Insurers; Edmond F. Rondepierre, General Reinsurance Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut; Alan G. Page, Johnson and Higgins, New York, New York, representing the National Association of Independent Brokers; R.C. Riley, Peel and Holland, Inc., Venton, Connecticut, representing the Independent Insurance Agents of America; and Richard B. Berman, S and A Restaurant Corporation, Dallas, Texas, representing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 4. ENERGY/FOREST SERVICE -- BUDGET REQUESTS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded oversight hearings to review those programs which fall within the committee's jurisdiction as contained in the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1987, with a view toward making its recommendations to the Committee on the Budget, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Anthony G. Sousa, Acting Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and R. Max Peterson, Chief, U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, and Peter C. Myers, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment. NRC BUDGET REQUEST Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held hearings to review those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the committee as contained in the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from Nunzio J. Palladino, Chairman, Thomas M. Roberts, James K. Asselstine, Fred Bernthal, and Lando W. Zech, Jr., all Commissioners, Victor Stello, Acting Executive Director for Operations, and John G. Davis, Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, all of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Committee will meet again tomorrow. NOMINATIONS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of James L. Malone, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Belize, Arthur H. Davis, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, and Larry K. Mellinger, of California, to be the United States Alternate Executive Director to the Inter-American Development Bank, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Davis was introduced by Senator Armstrong. NOMINATIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Frank J. Magill, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Robert J. Bryan, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, Miriam G. Cedarbaum, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, David R. Hansen, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa, Ronald R. Lagueux, to be United States District Judge for the District of Rhode Island, and Lawrence P. Zatkoff, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Magill was introduced by Senators Burdick and Andrews, Mr. Bryan was introduced by Senators Gorton and Evans, Ms. Cedarbaum was introduced by Senators Moynihan and D'Amato, Mr. Hansen was introduced by Senators Grassley and Harkin, Mr. Lagueux was introduced by Senator Chafee, and Mr. Zatkoff was introduced by Senators Riegle and Levin. JUDICIAL SURVIVORS ANNUITY REFORM Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts concluded hearings on H.R. 3570 and S. 1392, bills to revise annuity programs for survivors of Federal justices and judges, after receiving testimony from Senator Eagleton; Spencer Williams, U.S. District Judge, San Francisco, California, on behalf of the Federal Judges Association; William L. Hungate, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, St. Louis, on behalf of the Conference of Federal Trial Judges, American Bar Association; and Frank M. Coffin, Circuit Judge, First Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals, Portland, Maine, on behalf of the Judicial Conference of the United States. LIBYAN SPONSORED TERRORISM Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism concluded hearings on the dilemma for U.S. policy makers confronting Libyan sponsored terrorism, and to examine the nature and extent of Libya's involvement in international terrorism, after receiving testimony from Fred C. Ikle, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Robert B. Oakley, Director, Office for Counter-Terrorism and Emergency Planning, Department of State; and Yonah Alexander, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. EMPLOYMENT TRAINING AND PARTNERSHIP ACT Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity held hearings on S. 1990, to establish an Education and Training Partnership to administer the Job Training Partnership Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, and to improve coordination among Federal agencies with related responsibilities and increase private sector involvement at the Federal level, receiving testimony from William E. Brock III, Secretary of Labor, and William J. Bennett, Secretary of Education. Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 25. INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the intelligence community, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community. Hearings continue tomorrow. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/02/20 Daily Digest - Thursday, February 20, 1986; pages D121 - D ? (Bound vol. D58- D64) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) AUTHORIZATIONS -- COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2045, authorizing funds through fiscal year 1992 for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, after receiving testimony from John Damgard, Futures Industry Association, Washington, D.C.; James A. Layton, Clayton Brokerage Company of St. Louis, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri; Gary L. Seevers, Goldman, Sachs and Company, New York, New York; Warren W. Lebeck, National Grain Trade Council, Westmont, Illinois; David C. Lucterhand, Lucterhand Group, Chicago, Illinois; Joe Cramblit, Geldermann Inc., Chicago, Illinois, representing the National Grain and Feed Association; Theodore Thomte, National Association of Futures Trading Advisors, Bedford, New York; Phil Feigin, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., Denver, Colorado; Gregory C. Glynn, Glynn and Graham, Washington, D.C.; and John F. Walter, Los Angeles, California. APPROPRIATIONS -- AIR FORCE PROGRAMS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Air Force, receiving testimony from Russell A. Rourke, Secretary of the Air Force, and General Charles A. Gabriel, Chief of Air Force Staff. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- ARMY CIVIL WORKS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Army Corps of Engineers civil works programs, receiving testimony from Robert K. Dawson, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), Lt. Gen. E.R. Heiberg, Chief, Corps of Engineers, and Maj. Gen. Henry J. Hatch, Director of Civil Works, all of the Department of the Army. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, February 25. APPROPRIATIONS -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from A. Alan Hill, Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality; Edwin J. Gray, Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board; Thomas K. Turnage, Director, Selective Service System; William A. Whiteside, Executive Director, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and Thomas M. Moses, Chairman, Board of Directors, National Institute of Building Sciences. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, February 25. DEFENSE REORGANIZATION Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued closed markup of a staff proposal on defense reorganization, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. MONETARY POLICY Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the first annual report on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy, after receiving testimony from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board. FEDERAL FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL -- AUTHORIZATIONS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Fire Prevention and Control Act, after receiving testimony from General Julius W. Becton, Jr., Director, James P. McNeill, Associate Director, Training and Fire Programs Directorate, and Clyde A. Bragdon, Jr., Administrator, U.S. Fire Administration, all of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; Robert H. Ely, International Association of Fire Chiefs, Washington, D.C.; Charles A. Henry, Pennsylvania State Fire Commissioner, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, Harrisburg; Larry J. Brown, Arlington County, Virginia, representing the International City Management Association; and Ralph J. Jackson, Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook, Illinois. EPA BUDGET REQUEST Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held hearings to review those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the committee as contained in the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the Environmental Protection Agency from Lee M. Thomas, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency. Committee will meet again tomorrow. NOMINATION/BUDGET REPORT Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Michael A. Samuels, of the District of Columbia, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador. Also, the committee completed its review of those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the committee as contained in the President's proposed budget for fiscal year, and agreed on recommendations which it will make to the Budget Committee pursuant to section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: The nominations of Walter J. Gex III, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, Richard S. Cohen, to be United States Attorney for the District of Maine, Joseph M. Whittle, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, Roger Ray, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Bodhan A. Futey, of Ohio, to be Chairman, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; H.J. Res. 499, to designate the week of March 2-8, 1986, as "Women's History Week," in lieu of S.J. Res. 253; S.J. Res. 271, to designate June 14, 1986, as "Baltic Freedom Day"; H.J. Res. 409, to designate "Lithuanian Independence Day," in lieu of S.J. Res. 259; S.J. Res. 266, to designate the month of June 1986, as "Youth Suicide Prevention Month"; S. 239, to establish constitutional procedures for the imposition of the sentence of death, with amendments; H.R. 2434, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988, for the Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, with amendments; and The following private relief bills: S. 98, S. 129, S. 197, S. 257, S. 290, S. 331, S. 332, S. 343, S. 345, S. 381, S. 462, S. 832, and S. 1046; and indefinitely postponed the following private relief bills: S. 96, S. 99, S. 111, S. 158, S. 166, S. 170, S. 219, S. 221, S. 223, S. 224, S. 226, S. 422, S. 948, S. 1390, and S. 1749. Also, the committee announced the assignments of Senators Specter and Kennedy to the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. AUTHORIZATIONS -- ALCOHOL ABUSE PROGRAMS Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, after receiving testimony from Donald Ian Macdonald, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, Loren D. Archer, Acting Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and Jerome H. Jaffe, Acting Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, all of the Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services; Jose Szapocznik, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida; and Thomas F. Babor, University of Connecticut Health Center, Storrs. LIABILITY INSURANCE Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings on the cost and availability of liability insurance for small business, receiving testimony from James C. Sanders, Administrator, Small Business Administration; L. Stan Neely, Trackmobile, LaGrange, Georgia; Earl H. Hess, Lancaster Laboratories, Inc., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, representing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Dana Baldwin, Oliver Machinery Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, representing the Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America; S. Brian Simons, OEM Controls, Inc., Shelton, Connecticut; Judy Silverman, Jackson Child Care Program, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut; Karen Ehrnman, American College of Nurse Midwives, Washington, DC; Norman W. Lipshie, Weber, Lipshie and Company, New York, New York, representing the New York Society of CPAs; William H. Brine, Brine and Company, Milford, Massachusetts; Robert Young, Ireland and Bellinger, Inc., Bellingham, Washington, representing the Independent Insurance Agents of America; James A. Temp, Alexander and Alexander, Inc., Green Bay, Wisconsin; Steve Martin, The Hartford Insurance Group, Hartford, Connecticut, representing the American Insurance Association; and Robert L. Habush, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, representing the American Trial Lawyers Association. Hearings continue tomorrow. VETERANS' PROGRAMS Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to review proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Veterans' Administration and Veterans' employment and training programs administered by the Department of Labor, after receiving testimony from Everett Alvarez, Jr., Acting Administrator, Donald Ivers, General Counsel, Conrad R. Hoffman, Director, Office of Budget and Finance (Controller), Raymond J. Vogel, Chief Benefits Director, and John W. Ditzler, Chief Medical Director, all of the Veterans' Administration; Donald E. Shasteen, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, Joseph Juarez, Director, Office of Veterans' Employment, Reemployment Rights and Training Programs, and Jeffrey Crandall, Acting Director, Office of Field Operations and Administrative Services, all of the Department of Labor; Paul Egan, and John Sommer, both of the American Legion, James N. Magill, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Stephen L. Edmiston, Disabled American Veterans, and R. Jack Powell, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Inc., all of Washington, D.C. INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee continued closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the intelligence community, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community. Hearings continue on Wednesday, February 26. Joint Meeting ECONOMY Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to review the economic outlook, focusing on the Administration's economic strategy for dealing with the trade deficit, the stability of the banking institutions, and the implication of Gramm-Rudman on public investment, after receiving testimony from James A. Baker III, Secretary of the Treasury. 1986/02/24 Daily Digest - Monday, February 24, 1986; pages D136 - D ? (Bound vol. D65- D70) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies concluded hearings to review the funding requirements of the Commodity Credit Corporation, after receiving testimony from Daniel G. Amstutz, Under Secretary of Agriculture for International Affairs and Commodity Programs. APPROPRIATIONS -- LAND MANAGEMENT Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Bureau of Land Management, receiving testimony from Robert F. Burford, Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- ARMY/NAVY PROGRAMS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for Army programs, receiving testimony from John O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary of the Army, and Gen. John A. Wickham, Jr., Chief of Army Staff. On Friday, February 21, the Subcommittee held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Navy, receiving testimony from John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy; Adm. James Watkins, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. P.X. Kelley, Commandant, United States Marine Corps. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 4. STAGGERS RAIL ACT Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: On Friday, February 21, the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation concluded hearings on S. 477, to revise the standards of railroad revenue adequacy, railroad market dominance, railroad rate reasonableness, and the Interstate Commerce Commission review of State ruling on intrastate rail rates, after receiving testimony from Heather Gradison, Chairperson, Interstate Commerce Commission; W. Reid Thompson, Potomac Electric Power Company, on behalf of Consumers United for Rail Equity (CURE), and William H. Dempsey, Association of American Railroads, both of Washington, D.C.; and Branko Terzic, Wisconsin Public Service Commission, Madison, on behalf of the National Association of Regulatory Commissioners (NARUC). ENERGY/FUEL CELL SYSTEMS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development concluded hearings on S. 1687, to implement a research program regarding specified aspects of fuel cell technology, and S. 1687, to develop a national policy for the utilization of fuel cell technology, after receiving testimony from Senator Matsunaga; Robert L. San Martin, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy, Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy, and Richard E. Harrington, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Coal Utilization, Advanced Conversion, and Gasification, Office of Fossil Energy, both of the Department of Energy; Michael E. Berger, Deputy Associate Director, Alternative Energy Sources, Los Alamos National Laboratories; Peter D. Blair, Program Manager, Energy and Materials, Office of Technology Assessment; Fred Sissine, Analyst in Science and Technology, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Fritz Kalhammer, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California; Ted H. Light, Public Service Electric & Gas Company, Newark, New Jersey, on behalf of the Fuel Cells Users Group; Malcolm Jones, Ebasco Services Inc., Santa Ana, California, on behalf of the Industrial Fuel Cells Association; George F. Mechlin, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; John P. Ackerman, Argonne National Laboratories, Argonne, Illinois: Saifur Rahman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia; Donald Topping, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii, Honolulu; Richard C. Alkire, University of Illinois, Urbana; and David Webb, Gas Research Institute, Donald R. Glenn, Energy Research Corporation, and William L. George, Georgetown University, all of Washington, D.C. PUBLIC LANDS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: On Friday, February 21, the Subcommittee on Public Lands, Reserved Water and Resource Conservation concluded hearings on the following bills: H.R. 1963, to provide for the development at the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site and the Johnstown Flood National Memorial, Pennsylvania, and H.R. 105, to provide for the inclusion of the Washington Square area within the Independence National Historical Park, after receiving testimony from Senator Specter; S. 1766, to dedicate the Cumberland terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park to J. Glenn Beall, Sr., after receiving testimony from Carrie Johnson, C&O Canal National Historical Park Commission, Arlington, Virginia; S. 1819, to add a certain segment of the Cache la Poudre River, Colorado, to the list of rivers designated as components of the National Wild and Scenic River System, after receiving testimony from F. Dale Robertson, Associate Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Greg Hobbs, Denver, and Larry Simpson, Loveland, both of the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District; Christopher N. Brown, American Rivers Conservation Council, Washington, D.C.; Maggie Fox, Sierra Club, Boulder, Colorado; and Patrick Tierney, Adrift Adventures Inc., Chuck Wanner, Preservice Our Poudre, and Jerry Horak, all of Fort Collins, Colorado. Testimony was also received on all the aforementioned bills, and on S. 530 and H.R. 1343, bills to authorize the use of funds from rental of floating drydock and other marine equipment to support the National Maritime Museum in San Francisco, California, H.R. 934, to implement a program to reduce erosion from specified lands within the authorized boundaries of the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area in Ohio, and H.R. 1390, to authorize additional long-term leases in the El Portal administrative site adjacent to Yosemite National Park, California, after receiving testimony from Denis P. Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and William Lienesch, National Parks and Conservation Association, Washington, D.C. FISH AND WILDLIFE BUDGET REQUEST Committee on Environment and Public Works: On Friday, February 21, the committee held hearings to review those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the committee as contained in the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for fish and wildlife programs from William P. Horn, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks; and Lynn A. Greenwalt, National Wildlife Federation, Amos S. Eno, National Audubon Society, John Fitzgerald, Defenders of Wildlife, and Lonnie Williamson, Wildlife Management Institute, all of Washington, D.C. RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution concluded hearings on H.R. 3917, to extend the period allowed for compliance with certain financial responsibility requirements applicable to land disposal facilities under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, after receiving testimony from Representative Johnson; Mark Hyner, Whyco Chromium Company, Inc., Thomaston, Connecticut; Robert N. Genereau, Stanley Plating Company, Inc., Forestville, Connecticut; William R. Boakes, Sikes Corporation, Lakeland, Florida; and Sue Ellen Pirages, National Solid Waste Management Association, and Richard Fortuna, Hazardous Waste Treatment Council, both of Washington, D.C.; and concluded oversight hearings on the implementation of the Resource Recovery and Conservation Act of 1984 and the loss of interim status, after receiving testimony from Linda Greer, and Ellen Silbergeld, both of the Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.; and Douglas Mackay, Stanford University, Stanford, California. Testimony was also received on both the aforementioned issues from J. Winston Porter, Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Frank Blake, General Counsel, Gene Lucero, Director, Office of Enforcement; and Marcia Williams, Director, Office of Solid Waste, all of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. HOSPITAL PROFITS Committee on Finance: On Friday, February 21, the Subcommittee on Health concluded hearings to review hospital income under the Medicare Prospective Payment System (PPS), after receiving testimony from Bryan B. Mitchell, Acting Deputy Inspector General, and Larry Simmons, Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audit, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; Nathan J. Stark, former Under Secretary of Health and Human Services, Jack W. Owen, American Hospital Association, Stephen H. Lipson, District of Columbia Hospital Association, and Ronald R. Kovener, Healthcare Financial Management Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Samuel H. Howard, Hospital Corporation of America, Nashville, Tennessee, on behalf of the Federation of American Health Systems; and Robert Maxwell and Jack Christy, both of the American Association of Retired Persons, Crossville, Tennessee. TORT REFORM AND LIABILITY CRISIS Committee on the Judiciary: On Friday, February 21, the committee held oversight hearings to review tort reform and alternative legal dispute resolution, focusing on S. 2038, to require attorneys to certify that clients have been apprised of alternatives to court action, and S. 2046, to place a cap on pain and suffering awards in litigation cases, receiving testimony from James K. Coyne, American Tort Reform Association, Marvis A. Walters, Insurance Services Office, Inc., Victor E. Schwartz, Crowell and Moring, and James L. Kimble, American Insurance Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Allen R. Thieme, Amigo Sales, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Linda Locke, Community Coordinated Child Care, Louisville, Kentucky; and Jay Angoff, National Insurance Consumer Organization, Alexandria, Virginia. Hearings were recessed subject to call. EDUCATION OF THE HANDICAPPED Committee on Labor and Human Resources: On Friday, February 21, the Subcommittee on the Handicapped concluded hearings on the reauthorization of the discretionary programs under the Education of the Handicapped Act (P.L. 98-199), after receiving testimony from William Gainer, Associate Director, Human Resources Division, General Accounting Office; Humphrey Taylor, Louis Harris and Associates, Inc., New York, New York; John McDonnell, University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Brad Ferguson, Weber School District, Roy, Utah; Lois and Brett Ibrahim, Ogden, Utah; Kenneth T. Baker, Northeast Regional Resource Center, Burlington, Vermont; Hill M. Walker, University of Oregon, Eugene; and Paul L. Hazen, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. LIABILITY INSURANCE Committee on Small Business: On Friday, February 21, the committee continued hearings on the cost and availability of liability insurance for small business, receiving testimony from Michael Nystrom, Aerostar International, Inc., Sioux Falls, South Dakota; William D. Gullickson, Jr., McLaughlin, Gormley, King Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, representing the Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Association; Danny Coleman, Powerscourt and Dubliner Restaurants, Washington, D.C., representing the National Federation of Independent Businesses; Francis R. Carroll, Small Business Service Bureau Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts; John J. Polk, Council of Small Enterprises, Cleveland, Ohio, representing the Small Business United; James Lienhart, Arrow Coach Lines, Little Rock, Arkansas, representing the United Bus Owners of America; Kenneth Green, Oklahoma Liquefied Gas Company, Seminole, Oklahoma, representing the Natural LP Gas Associaton; William A. Sehnder, Bavarian Inn, Frankenmuth, Michigan, representing the National Association of Restaurants; Edward J. Muhl, Maryland Commissioner of Insurance, Baltimore, representing the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; and Illinois State Representative Woods Bowman, Evanston, representing the National Conference of State Legislatures. Hearings were recessed subject to call. VA HOME LOAN GUARANTIES Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee approved for reporting with an amendment S. 2052, to provide that, for purposes of implementing the President's fiscal year 1986 sequestration order, the guaranteed loan limitation amount to Veteran Administration's home-loan guaranties under chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code. GRAMM/RUDMAN -- IMPACT ON ELDERLY Special Committee on Aging: On Friday, February 21, the committee held hearings to review the impact of Gramm-Rudman on the elderly, focusing on research and training programs, housing subsidy programs, Medicare beneficiaries and providers, and Social Security Administration and Veterans' Administration programs, receiving testimony from T. Franklin Williams, Director, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Bartlett S. Fleming, Acting Deputy Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, and Michio Suzuki, Associate Commissioner for State and Tribal Programs, Administration on Aging, all of the Department of Health and Human Services; John J. Knapp, Acting Under Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Nelson J. Sabatini, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Management and Assessment, Social Security Administration; John H. Mather, Assistant Chief of Medical Director for Geriatrics and Extended Care, Veterans' Administration; Shauna O'Neil, Salt Lake City Area Agency on Aging, Salt Lake City, Utah, representing the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging and the Leadership Council of Aging Organizations; and L.J. Andolsek, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, Washington, D.C. Hearings were recessed subject to call. Joint Meeting DOLLAR AND EXCHANGE RATE SYSTEM Joint Economic Committee: On Friday, February 21, the Subcommittee on Economic Goals and Intergovernmental Policy concluded hearings on the role of the dollar and the present exchange rate system, after receiving testimony from Rodiger Dornbusch and Paul Drugman, both of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Richard Cooper, Harvard University, all of Cambridge, Massachusetts; William Branson, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; and Rimmer de Vries, Morgan Guaranty, New York, New York. 1986/02/25 Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 25, 1986; pages D145 - D ? (Bound vol. D70- D76) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- INTERIOR/RECLAMATION PROGRAMS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of the Interior, receiving testimony from Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Interior, Robert Broadbent, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science, and C. Dale Duvall, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 4. APPROPRIATIONS -- INDEPENDENT AGENCIES Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Michael F. Hill, Director, Office of Revenue Sharing, Department of the Treasury; Roger W. Jepsen, Chairman, National Credit Union Administration; and John P. McTague, Acting Science Advisor to the President and Acting Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 5. APPROPRIATIONS -- STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE/EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Naval Petroleum Reserve from Donald L. Bauer, Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy; and in behalf of funds for the Office of Emergency Preparedness from George J. Bradley, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs and Energy Emergencies. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 4. APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Labor, receiving testimony from William E. Brock, Secretary of Labor; Thomas C. Komarek, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Administration and Management; and Roger D. Semerad, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. NOMINATIONS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Daniel Oliver, of Connecticut, and Andrew Strenio, of Maryland, each to be a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, and Janet Hale, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Budget and Programs, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. BUDGET REPORT Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee completed its review of those programs which fall within its jurisdiction as contained in the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1987, and agreed on recommendations which it will make thereon to the Committee on the Budget. NOMINATION Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of David B. Rohr, of Maryland, to be a Member of the United States International Trade Commission, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf. COURT INTERPRETERS Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held hearings on S. 1853, to establish a program to facilitate the use of certified interpreters in judicial proceedings instituted by the United States, receiving testimony from Judge Thomas G. Gee, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, on behalf of the Judicial Conference of the United States; Judge Kevin Thomas Duffy, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; Dena Kohn, Supervisor of Interpreters, United States District Court for the Southern District Court of New York; Patrick O'Leary, Tanaka, Ritger and Middleton, Washington, D.C.; Roseann Duenas Gonzalez, University of Arizona, Tucson; Dennis Cokely, Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf; Silver Spring, Maryland; Robert Joe Lee, Administrative Office of the New Jersey State Courts, Trenton; and John Mochizuki, New York, New York. Hearings were recessed subject to call. EMPLOYMENT TRAINING AND PARTNERSHIP ACT Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity concluded hearings on S. 1990, to establish an Education and Training Partnership, to administer the Job Training Partnership Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act, and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, and to improve coordination among Federal agencies with related responsibilities and increase private sector involvement at the Federal level, after receiving testimony from Bill Burtnett, Northeast Indiana Service Delivery Area, Fort Wayne; Anthony P. Carnevale, American Society for Training and Development, and Patrick J. McDonough, American Association for Counseling and Development, both of Alexandria, Virginia; Henrietta L. Dabney, Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, New York, New York; William H. Kolberg, National Alliance of Business, Markley Roberts, AFL-CIO, Stephen J. Blair, National Association of Trade and Technical Schools, Carol Jusenius Romero, National Commission for Employment Policy, and Cynthia E. Marano, Wider Opportunities for Women, all of Washington, D.C.; Michael E. Crawford, Eastern Iowa Community College District, Davenport, on behalf of the Association of Community College Trustees and the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges; Rosemary F. Kolde, Great Oaks Joint Vocational School District, Cincinnati, Ohio, on behalf of the American Vocational Association; Jack Struck, National Association of Vocational Education Professional Consortium, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the National Association of State Directors of Vocational Education; C. Bruce Cornett, Missouri Division of Employment Security, Jefferson City; Catherine N. Stratton, Massachusetts Office of Training and Employment Policy, Boston; Barry R. Niemann, Tigre Systems, Carmel, Indiana, on behalf of the National Association of Personnel Consultants; and Dean Griffin, American Vocational Association, Arlington, Virginia. BUDGET REPORT Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee completed its review of those programs which fall within its jurisdiction as contained in the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1987, but did not agree on recommendations which it will make thereon to the Committee on the Budget. INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on intelligence matters for officials of the intelligence community, but made no announcements. Joint Meeting DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS 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 Albert H. Linden, Jr., Camp Springs, Maryland, Denvel D. Adams, San Diego, California, Charles E. Joeckel, Davidsonville, Maryland, Arthur H. Wilson, Bowie, Maryland, John F. Heilman, Washington Grove, Maryland, and Ronald W. Drach, Potomac, Maryland, all representing the Disabled American Veterans. Joint hearings continue tomorrow. 1986/02/26 Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 26, 1986; pages D155 - D ? (Bound vol. D76-D82) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) BUDGET -- 1987 Committee on Appropriations: Committee completed its review of those programs which fall within the committee's jurisdiction as contained in the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1987, and agreed on recommendations which it will make thereon to the Committee on the Budget, and adopted its rules of procedure for the second session of the 99th Congress. Also, the committee resumed hearings to receive an analysis of the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony from Rudolph G. Penner, Director, Congressional Budget Office. Committee recessed subject to call. APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR/PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, William G. Barron, Deputy Commissioner for Administration and Internal Operations, and Kenneth V. Dalton, Associate Commissioner for Prices and Living Conditions, all of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Susan R. Meisinger, Deputy Under Secretary for Employment Standards Administration, Carol A. Gaudin, Director, Office of Management, Administration and Planning, and Nancy L. Ricker, Director, Division of Financial Management, all of the Employment Standards Administration, and David A. Zegeer, Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, Thomas J. Shepich, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, and John A. Stockman, Acting Chief, Division of Budget and Finance, Office of Administration and Management, all of the Mine Safety and Health Administration, all of the Deparment of Labor; and Kathleen P. Utgoff, Executive Director, Royal S. Dellinger, Deputy Executive Director for Insurance Programs, and Henry R. Thompson, Director, Corporate Budget Department, all of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. 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 1987 for the Department of Transportation, receiving testimony from Joseph J. Genovese, Acting Deputy Inspector General, and Cynthia Douglass, Administrator, and George Nesterczuk, Deputy Administrator, both of the Research and Special Programs Administration, all of the Department of Transportation. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 5. DEFENSE REORGANIZATION Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed closed markup of a staff proposal on defense reorganization, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. INTERNATIONALIZATION OF CAPITAL MARKETS Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings on the internationalization of the world's capital markets, receiving testimony from Dennis Weatherstone, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, Robert D. Hormats, Goldman Sachs & Company, and Donald L. Galvin, New York Stock Exchange, all of New York, New York; Gordon S. Macklin, National Association of Securities Dealers, Washington, D.C.; and Charles N. Villiers, National Westminster Bank, Martin Jacomb, Barclays Merchant Bank, and Jeffrey R. Knight, The Stock Exchange, all of London, England. Hearings continue tomorrow. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported with amendments S.J. Res. 192, to authorize financial assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands. Also, the committee resumed consideration of S. 1192 and H.R. 3113, bills to coordinate the operation of the Central Valley project with the State of California, and began consideration of S. 1225, to compensate the public for injuries or damages suffered in the event of an accident involving nuclear activities undertaken by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensees or Department of Energy contractors, but did not complete action thereon, and will continue on Thursday, March 6. ROMANIA -- MOST FAVORED NATION STATUS Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs conducted hearings to review the most favored nation status to Romania, focusing on the United States strategy in differentiating its policies toward the different states in the Soviet bloc, and the impact of that differentiation on East-West relations, after receiving testimony from Representatives Christopher Smith, Wolf, and Tony Hall; Edward J. Derwinski, Counselor, and Richard D. English, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Refugee Admissions, Bureau of Refugee Programs, both of the Department of State; Joseph Dennin, Assistant Secretary for International Economic Policy, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce; James M. Murphy, Jr., Assistant United States Trade Representative for Europe and the Mediterrean, Office of the United States Trade Representative; Jeri Laber, Helsinki Watch, and Laszlo Hamos, Committee for Human Rights in Romania, both of New York, New York; and Jeffrey A. Collins Christian Response International, Washington, D.C. PRESIDENT'S MANAGEMENT LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on measures to improve the management and performance of government, including S.J. Res. 190, S. 1206, S. 1657, S. 2004, S, 2005, S.2006, S. 2007, S. 2008, S. 2009, S. 2010, and H.R. 2401, after receiving testimony from James C. Miller III, Director of Office of Management and Budget; and Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States, and William J. Anderson, Director, General Government Division, both of the General Accounting Office. BUDGET REPORT Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee completed its review of those programs which fall within its jurisdiction as contained in the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1987, and agreed to submit its views and estimates to the Committee on the Budget. NOMINATIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Con. G. Cholakis, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York, Raymond J. Dearie, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, and Eric G. Bruggink, of Virginia, and Marian B. Horn, of Maryland, each to be a Judge of the United States Claims Court, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Messrs. Cholakis and Dearie were introduced by Senators D'Amato and Moynihan, Mr. Bruggink was introduced by Senator Heflin, and Ms. Horn was introduced by Senator D'Amato. COMMITTEE RULES Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee adopted its rules of procedure for the Second Session of the 99th Congress. INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee resumed closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the intelligence community, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community. Hearings continue tomorrow. Joint Meetings VETERANS' PROGRAMS Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the legislative priorities of certain Veterans organizations, after receiving testimony from Richard D. Hoover, Tucson, Arizona, R. Jack Powell, Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Doug Vollmer, Washington, D.C., all of the Paralyzed Veterans of America; Robert Routh, Jr., Los Angeles, California, George E. Stocking, Miami, Florida, and Ronald L. Miller, Silver Spring, Maryland, all of the Blinded Veterans of America; and Jules Carvalho, Jr., Colton, California, Joseph Del Quaglio, Arlington, Virginia, Frank A. Athanason, Tantallon, Maryland, Maurice Loir, Long Island, New York, and Richard J. Gallant, Burke, Virginia, all of the Military Order of the Purple Heart of the United States of America. SUPERFUND Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2005, to extend and amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund), but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. 1986/02/27 Daily Digest - Thursday, February 27, 1986; pages D166 - D ? (Bound vol. D82- D91) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) Appropriations -- Department of Labor Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 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, J. Brian Hyland, Inspector General, Donald Shasteen, Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training, and Harold Russell, Chairman, President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, all representing Departmental Management, Patrick R. Tyson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health, John B. Miles, Director, Office of Field Coordination, and Paula O. White, Budget Officer, all of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and Dennis M. Kass, Assistant Secretary for Pension and Welfare Benefit Administration, Stephen I. Schlossberg, Deputy Under Secretary for Labor-Management Relations and Cooperative Programs, and Ronald J. St. Cyr, Acting Assistant Secretary for Labor-Management Standards, all representing the Labor-Management Services, all of the Department of Labor. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 4. DEFENSE REORGANIZATION Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued closed markup of a staff proposal on defense reorganization, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. INTERNATIONALIZATION OF CAPITAL MARKETS Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the internationalization of the world's capital markets, after receiving testimony from Robert T. Blakely, Tenneco Inc., Houston, Texas; Alan J. Lacy, Dart and Kraft, Inc., Northbrook, Illinois; John Hopkins, Merrill Lynch Capital Markets, and Daniel P. Kearney, Salomon Brothers, Inc., both of New York, New York; and Charles W. Taylor, Home Federal Savings and Loan Association, San Diego, California. PRODUCT LIABILITY Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Consumer Subcommittee held hearings on S. 1999, to provide for a uniform product liability law to conform with an alternative claim system for expedited recovery of damages by those injured by defective products, receiving testimony from Jeffrey O'Connell, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville; Richard Carone, Rexworks, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, representing the Independent Business Association of Wisconsin and Small Business United; Marshall S. Shapo, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, representing the American Bar Association; Deborah R. Hensler, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California; David Owen, University of South Carolina, Columbia; J. Kenneth Wainwright, Jr., Allied-Signal, Inc., Morristown, New Jersey; Deborah M. Chalfie, HALT, Inc., Peter W. Huber, Victor E. Schwartz, and Liberty Mahshigian, both of the Product Liability Alliance, Gene Kimmelman, Consumer Federation of America, Stephen Lyons, Borg-Warner Corporation, Theresa Schwartz, George Washington University Law School, Leslie Cheek, Crum and Forster Insurance Companies, Andrew F. Popper, The American University, Pamela Gilbert, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Joseph Goffman, Public Citizen/Congress Watch, Patrick J. Head, FMC, Corporation, and Martin F. Connor, General Electric Company, all of Washington, D.C. Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 11. MICRONESIAN STATUS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded closed hearings on the status of Micronesia, after receiving testimony from Ambassador Fred M. Zeder, the President's Personal Representative for Micronesian Status Negotiations; James Lilley, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; James A. Kelly, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; Richard Montoya, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Territorial and International Affairs; and James D. Berg, Political and Economic Advisor, Office for Micronesian Status Negotiations. TAXATION ON IMPORTED OIL Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Energy and Agricultural Taxation held hearings on S. 1997, to impose a tax on the importation of crude oil and refined petroleum products, and S. 1507, to increase the tariff on imported crude oil and refined petroleum products, receiving testimony from Danny J. Boggs, Deputy Secretary of Energy; Roger Mentz, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy; Alan Greenspan, Townsend-Greenspan and Company, Inc., New York, New York; Robert E. Hall, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, California; G. Henry M. Schuler, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, Leonard P. Steuart II, Steuart Petroleum Company, on behalf of the Independent Fuel Terminal Operators Association, the New England Fuel Institute, the Empire State Petroleum Association, the Pennsylvania Petroleum Association, and the Fuel Merchants Association of New Jersey, and Lawrence Goldmuntz, on behalf of the American Jewish Committee, all of Washington, DC; S. Fred Singer, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; Robert L. Bradley, Jr., Citizens for a Sound Economy, and George Slocum, Transco Energy Company, both of Houston, Texas; James C. Phelps, Independent Petroleum Association of America, San Antonio, Texas; James W. Hunt, Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association, Dallas, Texas; Carl Bloch, Jr., Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America, Atlanta, Georgia; and George Jandacek, Crown Central Petroleum, Baltimore, Maryland, representing the Independent Refiners Coalition and the American Independent Refiners Association. Hearings continue tomorrow. NOMINATIONS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Paul D. Wolfowitz, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, Gaston J. Sigur, Jr., of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State, Arthur H. Davis, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, Larry K. Mellinger, of California, to be United States Alternate Executive Director to the Inter-American Development Bank, Hugh W. Foster, of California, to be United States Alternate Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and two Foreign Service Officer promotion lists, received by the Senate on January 27, 1986. NICARAGUA Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held open and closed hearings to review United States policy toward Nicaragua, receiving testimony from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State. Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 4. DOD SUBCONTRACTOR KICKBACKS Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management held oversight hearings on alleged Department of Defense subcontractor kickbacks, receiving testimony from Robert C. Bonner, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California; John Volz, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Victoria Toensing, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, and Jeffrey J. Jamar, Section Chief, White Collar Crimes Section, Criminal Investigative Division, and Joseph T. Sheehan, Supervisory Special Agent, Los Angeles Division, both of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, all of the Department of Justice; and Tom B. Carvey, Jr., Hughes Aircraft Company, Canoga Park, California. Hearings were recessed subject to call. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: The nominations of Danny J. Boggs, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Frank J. Magill, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Robert J. Bryan, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, Mariam G. Cedarbaum, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, Sydney A. Fitzwater, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, David R. Hansen, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa, Ronald R. Lagueux, to be United States District Judge for the District of Rhode Island, Thomas J. McAvoy, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York, and Lawrence P. Zatkoff, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan; S.J. Res. 257, to designate the first Friday of May of each year as "National Teacher Appreciation Day," with amendments; S.J. Res. 261, to designate the week of April 14-20, 1986, as "National Mathematics Awareness Week"; S.J. Res. 262, to designate June 2-8, 1986, as "National Fishing Week"; S.J. Res. 265, to designate the week of March 9-15, 1986, as "National Employ the Older Worker Week"; S.J. Res. 278, to designate March 16, 1986, as "Freedom of Information Day"; and S. 1923, to provide for additional bankruptcy judges, with an amendment. WHITE COLLAR CRIME Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to review white collar crime in the United States, receiving testimony from Lowell Jensen, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice. Hearings continue on Wednesday, March 5. AUTHORIZATION -- HEAD START Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Head Start program, after receiving testimony from Dorcas Hardy, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Human Development Services; Sarah M. Greene, National Head Start Association, E. Bradenton, Florida; Mary Ann Hutchison, Latin American Civic Association/Head Start, Los Angeles, California, representing the American Psychological Association; Marilyn Smith, National Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington, D.C.; Becky Davidson, Utah State University, Logan; and Maria Flores and Rosalee Wilson, both of South Norwalk, Connecticut. COMMITTEE BUDGETS Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 353) providing funds for operating expenses of standing, select, and special committees of the Senate, in lieu of S. Res. 300, S. Res. 301, S. Res. 302, S. Res. 306, S. Res. 308, S. Res. 309, S. Res. 310, S. Res. 311, S. Res. 313, S. Res. 314, S. Res. 315, S. Res. 321, S. Res. 322, S. Res. 323, S. Res. 324, S. Res. 325, S. Res. 326, S. Res. 327, and S. Res. 331. As approved by the committee, the resolution provides funds, as follows: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry -- $1,263,379; Committee on Appropriations -- $3,999,860; Committee on Armed Services -- $2,097,190; Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs -- $1,613,364; Committee on the Budget -- $2,873,843; Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation -- $3,217,690; Committee on Energy and Natural Resources -- $2,329,322; Committee on Environment and Public Works -- $2,267,021; Committee on Finance -- $2,153,790; Committee on Foreign Relations -- $2,365,019; Committee on Governmental Affairs -- $4,313,488; Committee on the Judiciary -- $4,125,039; Committee on Labor and Human Resources -- $4,326,021; Committee on Rules and Administration -- $1,194,353; Committee on Small Business -- $899,782; Committee on Veterans' Affairs -- $861,749; Select Committee on Aging -- $1,041,514; Select Committee on Intelligence -- $1,864,131; and Select Committee on Indian Affairs -- $790,797. Also, the committee ordered favorably reported the following additional business items: S. Res. 305, relating to the printing of a report entitled "Developments in Aging: 1985"; S. Res. 337, to authorize from the Senate's contingent fund of judgments in a civil action against the widow of a former Senate employee as representative of his estate; An original resolution (S. Res. 356) authorizing the printing of a revised edition of Senate document numbered 99-23, entitled "Senate Election Law Guidebook 1984" as a Senate document; and Two original resolutions (S. Res. 354-355), each to pay a gratuity to the survivor of a deceased Senate employee. MIA'S Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee resumed hearings on the reported sightings of live military personnel missing in action in Southeast Asia, receiving testimony from Paul D. Wolfowitz, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Richard L. Armitage, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; Lt. Gen. Leonard H. Perroots, U.S. Air Force, Director, and Charles Throwbridge, Deputy Chief, Special Office for Prisoners of War and Missing in Action, both of the Defense Intelligence Agency; Maj. Gen. William C. Moore, U.S. Army, Director of Operations, Readiness, and Mobilization, Office of the Deputy Chief of Army Staff for Operations and Plans; and Maj. Gen. Kenneth C. Leuer, U.S. Army, Commanding General, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Polk, Louisiana. Hearings were recessed subject to call. INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee continued closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the intelligence community, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community. Hearings continue on Wednesday, March 5. Joint Meeting SUPERFUND Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2005, to extend and amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund), focusing on all matter other than that in section 463 of Title IV and Title V of the House amendment, and Title II of the Senate amendments, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. 1986/02/28 Daily Digest - Friday, February 28, 1986; pages D 177 - D ? (Bound vol. D91- D93) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) TAXATION ON IMPORTED OIL Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Energy and Agricultural Taxation concluded hearings on S. 1997, to impose a tax on the importation of crude oil and refined petroleum products, and S. 1507, to increase the tariff on imported crude oil and refined petroleum products, after receiving testimony from Senators Chafee, Heinz, Moynihan, Pell, Hart, and Bingaman; Representatives Conte, James R. Jones, and Schneider; E. Allan Wendt, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Energy and Resources Policy, Economic and Business Bureau, Department of State; Daniel H. Yergin, Cambridge Energy Research Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Bernard L. Weinstein, Edwin L. Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; Charles K. Ebinger, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, and Thomas J. Donohue, American Trucking Associations, Inc., both on behalf of Direct Transportation Users, Washington, D.C.; Emma Brossard, Center for Energy Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Mack Wallace, Railroad Commission of Texas, Austin; and Ronald S. Wishart, Union Carbide Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut, on behalf of the Chemical Manufacturers Association. OVER-THE-COUNTER PRODUCT PACKAGE SAFETY Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings to review the effectiveness of current packaging and safety regulations governing over-the-counter products, after receiving testimony from Frank E. Young, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration; Nicholas V. O'Hara, Chief, General Crimes Section, Criminal Investigative Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Carol G. Dawson, Acting Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission; David R. Clare, Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Arthur Hull Hayes, New York Medical College, New York, former Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration; Nancy Harvey Steorts, Nancy Steorts and Associates, Dallas, Texas, former Chairman of Consumer Product Safety Commission; Peter Fink, R.P. Scherer Corporation, Troy, Michigan; and Monroe Gilmour, American Association of Retired Persons, Odonna Mathews, Giant Food Corporation, James D. Cope, Daniel F. O'Keefe, Jr., and R. William Soller, all of Proprietary Association, all of Washington, D.C. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/03/03 Daily Digest - Monday, March 3, 1986; pages D185 - D ? (Bound vol. D93-D96) Committee Meetings No meetings were held. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/03/04 Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 4, 1986; pages D191 - D ? (Bound vol. D97-D103) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) NOMINATION Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Richard E. Lyng, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Agriculture, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Wilson, Warner, and Trible testified and answered questions in his own behalf. Testimony was also received from Gerald Kopp, representing the National Democratic Policy Committee, Washington, D.C. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS -- COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported with an amendment H.J. Res. 534, making an urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, for the Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of Agriculture. APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for research and engineering programs from Donald A. Hicks, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for energy and water development programs, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for departmental administration of the Department of Energy from John S. Herrington, Secretary of Energy, and Martha O. Hesse, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Management and Administration. Hearings continue tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT/FINE ARTS/GALLERY OF ART Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Henry A. Berliner, Jr., Chairman, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; and J. Carter Brown, Chairman, Commission on Fine Arts, and Director, National Gallery of Art. Subcommittee will meet again Thursday, March 6. APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF 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 1987 for the Department of Health and Human Services, receiving testimony from Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services. Hearings continue tomorrow. DEFENSE REORGANIZATION Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed closed markup of a staff proposal on defense reorganization, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Thursday, March 6. DEPOSIT INSURANCE REFORM Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee resumed oversight hearings to review Federal deposit insurance programs, receiving testimony from George D. Gould, Under Secretary of Finance, Department of the Treasury; and Robert L. Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency. Hearings continue on Thursday, March 13. LIABILITY INSURANCE Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings on liability insurance, focusing on the availability and affordability of insurance in various property and casualty lines, after receiving testimony from Senator Sasser; Jeffrey S. Bragg, Administrator, Federal Insurance Administration; Lawrence H. Thompson, Chief Economist, General Accounting Office; Richard D. Hazell, Lloyds of London, London, England; Josephine Driscoll, Oregon Insurance Commissioner, Salem, on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; William D. Gunter, Florida Commissioner of Insurance, Tallahassee; Bruce W. Foudree, Iowa Commissioner of Insurance, Des Moines; Michael J. Mullen, Crowell and Moring, Karen Ehrnman, American College of Nurse-Midwives, Bruce J. Parker, National Solid Wastes Management Association, Carole Rogin, National Association for Child Care Management, representing the American Tort Reform Association; James S. Todd, American Medical Association, and John J. Motley, National Federation of Independent Businesses, all of Washington, D.C.; Jack Floyd, Tennessee Municipal League, Nashville; Ronald Stasch, Federal Mogul Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, on behalf of the Finance, Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc.; Allen Sigoloff, Camp Thunderbird for Boys and Girls, St. Louis, Missouri, representing the American Camping Association; Assemblyman Chuck Hardwick, Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, Trenton, on behalf of the National Conference on State Legislatures; Stephen R. Hemphill, Platte City, Missouri; and Paul Flanagan, Raleigh County Commission, Raleigh, West Virginia. PUBLIC LANDS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands, Reserved Water and Resource Conservation concluded hearings on the following bills: S. 1911, to direct the Administrator of General Services to release, on the behalf of the United States, certain conditions and reservations contained in a conveyance of land to the State of Utah, after receiving testimony from James J. Buckley, Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of Real Property, Federal Property Resources Services, General Services Administration; and Charles Peck, Upland Industries Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah; S. 2031, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to release restrictions on certain property located in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, after receiving testimony from Representative Breaux; and Mayor Edward S. Watson, Lake Charles, Louisiana; S. 1617, to provide for more effective management of lands of the United States which are subject to conflicting claims or disputes, and to require the Secretary of the Interior to report annually thereon, after receiving testimony from Douglas W. MacCleery, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment; F. Henry Habicht II, Assistant Attorney General, Land and Water Resources Division, Department of Justice; Idaho Attorney General Jim Jones, Boise; North Dakota Attorney General Nicholas Spaeth, Bismarck; Howard Schrinar, Wyoming Commissioner of Public Lands, Cheyenne; and Jan Stevens, California Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento; S. 1888, to provide for a cleanup and maintenance of Federal public lands, national parks and recreation areas, after receiving testimony from Robert K. Dawson, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Carl Garner, Resident Engineer, Army Corps of Engineers, Greers Ferry, Arkansas; and Gere McCall, Keep America Beautiful, Arlington, Virginia; S. 1568, to declare that the United States hold certain lands in trust for the Reno Sparks Indian Colony, after receiving testimony from Lawrence Astor and Wayne Sampson, both of the Reno Sparks Indian Colony, Reno, Nevada; Testimony was also received on all the aforementioned bills, with the exception of S. 1911, and, in addition, on S. 1021 and H.R. 1795, bills to exempt certain lands in the State of Mississippi from a restriction set forth in the Act of April 21, 1806, S. 1690, to provide for the transfer of certain interests in lands in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, to Dona Ana County for the use as a fairgrounds, S. 1963, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain interest in lands in Socorro County, New Mexico, to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, S. 2091, to amend the provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, relating to the acquisition of public lands, H.R. 850, to modify the boundary of Humboldt National Forest in the State of Nevada, H.R. 1740, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to release a reversionary interest in certain lands in Orange County, Florida, and S. 1638 and H.R. 1593, bills to direct the Secretary of the Interior to release, on behalf of the United States, certain restrictions in the previous conveyance of land to the Town of Jerome, Arizona, from James M. Parker, Associate Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior. NOMINATION Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of David B. Rohr, of Maryland, to be a Member of the United States International Trade Commission. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on H.R. 3838, proposed Tax Reform Act of 1986, after receiving testimony from Senator Domenici; Mayor Joseph Casale, Portland, Maine; Vincent R. Sombrotto, National Association of Letter Carriers, Washington, D.C.; and Tom W. Griffith, National Rural Letter Carriers Association, Alexandria, Virginia. NICARAGUAN ASSISTANCE Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on S.J. Res. 283, to approve the President's request (Presidential Message 116) for additional assistance for the democratic resistance in Nicaragua, after receiving testimony from Robert S. Leiken and Peter D. Bell, both of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Wayne S. Smith, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, all of Washington, D.C.; and John Silber, Boston University, Boston Massachusetts. RAILROAD ANTIMONOPOLY ACT Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 447, to insure a greater measure of competition in the railroad freight industry's hauling of certain products, by making it unlawful for any rail carrier, with the effect of monopolizing, to deny use, on reasonable terms, of a railroad facility which is the sole facility providing rail services to a shipper, after receiving testimony from Heather Gradison, Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission; John H. Riley, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation; George Mauro, FMC Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; and Dwight Long, ICI Americas, Incorporated, Wilmington, Delaware. JUDICIAL SURVIVORS -- ANNUITY PROGRAMS Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts approved for full committee consideration with amendments H.R. 3570, to revise annuity programs for survivors of Federal justices and judges. NOMINATION Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on the nomination of Jeffrey I. Zuckerman, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf. Hearings were recessed subject to call. SENATE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee met and agreed on a procedure to select a vendor to provide a new telecommunications system for the Senate. Joint Meetings VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS -- LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs held joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the legislative priorities of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, receiving testimony from John S. Staum, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Al Loehr, St. Cloud, Minnesota, and James Magill, Fred Juarbe, and Cooper T. Holt, all of Washington, D.C., all representing the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Joint hearings continue on Wednesday, April 16. SUPERFUND Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2005, to extend and amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund), but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Thursday, March 6. 1986/03/05 Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 5, 1986; pages D201 - D ? (Bound vol. D104- D110) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) NOMINATIONS Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Richard E. Lyng, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Agriculture. APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the Strategic Defense Initiative from Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, USAF, Director, Strategic Defense Initiative Organization. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 12. APPROPRIATIONS -- TVA Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for energy and water development programs, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the Tennessee Valley Authority from Charles H. Dean, Jr., Chairman, and John B. Waters, Director, both of the TVA. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 11. APPROPRIATIONS -- NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION/FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Erich Bloch, Director, National Science Foundation; and Julius W. Becton, Jr., Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 12. APPROPRIATIONS -- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the National Institutes of Health, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from James B. Wyngaarden, Director, Vincent T. Devita, Jr., Director, National Cancer Institute, and Anthony S. Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, all of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. Hearings continue tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- TRANSPORTATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Transportation, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Ray A. Barnhart, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration; and Diane K. Steed, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 12. BUDGET RESOLUTION Committee on the Budget: Committee began mark up of the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1987 budget, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. NOMINATION Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Alfred C. Sikes, of Missouri, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf. NOMINATIONS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Morton I. Abramowitz, of Massachusetts, and H. Allen Holmes, of the District of Columbia, each to be an Assistant Secretary of State, and Otto J. Reich, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Venezuela, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. D.C. COURT SYSTEM Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia held oversight hearings on the District of Columbia court system, and on H.R. 2946, to allow the courts of the District of Columbia to establish their own jury system, and enable the D.C. Superior Court to adopt a one trail/one day jury service procedure, and H.R. 3578, to provide permanent authority for hearing commissioners in the District of Columbia courts, and to modify certain procedures of the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission and the District of Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, receiving testimony from William C. Pryor, Chief Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals; H. Carl Moultrie I, Chief Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia; John H. Suda, Acting Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia; and Julie Gilbert, Council for Court Excellence, John H. Pickering, D.C. Bar Court Study Implementation Committee, Gay Gellhorn and James McKay, both of the D.C. Bar Division VI (D.C. Affairs), Bette L. Catoe, D.C. Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure, and Katherine S. Broderick, Antioch School of Law, all of Washington, D.C. Hearings were recessed subject to call. NOMINATIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of J. Daniel Mahoney, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, and Barbara K. Hackett, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Mahoney was introduced by Senators D'Amato and Moynihan. OFFICE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice concluded oversight hearings on the activities of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice, focusing on the funding for and the Federal role in improving juvenile justice systems and preventing juvenile delinquency, after receiving testimony from Alfred S. Regnery, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice; A.L. Carlisle, National Coalition of State Juvenile Justice Advisory Groups, Cape Elizabeth, Maine; Marvin E. Wolfgang, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Don Mathis, Centinela Valley Juvenile Diversion Project, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California; and Dean Dickson, Mid-Atlantic Association of Youth Services, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee resumed closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the intelligence community, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community. Hearings continue tomorrow. Joint Meeting FTC AUTHORIZATIONS Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of S. 1078, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988 for the Federal Trade Commission, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. 1986/03/06 Daily Digest - Thursday, March 6, 1986; pages D211 - D ? (Bound vol. D110- D117) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- SBA/BIB/JAPAN-U.S. FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Robert A. Turnbull, Associate Deputy Administrator, Small Business Administration; Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr., Chairman, and Ben Wattenberg, Assistant Vice Chairman, both of the Board for International Broadcasting; Gene Pell, President, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; and W. Glenn Campbell, Chairman, Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 12. APPROPRIATIONS -- MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of the Interior, receiving testimony from William D. Bettenberg, Director, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior. Subcommittee will meet again Tuesday, March 11. APPROPRIATIONS -- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies continued hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the National Institutes of Health, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from T. Franklin Williams, Director, National Institute on Aging, Betty H. Pickett, Director, Division of Research Resources, and Harold Loe, Director, National Institute of Dental Research, all of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. Subcommittee will meet again on Monday, March 10. DEFENSE REORGANIZATION Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill providing for the reorganization of the Department of Defense. FARM CREDIT Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings to review the problems of agricultural credit, focusing on the financial problems of agricultural banks, receiving testimony from Senators Grassley, Boschwitz, and Abdnor; Representative Bruce; Charles O. Sethness, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance; Randall A. Killebrew, First National Bank, Petersburg, Illinois, and Michael E. Fitch, Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, California, both on behalf of the American Bankers Association; B.F. Backlund, Bartonville Bank, Peoria, Illinois, on behalf of the Independent Bankers Association of America; and Leslie G. Horsager, Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, New Jersey, on behalf of the American Council of Life Insurance. Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 11. BUDGET RESOLUTION Committee on the Budget: Committee continued markup of the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1987 budget, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Tuesday, March 11. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute H.R. 3113, to coordinate the operation of the Central Valley project with the State of California. (As approved by the committee, the bill incorporates the text of S. 1171, to authorize additional funds for assistance to non-Federal organizations for developing reclamation projects, and S. 1192, Senate companion measure to H.R. 3113.) Also, the Committee resumed consideration of S. 1225, to compensate the public for injuries or damages suffered in the event of an accident involving nuclear activities undertaken by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensees or Department of Energy contractors, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Wednesday, March 19. AUTHORIZATIONS -- FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee conducted hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal years 1987 through 1990 for the Federal-aid highway program, after receiving testimony from Elizabeth H. Dole, Secretary of Transportation; Ray A. Barnhart, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation; Ralph L. Stanley, Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Department of Transportation; and Edward C. Gramlich, Deputy Director, Congressional Budget Office. ETHIOPIA Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to review the current situation in Ethiopia, focusing on forced population removal and human rights, after receiving testimony from Alan Keyes, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations; Princeton Lyman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Ted D. Morse, Director, Drought Coordination Committee, Bureau for Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development; and Jason W. Clay, Cultural Survival, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts. AIRLINE SAFETY Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held oversight hearings on the current state of United States air safety, focusing on ways in which new innovative technology can improve the safety of aircraft, receiving testimony from Senator Simon; George E. Batchelor, and Richard Skully, both of Arrow Air, Inc., and Pilot George Lycan, Rich International Airways, all of Miami, Florida; and Daniel E. Hood, and Michael Sanjenis, both former Arrow Air pilots. Hearings continue on Thursday, March 13. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: The nominations of Con. G. Cholakis, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York, Raymond J. Dearie, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, Robert Q. Whitwell, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, Wayne D. Beaman, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Virginia, William I. Berryhill, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Ralph L. Boling, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Kentucky, Lee Koury, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Missouri, P.A. Mangini, to be United States Marshal for the District of Connecticut, and J. Jerome Perkins, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Indiana; S.J. Res. 205, to designate March 21, 1986, as "National Energy Education Day"; S.J. Res. 272, to designate March 21, 1986, as "Afghanistan Day"; S.J. Res. 275, to designate the week of May 11-17, 1986, as "Jewish Heritage Week"; S.J. Res. 276, to designate February 19, 1987, as "National Day for Federal Retirees"; S.J. Res. 285, to designate the week of May 11-17, 1986, as "National Osteoporosis Awareness Week"; H.J. Res. 345, to designate the month of March 1986, as "Music In Our Schools Month"; S.J. Res. 273, to designate the week of March 9, 1986, as "National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Week"; and S. 1889, to prevent the discharge of any order, rule, or determination made pursuant to a State administrative process for obtaining and enforcing child or spousal support orders. Also, the committee began consideration of S. 238, to reform procedures for collateral review of criminal judgments, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Thursday, March 13. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPENDENT CARE PROGRAMS Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs, and Alcoholism concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for dependent care programs, after receiving testimony from Senator Riegle; Edward Zigler, Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy, New Haven, Connecticut; Marge Gates, representing the National Collaboration for Youth, New York, New York; Suzann Nowels, Utah Chapter of the Junior League, Salt Lake City; and Joseph Mathos, Dade County Public School Systems, Miami, Florida. INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee continued closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Intelligence community, receiving testimony from officials of the Intelligence community. Hearings continue to Wednesday, March 12. DISPOSABLE DIALYSIS DEVICES Special Committee on Aging: Committee held hearings on the safety and efficacy in the reprocessing and reuse of disposable dialysis devices, receiving testimony from John E. Marshall, Director, National Center for Health Services, Research and Health Care Technology Assessment, Public Health Service, and Bartlett S. Fleming, Acting Deputy Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; Melinda McFadden, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Vagn Vogter, St. Petersburg, Florida; Malcolm Shuman, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Robert D. Rosen, Bensalem, Pennsylvania; James R. Beall, Association of Government Toxicologists, Gaithersburg, Maryland; Charles J. Wolf, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia; and Terry D. Oberley, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison. Hearings were recessed subject to call. Joint Meeting SUPERFUND Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2005, to extend and amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund), but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Tuesday, March 11. 1986/03/07 Daily Digest - Friday, March 7, 1986; pages D222 - D ? (Bound vol. D117-D119) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) AUTHORIZATIONS -- MILITARY CONSTRUCTION Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Construction held hearings on S. 2132, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for military construction programs, receiving testimony from James P. Wade, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Logistics; Maj. Gen. Robert J. Dacey, USA, Assistant Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army; L. Wayne Arny III, Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Shipbuilding and Logistics; Rear Adm. John Paul Jones, Jr., USN, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy; Brig. Gen. Joseph P. Hoar, USMC, Director, Facilities and Services Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics, Department of the Navy; and Maj. Gen. George E. Ellis, USAF, Director of Air Force Engineering and Services, Department of the Air Force. Hearings continue on Monday, March 10. NOMINATIONS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Paul Lamboley, of Nevada, and J.J. Simmons, of Oklahoma, each to be a Commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and Janet Hale, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Lamboley was introduced by Senator Hecht and former Senator Cannon, and Mr. Simmons was introduced by Senator Boren. NOMINATION Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Jed Dean Christensen, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Hecht, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. Testimony was also received from Senator Sasser. NOMINATION Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs concluded hearings on the nomination of Ronald S. Lauder, of New York, to be Ambassador to Austria, after the nominee who was introduced by Senators D'Amato and Hawkins, testified and answered questions on their own behalf. MIROSLAV MEDVID/EAST BLOC DEFECTORS Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy resumed hearings in open and closed session to review issues surrounding the attempted defection of Miroslav Medvid and the Administration's procedures regarding East Bloc defectors, receiving testimony from Rozanne L. Ridgway, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs; Louis Sell, Deputy Director for Bilateral Political Relations, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Department of State; and William B. Worley, Deputy Chief Border Patrol, and Joe Bashaw, Ernest M. Spurlock, and David T. Vannett, all Border Patrol Agents, all of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice. Hearings were recessed subject to call. Joint Meeting EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings on employment/unemployment statistics for February, receiving testimony from Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor. Committee recessed subject to call. 1986/03/10 Daily Digest - Monday, March 10, 1986; pages D232 - D ? (Bound vol. D120- D121) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) AUTHORIZATIONS -- MILITARY CONSTRUCTION Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Construction concluded hearings on S. 2132, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for military construction programs, after receiving testimony from George R. Schlossbert, Office of the General Counsel, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Col. John B. Rosamond, USA, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Guard/Reserve, Materiel and Facilities); Brig. Gen. Richard D. Dean, Deputy Director, Army National Guard, Departments of the Army and Air Force; Col. Charles T. McManamay, Chief of Construction Management Division, Office of the Chief of Army Reserve, Department of the Army; Rear Adm. Francis Neale Smith, Deputy Director, Naval Reserve, Department of the Navy; Brig. Gen. John F. McMerty, Deputy Director, Air National Guard, and Brig. Gen. Shirley M. Carpenter, Deputy to the Chief of Air Force Reserve, both of the Department of the Air Force; Commander Harold E. Phillips, USN, Deputy Director, Defense Medical Facilities, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; Robert J. Lanrue, Director, NATO and Foreign Programs, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations; Terry Trepal, Chief, Logistics Division, Department of Defense Dependends Schools; Robert Bradach, Section 6 Schools, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management and Personnel; and Lt. Col. Harvey Player, USA, Chief, Management and Resources Division, Office of the Strategic Defense Initiative. PANAMA Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs resumed hearings to review the current situation in Panama, receiving testimony from Ambler Moss, former Ambassador to Panama; Norman A. Bailey, former Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs; Richard Millet, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; and Adelaide Eisenmann, Pan American Committee on Human Rights, Washington, D.C. Hearings were recessed subject to call. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/03/11 Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 11, 1986; pages D237 - D ? (Bound vol. D122- D128) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for energy and water development programs, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Donna R. Fitzpatrick, Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy, Alvin W. Trivelpiece, Director, Office of Energy Research, and Mary L. Walker, Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health, all of the Department of Energy. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 13. APPROPRIATIONS -- NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of the Interior, receiving testimony from William Penn Mott, Director, National Park Service, and William P. Horn, Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, both of the Department of the Interior. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 13. APPROPRIATIONS -- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the National Institutes of Health, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Edward E. Nicholas, Jr., Acting Associate Director for Administration, Office of the Director, Donald A.B. Lindberg, Director, National Library of Medicine, Craig K. Wallace, Director, John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences, David P. Rall, Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Carl Kupfer, Director, National Eye Institute, and Murray Goldstein, Director, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, all of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. Hearings continue tomorrow. MILITARY UNIFIED COMMANDS Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on the status of the unified commands, receiving testimony from Gen. John R. Galvin, USA, Commander-in-Chief, Southern Command; Gen. Fred Mahaffey, USA, Commander-in-Chief, Readiness Command; Adm. Ronald J. Hays, USN, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command; and Gen. George B. Crist, USMC, Commander-in-Chief, Central Command. Hearings continue tomorrow. FARM CREDIT Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings to review the problems of agricultural credit, focusing on the financial problems of agricultural banks, after receiving testimony from Senators Nickles, Melcher, and Exon; L. William Seidman, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Robert L. Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency; and Preston Martin, Governor, and William Taylor, Director, Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, both of the Federal Reserve System. BUDGET RESOLUTION Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed markup of the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1987 budget, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. PRODUCT LIABILITY Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Consumer Subcommittee resumed hearings on S. 1999, to provide for a uniform product liability law to conform with an alternative claim system for expedited recovery of damages by those injured by defective products, receiving testimony from Edward J. Burger, Jr., Georgetown University Medical Center, Lawrence B. Novey, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, Steven Lamm, Consultants in Epidemiology and Occupational Health, Inc., Jonathan Marks, Endispute, Inc., Dwayne Buckmaster, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Richard E. Lerner, American Arbitration Association, and Linda Lipsen, Consumers Union, all of Washington, D.C.; E. Donald Elliott, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut; Hans Weill, Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana; Bruce Karrah, E.I. Dupont, Wilmington, Delaware, and Lee Nute, Dow Chemical USA, Midland, Michigan, both representing the Chemical Manufacturers' Association; James H. Mack, National Machine Tool Builders Association, and Mark Nuzzaco, National Printing Equipment and Supplies Association, both of McLean, Virginia; and Richard Whiston, Otis Elevator Company, Armington, Connecticut. Hearings were recessed subject to call. WHITE COLLAR CRIME Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed oversight hearings on white collar crime in the United States, receiving testimony from Stan Wheeler, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut; Donald Cressey, University of California, Santa Barbara; David Cherrington, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; and Ken Carlson, ABT, Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 18. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks approved for full committee consideration the following bills: S. 1543, to prohibit the importation, use or sale in the country of products made abroad by a U.S. patented process, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and S. 1093, to allow an extension of patent life for agricultural chemicals and veterinary medicines for time lost in regulatory review procedures at the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity concluded hearings on S. 2069, to improve Job Training Partnership Program stability and lessen burdensome administrative requirements, improve services to youth and the hard-to-serve, and strengthen enforcement, after receiving testimony from Roger D. Semerad, Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employment and Training Administration; William J. Gainer, Associate Director, Human Resources Division, General Accounting Office; Joan Hammond, Ohio Bureau of Employment Services, Columbus, on behalf of the National Governors' Association; Mayor Arthur J. Holland, Trenton, New Jersey, on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors; Pierce A. Quinlan, National Alliance of Business, Marta M. Escutia, National Council of La Raza, Douglas G. Glasgow, National Urban League, Cynthia E. Marano, Wider Opportunities for Women, Georgetta Mitchell, Displaced Homemakers Network, Susan Shown Harjo, National Congress of American Indians, on behalf of the Indian Employment and Training Coalition, and Dennis K. Rhoades, The American Legion, all of Washington, D.C.; Hubert Price, Commissioner of Oakland County, Michigan, on behalf of the National Association of Counties; Leo Toupin, Hoosier Falls Private Industry Council, Jeffersonville, Indiana; William Colon, National Employment and Training Council, Jersey City, New Jersey; James J. Darr, Boston Private Industry Council, Boston, Massachusetts; Milton J. Little, Jr., Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, New York, New York; J. Michael Levesque, Rhode Island Job Training Partnership Liaison, Providence; Judy Sheets, Calumet College, Whiting, Indiana; Bonnie L. Voyles, Brannell College, Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the Association of Independent Colleges and Schools; Charneil M. Hadl, Kansas Department of Human Resources, Topeka; C.W. Van Valkenburgh, Rappahannock Services Corporation, Fredericksburg, Virginia, on behalf of the National Association of Rehabilitation Facilities; and Al Androlewicz, RCA Service Company, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, on behalf of the Home Builders Institute. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Innovation and Technology held oversight hearings on the implementation of the Small Business Innovation and Research Program (P.L. 97-219), receiving testimony from Richard Shane, Assistant Administrator, Office of Innovation, Research and Technology, Small Business Administration; Sarah Frazier, Associate Director, Resources Community and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Leo Young, Chairman, and Horace Crouch, Deputy Chairman, both of the Small Business Innovation Research Program, Department of Defense; David Franklin and Loretta C. Franklin, both of Audiological Engineering, Inc., Somerville, Massachusetts; Ernest Koerner, Techrad, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Herbert A. Platt, Genetic Diagnostics Corporation, Great Neck, New York; Stephen Andrade, Ben Franklin Partnership Program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Lawrence L. Barker, Jr., New York State Science and Technology Foundation, Albany; and A. Wade Blackman, American Research and Development, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts. Hearings were recessed subject to call. ARMS CONTROL BRIEFING Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on arms control issues from officials of the intelligence community. Joint Meeting AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS -- URGENT SUPPLEMENTAL Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.J. Res. 534, making an urgent supplemental appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. 1986/03/12 Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 12, 1986; pages D247 - D ? (Bound vol. D128- D136) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- COMMERCE/ITC Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony from Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce; and Paula Stern, Chairwoman, International Trade Commission. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 19. APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for defense acquisition policies from James Wade, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Logistics; and Everett Pyatt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Shipbuilding and Logistics. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the Multilateral Development Banks from James A. Baker III, Secretary of the Treasury. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the Environmental Protection Agency from Lee M. Thomas, Administrator, EPA. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 19. 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 1987 for the Department of Health and Human Services, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from John H. Kelso, Acting Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration, Donald I. Macdonald, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, and Dennis P. Williams, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget, Duane Alexander, National Institute of Child Health, Pierre Renault, Director, National Institute on Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Lawrence Shulman, Acting Director, National Institute on Arthritis, Claude Lenfant, Director, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and Ruth Kirschstein, Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, all of the National Institutes of Health, all of the Department of Health and Human Services. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION/PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from James L. Emery, Administrator, St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; William R. Gianelli, Special Assistant to Secretary of Defense for Panama Canal Affairs and Chairman, Board of Directors, Panama Canal Commission; and Dennis P. McAuliffe, Administrator, Panama Canal Commission. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 19. APPROPRIATIONS -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Marshall J. Breger, Chairman, Administrative Conference of the United States; Chief Judge Samuel B. Sterrett, United States Tax Court; Frank Gearde, Jr., Chairman, Committee for the Blind and Handicapped; David E. Nething, Member, Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; Maria Johnson, Acting Chairman, Merit Systems Protection Board; K. William O'Connor, Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel; Martin L. Duggan, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Federal Pay; and Jerry L. Calhoun, Chairman, and John C. Miller, General Counsel, both of the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. MILITARY UNIFIED COMMANDS Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the status of the unified commands, after receiving testimony from Gen. Bernard W. Rogers, USA, Commander-in-Chief, European Command; and Adm. Lee Baggett, Jr., USN, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Command. NICARAGUAN RESISTANCE ASSISTANCE Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on the President's request for additional assistance to the Nicaraguan resistance from Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs; Gen. John R. Galvin, USA, Commander-in-Chief, Southern Command; and an official of the Central Intelligence Agency. Committee recessed subject to call. WORLD OIL SITUATION Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee met in closed session to receive testimony on the domestic and international oil situation, and on the political and financial impact of the current oil surplus from Danny J. Boggs, Deputy Secretary of Energy; David Cohen, Director, Office of Global Issues, Directorate of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency; Charles Schotta, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Arabian Peninsula Affairs; and E. Allan Wendt, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Energy and Resources Policy. Hearings continue on Friday, March 14. NOMINATION Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Daniel A. Manion, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Lugar and Quayle, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. NOMINATION Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Robert E. Rader, Jr., of Texas, to be a Member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Gramm, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. SENATE ETHICS Select Committee on Ethics: Committee met in closed session to discuss pending committee business, but made no announcements, and recessed subject to call. INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee resumed closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the intelligence community, receiving testimony from officials of the defense community. Hearings continue tomorrow. Joint Meetings OIL PRICES -- ECONOMIC IMPACT Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Trade, Productivity, and Economic Growth concluded hearings on the economic impact of the oil price collapse, focusing on how the drop in oil prices will affect the international oil market, domestic production, refining and distribution, and banking institutions, after receiving testimony from Joseph Kalt, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Joel Prakken, Laurence Meyer and Associates, St. Louis, Missouri; Philip Verleger, Charles River Associates, Boston, Massachusetts; and Edward Friedman, Shearson Lehman Brothers, Inc., New York, New York. U.S./CANADA TRADE Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Monetary and Fiscal Policy concluded hearings on U.S./Canada trade policies, after receiving testimony from Representative Craig; Alfred E. Eckes, Commissioner, International Trade Commission; Thomas Richards, Idaho Forest Industries, Coeur d'Alene; Lloyd Stahl, Black Hills Forest and Resource Association, Custer, South Dakota; and Carlton E. Nichols, Nichols and Stone, Gardner, Massachusetts. AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS -- URGENT SUPPLEMENTAL Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.J. Res. 534, making an urgent supplemental appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986. 1986/03/13 Daily Digest - Thursday, March 13, 1986; pages D259 - D ? (Bound vol. D136- D144) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- RESERVE AFFAIRS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the Guard and Reserve affairs from James H. Webb, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- NUCLEAR/WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for energy and water development programs, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for nuclear fission, uranium enrichment, and nuclear waste management from James W. Vaughan, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Ben C. Rusche, Director, Office of Civilian Radio-Active Waste Management, and John R. Longenecker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Uranium Enrichment, all of the Department of Energy. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 18. APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF STATE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, for the Department of State, receiving testimony from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 18. APPROPRIATIONS -- INDIAN EDUCATION/HUMANITIES Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Lawrence F. Davenport, Assistant Secretary of Education for Elementary and Secondary Education, on behalf of Indian education programs; and John Agresto, Acting Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 18. 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 1987 for the Department of Health and Human Services, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Richard P. Kusserow, Inspector General, Betty Lou Dotson, Director, Office for Civil Rights, James O. Mason, Director, Centers for Disease Control, Public Health Service, Robert L. Trachtenberg, Acting Administrator, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, and Shervert H. Frazier, Director, National Institute of Mental Health, on behalf of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, all of the Department of Health and Human Services. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 18. APPROPRIATIONS -- TREASURY Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, for the Department of the Treasury, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Paul H. Cooksey, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration, William E. Douglas, Commissioner, Financial Management Service, Donna Pope, Director, Bureau of the Mint, W.M. Gregg, Commissioner of the Public Debt, Katherine D. Ortega, Treasurer of the United States, John F.W. Rogers, Assistant Secretary for Management, and Roscoe Egger, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, all of the Department of the Treasury. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 18. DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Defense Acquisition Policy held hearings on S. 2082, to improve the management of major defense acquisition programs, to establish a Defense Acquisition Service, and to limit employment contacts between senior officials of the Department of Defense and defense contractors, receiving testimony from Senator Dixon; John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy; Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research, Development & Logistics; and Jay R. Sculley, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, Development and Acquisition. Hearings were recessed subject to call. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 2076, to authorize funds for the export administration and export promotion activities of the Department of Commerce, with an amendment; An original bill to establish a $300 million tied-aid credit facility to offer financing for the exportation of United States goods and services to countries or in sectors which are present or likely future export markets for any country which the Secretary determines engages in predatory export financing through the use of tied-aid or partially untied-aid credits and which impedes progress toward the conclusion of a comprehensive arrangement to restrict the use of such credits for commercial purposes, in lieu of S. 1763; An original bill to authorize funds through fiscal year 1996 for the Export-Import Bank, in lieu of S. 2058; An original bill incorporating the provisions of each of the aforementioned original bills; The nominations of John A. Bohn, Jr., of Virginia, to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Richard H. Francis, of Virginia, to be President of the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank, Frank B. Sollars, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank, and Philip D. Winn, of Colorado, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences; S. 1707, to authorize the President to present a gold medal to the parents of Father Jerzy Popieluszko; S. 1756, to authorize the President, on behalf of the Congress, to present a gold medal to Sargent Shriver, in commemoration of the Peace Corps' 25th anniversary and in recognition of his contributions as its first director; S. 1952, to provide for the striking of medals to commemorate the Young Astronauts Program; S. 2084, to authorize the President to present gold medals to the families of the crew members of the Mission 51-L of the Space Shuttle CHALLENGER; and S.J. Res. 222, to award a Congressional gold medal posthumously to Leon Klinghoffer to show the Congress' admiration for the bravery he displayed while kidnaped by terrorists, with an amendment. DEPOSIT INSURANCE REFORM Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings to review Federal deposit insurance programs, after receiving testimony from William Seidmann, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and Edwin Gray, Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board. BUDGET RESOLUTION Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed markup of the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1987 budget, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: H.R. 3773, to promote technology transfer by authorizing Government-operated laboratories to enter into cooperative research agreements and by establishing a Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer within the National Science Foundation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 2180, to authorize $18.3 million for fiscal year 1987 for the U.S. Fire Administration and the National Fire Academy; S. 2054, to allow the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to accept and use funds that are designated for the building of a new CHALLENGER space shuttle, with an amendment; S. Res. 332, to honor the CHALLENGER Space Shuttle astronauts, with an amendment; S. 1966, to provide for efficient and equitable use of operating rights at certain congested airports, focusing on a new approach to allocating the Federal Aviation Administration instrument flight rule operating rights at O'Hare, JFK, La Guardia, and Washington National Airports, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 1750, to impose and increase civil penalties for safety violations by persons engaged in commercial aircraft operations; S. 2179, to provide for reduction in the term of office of members of the Federal Communications Commission; S. 186, to require the U.S. Postal Service to contract with U.S. registered vessels for international sea transportation of mail; S. Con. Res. 95, to recognize and honor the Consumers Union for contributions made in informing, protecting, and aiding consumers; S. Res. 298, to express support and encouragement of the Senate for the United States Disabled Ski Team at the 1986 World Disabled Ski Championships to be held in Salem, Sweden, on April 6 through 17, 1986; and The nominations of Alfred C. Sikes, of Missouri, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, Daniel Oliver, of Connecticut, and Andrew J. Strenio, Jr., of Maryland, both to be Commissioners, Federal Trade Commission, J.J. Simmons III, of Oklahoma, and Paul H. Lamboley, of Nevada, both to be Members of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Janet Hale, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, Coast Guard nominations in the rank of Rear Admiral received by the Senate on February 21, 1986, and two lists of routine Coast Guard nominations received by the Senate on February 11 and 12, 1986. NOMINATION Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Donald M. Newman, of Indiana, to be Under Secretary of Health and Human Services, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Quayle, and Representatives Hiler, Hillis, Visclosky, Jacobs, and Meyers, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. AIRLINE SAFETY Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations resumed oversight hearings on the current state of United States air safety, focusing on the FAA's certification and inspection programs, receiving testimony from Anthony J. Broderick, Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety, Federal Aviation Administration; and Harry A. Langdon, San Mateo, California, James E. Alley, Burlingame, California, and Melvin Derry, Scottsdale, Arizona, all former FAA Inspectors. Hearings were recessed subject to call. NOMINATION Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on the nomination of Jefferson B. Sessions III, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, where the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf. Testimony was also received from Jerry Hebert, Senior Attorney, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice. Hearings continue on Wednesday, March 19. LOW-INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs, and Alcoholism held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for low-income energy assistance programs, receiving testimony from Jo Anne B. Ross, Associate Commissioner for Family Assistance, Social Security Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; J. William Gadsby, Associate Director, Human Resources Division, United States General Accounting Office; Shirley E. Marcus, National Energy Assistance Directors' Association, Baltimore, Maryland; S. Diane Kelley, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Tahlequah; and Robert Hatheway, New England Community Action Program Directors Association, South Windson, Connecticut, representing the National Community Action Foundation. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 20. INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee continued closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the intelligence community, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community. Hearings continue on Wednesday, March 19. Joint Meeting SUPERFUND Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2005, to extend and amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund), but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Tuesday, March 18. 1986/03/14 Daily Digest - Friday, March 14, 1986; pages D269 - D ? (Bound vol. D145- D148) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- NAVY SHIPBUILDING Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for Navy shipbuilding programs, receiving testimony from Everett Pyatt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Shipbuilding and Logistics; Vice Adm. Joseph Metcalf III, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare, and Vice Adm. William H. Rowden, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 18. AUTHORIZATIONS -- MILITARY CONSTRUCTION Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Construction resumed hearings on S. 2132, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for military construction programs, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for energy security programs from Jeffrey A. Jones, Acting Director, Energy Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Logistics; and Brig. Gen. Daniel R. Schroeder, Deputy Assistant Army Chief of Engineers for Facilities. Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 18. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces held open and closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the ICBM modernization program from Donald A. Hicks, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering; Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research, Development and Logistics; Lt. Gen. Bernard P. Randolph, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff, Research, Development and Acquisition; and Brig. Gen. Charles A. May, Jr., USAF, Special Assistant for ICBM Modernization. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 18. WORLD OIL SITUATION Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed hearings on the domestic and international oil situation, focusing on how the current price and supply situation could effect the United States oil market, United States economy, domestic oil producers, world oil market, national security, and international oil producers, receiving testimony from John Lichtblau, Petroleum Industry Research Foundation, Robert B. Albertson, Smith Barney Harris Upham & Co., Inc., and John Elting Treat, Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, all of New York, New York; G. Henry M. Schuler, Georgetown Center for Strategic and International Studies, Llewellyn King, The Energy Daily, Charles J. DiBona, American Petroleum Institute, and Jack A. Blum, Independent Gasoline Marketers Council, all of Washington, D.C.; Gene T. Kinney, Oil and Gas Journal, Tulsa, Oklahoma; John W. Dewes, Chevron Corporation, San Francisco, California; and Raymond H. Hefner, Jr., Bonray Energy, on behalf of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Hearings continue on Thursday, March 20. MEDICARE CAPITAL PAYMENTS REFORM Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health concluded hearings on S. 2121, to revise the method of payment to hospitals for capital-related costs under the Medicare program, after receiving testimony from Senator Quayle; Robert Helms, Acting Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services; Jack W. Owen, American Hospital Association, Michael D. Bromberg, Federation of American Health Systems, William J. Cox, Catholic Health Association, Larry S. Gage, National Association of Public Hospitals, Ronald R. Kovener, Healthcare Financial Management Association, and Kathleen E. Means, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, all of Washington, D.C.; E. George Middleton, Jr., Alliance Health System, Norfolk, Virginia, on behalf of the Association of American Medical Colleges; C. Edward Schwartz, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis, on behalf of the Coalition for Fair Capital Reimbursement; David S. Abernethy, New York State Department of Health, Albany, on behalf of the American Health Planning Association; Kathleen E. Means, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Chicago, Illinois; Michael J. Kalison, Manger, Kalison, Murphy and McBride, Morristown, New Jersey; Richard Averill, Health Systems International, New Haven, Connecticut; Gerard F. Anderson, The Center for Hospital Finance and Management, Baltimore, Maryland; and Hugh W. Long, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/03/17 Daily Digest - Monday, March 17, 1986; pages D281 - D ? (Bound vol. D149- D150) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY -- BUDGET Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development held oversight hearings on proposed budget requests for 1987 for the Department of Energy, focusing on conservation and renewable and fossil energy programs, receiving testimony from Representative Schneider; Donna R. Fitzpatrick, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Conservation and Renewable Energy; Donald L. Bauer, Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy; Lloyd R. Lawrence, Jr., Mechanical Technology, Inc., Latham, New York; Stuart Ridgeway, R&D Associates, Marina del Ray, California; Vladimir Bazjanac, Berkeley, California; Frank C. Schora, HYCRUDE, Chicago, Illinois; David O. Webb, Gas Research Institute, Bernard S. Lee, Institute of Gas Technology, and John W. Larsen, American Chemical Society, all of Washington, DC; George H. Lawrence, American Gas Association, Arlington, Virginia; and J. Read Holland, University of Alabama, University, Alabama. Hearings were recessed subject to call. Joint Meeting ECONOMIC STATISTICS Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings on the quality and accuracy of U.S. economic statistics, focusing on a report highlighting the problems which have developed with existing statistics as well as the failure to develop new data on important emerging areas of the economy, receiving testimony from Courtenay Slater, CEC Associates, and Katherine Wallman, Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics, both of Washington, D.C.; and Joseph Duncan, Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, New York, New York, on behalf of the National Association of Business Economists. Hearings were recessed subject to call. 1986/03/18 Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 18, 1986; pages D287 - D ? (Bound vol. D151- D159) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- AGRICULTURE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony from Richard E. Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture. Hearings were recessed subject to call. APPROPRIATIONS -- ARMY MODERNIZATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for Army modernization programs, receiving testimony from Jay R. Sculley, Assistant Secretary of the Army of Research, Development and Acquisition; and Lt. Gen. Louis G. Wagner, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- NRC/FERC Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for energy and water development programs, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities for Nunzio J. Palladino, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and Anthony G. Sousa, Acting Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 20. APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF STATE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for international security assistance programs of the Department of State, receiving testimony from William Schneider, Jr., Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology; and Lt. Gen. Philip C. Gast, Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of the Interior, receiving testimony from Senator Durenberger; Representative Schneider; Delegates de Lugo and Sunia; and Donald P. Hodel, Secretary of the Interior. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 20. APPROPRIATIONS -- MILITARY CONSTRUCTION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for military construction programs of the Department of Defense and related agencies, receiving testimony from James P. Wade, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Logistics). Hearings continue tomorrow. 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 1987 for the Department of Health and Human Services, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Henry R. Desmarais, Acting Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Nelson J. Sabatini, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Management and Assessment and Associate Commissioner for Management, Budget and Personnel, Social Security Administration, Phillip N. Hawkes, Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement, and Steve Ritchie, Director, Office of Child Support Enforcement, all of the Department of Health and Human Services. Hearings continue tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- TREASURY/POSTAL SERVICE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of the Treasury, receiving testimony from James A. Baker III, Secretary of the Treasury; and in behalf of funds for the Postal Service from Albert V. Casey, Postmaster General of the United States. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. NOMINATIONS/DOD SUPPLEMENTAL Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 2,216 military nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. Also, the committee met in closed session to consider proposed legislation authorizing supplemental funds for fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, for the Department of Defense, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Friday, March 21. AUTHORIZATIONS -- MILITARY CONSTRUCTION Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Construction resumed hearings on S. 2132, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for military construction programs, focusing on code revision and alternative financing, receiving testimony from Robert A. Stone, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Installations); Col. Fred Meurer, U.S. Army, Director of Engineering and Housing, Fort Ord, California; Rear Adm. John Paul Jones, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy; Brig. Gen. Daniel R. Schroeder, Deputy Assistant Chief of Engineers for Facilities, Department of the Army; and Maj. Gen. George E. Ellis, Director, Air Force Engineers and Services, Department of the Air Force. Hearings were recessed subject to call. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces resumed closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on Soviet strategic force developments, receiving testimony from representatives of the intelligence community. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 20. NOMINATION Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of C.C. Hope, Jr., of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Helms, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. D.C. MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands, Reserved Water and Resource Conservation concluded oversight hearings on memorials and monuments on Federal and District lands in the District of Columbia, including criteria for approval, jurisdiction, placement, design, funding and maintenance, after receiving testimony from Representative Oakar, Chairman, Task Force on Libraries and Memorials; Representative Vento, Chairman, Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation; Manus J. Fish, Jr., Regional Director, National Capital Region, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; J. Carter Brown, Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts; George M. White, Architect of the Capitol; Robert E. Gresham, Assistant Executive Director for Operations, National Capital Planning Commission; Col. Frederick Badger, Assistant Secretary, American Battle Monuments Commission; Hampton Cross, D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs; James Whitlock, Assistant Regional Administrator for Public Buildings and Real Property, National Capital Region, General Services Administration; Steven Kleiman, Assistant for Installation Planning, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense; Richard Gookin, Associate Chief of Protocol, Department of State; Jan Scruggs, Columbia, Maryland; Jann Warren-Findley, Falls Church, Virginia; James Moyer, Environmental Management Consultants, Washington, D.C.; Lambertus van Zelst, Alexandria, Virginia; and Constantine Seferlis, Garrett Park, Maryland. ENVIRONMENTAL TREATIES Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the following treaties: An Amendment to the 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), adopted in an Extraordinary Meeting of the Parties to the Convention April 30, 1983 (Treaty Doc. 98-10), the Protocol to the 1966 International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), agreed upon July 10, 1984, by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries of the Contracting Parties to the 1966 Convention and signed by the United States on September 10, 1984 (Treaty Doc. 99-4), and the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, done at Vienna on March 22, 1985 (Treaty Doc. 99-9), after receiving testimony from John D. Negroponte, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Fitzhugh Green, Associate Administrator for International Activities, Environmental Protection Agency; Richard E. Benedick, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environmental, Health and Natural Resources; Richard Barnett, Alliance for Responsible CFC Policy, Arlington, Virginia; and Alan S. Miller, World Resources Institute, David A. Wirth, National Resources Defense Council, and Michael J. Bean, Environmental Defense Fund, all of Washington, D.C. WHITE COLLAR CRIME Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed oversight hearings on white collar crime in the United States, receiving testimony from David Queen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement; Robert H. Hodges, Jr., South Carolina Bankers Association, Columbia, on behalf of the American Bankers Association; and Samuel J. Buffone, American Bar Association, Washington, D.C. Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 25. PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS/RETIREMENT POLICY Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Labor concluded oversight hearings on the retirement policy for public safety officials under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, after receiving testimony from Senators Ford and Bradley; William Ng, Deputy General Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Donald Cahill, Stafford, Virginia, on behalf of the National Fraternal Order of Police; William C. Summers, Gaithersburg, Maryland, on behalf of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc.; Robert Bellumo, Baltimore City Fire Department, Baltimore, Maryland, on behalf of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, Inc.; Mayor Max R. Chiddister, Goshen, Indiana, on behalf of the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns; Ronald D. Buckler, Indiana Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, on behalf of the National Association of Attorneys General; Clinton L. Pagano, Sr., New Jersey State Police, West Trenton; and Harold A. Schaitberger, International Association of Firefighters, and Mark H. Levitt, National Public Employer Labor Relations Association, both of Washington, D.C. NOMINATION Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Thomas K. Turnage, of California, to be Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Mr. Turnage, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf. Testimony was also received from E. Philip Riggin, and Robert E. Lyngh, both of the American Legion, James N. Magill, Veterans of Foreign Wars, John F. Heilman, Disabled American Veterans, and Frank R. DeGeorge, Paralyzed Veterans of America, all of Washington D.C.; and David J. Passamaneck, AMVETS, Lanham, Maryland. 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. Committee will hold closed hearings on tomorrow. Joint Meetings ECONOMIC OUTLOOK Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Trade, Productivity, and Economic Growth concluded hearings on the economic outlook for 1987, after receiving testimony from James C. Miller III, Director, Office of Management and Budget; Richard Rahn, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Paul Craig Roberts, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, both of Washington, D.C.; Richard McKenzie, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina; and C. Lowell Harris, the Academy of Political Science, New York, New York. SUPERFUND Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2005, to extend and amend the Comprehensive Environmental Responses, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund), but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Thursday, March 20. 1986/03/19 Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 19, 1986; pages D300 - D ? (Bound vol. D159- D166) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- STATE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of State, receiving testimony from George P. Shultz, Secretary of State. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 26. APPROPRIATIONS -- DEFENSE PROGRAMS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, receiving testimony from Chapman B. Cox, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management and Personnel). Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 9. APPROPRIATIONS -- EXPORT-IMPORT BANK Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Export-Import Bank, receiving testimony from John A. Bohn, Jr., Acting Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United States. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 10. APPROPRIATIONS -- VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Veterans' Administration, receiving testimony from Everett Alvarez, Jr., Acting Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 25. 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 1987 for the Department of Health and Human Services, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Dorcas R. Hardy, Assistant Secretary for Human Development Services, Jerrold B. Speers, Acting Director, Office of Community Services, John J. O'Shaughnessy, Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget, and Robert B. Helms, Acting Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, all of the Department of Health and Human Services. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 9. APPROPRIATIONS -- MILITARY CONSTRUCTION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for Army military construction programs, and Army National Guard and Army Reserve construction programs from Maj. Gen. Robert J. Dacey, USA, Assistant Chief of Engineers; Brig. Gen. Harry J. Mott, Deputy Chief, Army Reserve; and Brig. Gen. Richard D. Dean, Deputy Director, Army National Guard. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- TRANSPORTATION BOARDS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Charles Hauser, Chairperson, and David Welch, Executive Assistant to the Chairperson, both of the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; and Jim Burnett, Chairman, and Peter Kissinger, Managing Director, both of the National Transportation Safety Board. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 26. APPROPRIATIONS -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Terrence C. Golden, Administrator, General Services Administration; Frank G. Burke, Acting Archivist of the United States; Christopher Hicks, Deputy Assistant to the President for Administration, Executive Office of the President; and Manus J. Fish, Regional Director, National Capital Region, National Park Service, Department of the Interior (regarding White House and Vice President residences). Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Committee held closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on Air Force tactical programs, receiving testimony from Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research, Development and Logistics, Lt. Gen. Bernard P. Randolph, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition, Maj. Gen. John M. Loh, Director for Requirements, and Brig. Gen. Thomas R. Ferguson, AMRAAM Program Director, Armament Division, Air Force Systems Command, all of the Department of the Air Force. Hearings continue on Monday, March 24. DEFENSE PROCUREMENT Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Defense Acquisition Policy held hearings on S. 2082, to improve the management of major defense acquisition programs, to establish a Defense Acquisition Service, and to limit employment contracts between senior officials of the Department of Defense and defense contractors, and S. 2151, to establish within the Office of the Secretary of Defense an Office of Defense Acquisition for the centralized procurement of all property and services for the Department of Defense and to provide for an Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, receiving testimony from William H. Taft IV, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Robert Kirk, LTV Aerospace, Dallas, Texas, representing Aerospace Industries Association; Earl Williams, BDM International, Inc., McLean, Virginia, representing Professional Services Council; Mike Brunner, AT&T, and Bob Donaldson, Honeywell Information Systems, Minneapolis, Minnesota, both representing Scientific Apparatus Manufacturers Association, Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association and Electronic Industries Association; and John Fluke, Jr., representing Commercial Product Acquisition Team. Hearings were recessed subject to call. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Preparedness Subcommittee held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on operations and maintenance requirements, receiving testimony from Paul L. Dube, Director, Operations Program/Budget, Office of the Comptroller, Department of Defense. Hearings were recessed subject to call. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Sea Power and Force Projection held closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on Navy anti-submarine warfare capabilities, receiving testimony from Vice Adm. James R. Hogg, USN, Director, Office of Naval Warfare; and Rear Adm. D.L. Wolkensdorfer, USN, Director, Anti-Submarine Warfare Division, Office of Naval Warfare. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. FIRST BUDGET RESOLUTION Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an original concurrent resolution on the budget, setting forth recommended levels of total budget outlays, Federal revenues, and new budget authority for fiscal years 1987, 1988, and 1989, and revising the congressional budget for fiscal year ending September 30, 1986. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee began markup of H.R. 3838, proposed Tax Reform Act of 1986, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Monday, March 24. BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND TROPICAL DEFORESTATION Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on proposals to assist developing nations to manage and conserve tropical forests and to take action to address the loss of plant and animal species, including S. 1747 (concerning tropical forests) and S. 1748 (concerning biological diversity), after receiving testimony from Senator Roth; Susal Shen, Project Director, Office of Technology Assessment; Nyle C. Brady, Senior Assistant Administrator for Science and Technology, U.S. Agency for International Development; Andrew McGuire, World Resources Institute, Fran L. Spivy-Weber, National Audubon Society, Russell E. Train, World Wildlife Fund-U.S./The Conservation Foundation, and Lawrence Williams, Sierra Club, all of Washington, D.C.; and Peter Seligmann, The Nature Conservatory International Programs, Arlington, Virginia. NOMINATION Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed hearings on the nomination of Jefferson B. Sessions III, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, receiving testimony from Paul F. Hancock, Deputy Chief, Voting Section, Barry Kowalski, Deputy Chief, Criminal Section, Albert Glenn, Trial Attorney, Criminal Section, and Daniel Bell, Deputy Chief, Criminal Section, all of the Civil Rights Division, and John C. Keeney, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, all of the Department of Justice; Arthur Fleming, Citizens Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, D.C.; James D. Liebman, Columbia Law School, New York, New York; Robert Turner, Chestnut, Sanders, Sanders, Turner & Williams, and Lavon Phillips, Perry County District Attorney, both of Marion, Alabama; Robert Gilliard, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Ferrill D. McRae, Judge, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, and Eddie Menton, Mobile Press Register, all of Mobile, Alabama; Larry Thompson, King & Spaulding, Atlanta, Georgia; and William Kimbrough, former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama. Hearings continue tomorrow. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 1793, to establish a grant program to provide safe and effective systems of caring for medical technology dependent children in the home, with an amendment; S. 1895, to relieve Marlboro County General Hospital Charity, of Bennettsville, South Carolina, of liability to the United States under the Public Health Service Act, resulting from its sale of a hospital to a specified corporation; S. 1874, to reenact and codify certain provisions of law relating to the education of the deaf, with amendments; S. 1965, to revise certain provisions and to authorize funds for programs of the Higher Education Act, with amendments; S. 2057, to establish the President's Council on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; and The nominations of Lois B. Shepard, of Maryland, to be Director of the Institute of Museum Services, Frances M. Norris, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Education for Legislation and Public Affairs, John R. Wall, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, Marilyn L. Mennello, of Florida, to be a Member of the National Museum Services Board, James H. Duff, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the National Museum Services Board, Truman M. Hobbs, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, David B. Gray, of Maryland, to be Director of the National Institute of Handicapped Research, C. Ronald Kimberling, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Education for Postsecondary Education, and Joan M. Gubbins, of Indiana, Robert H. Mattson, of Oregon, D. Alan Heslop, of California, Robert L. McElrath, of Tennessee, Donald Barr, of Connecticut, and James H. Harrison, Jr., of Virginia, each to be a Member of the National Council on Educational Research. INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee resumed closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the intelligence community, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community. Hearings continue on Wednesday, March 26. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/03/20 Daily Digest - Thursday, March 20, 1986; pages D312 - D ? (Bound vol. D166- D175) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for energy and water development programs, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the Power Marketing Administrations from Donna R. Fitzpatrick, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Conservation and Renewable Energy; Robert J. Cross, Administrator, Alaska Power Administration; Peter T. Johnson, Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration; Harry C. Geisinger, Administrator, Southeastern Power Administration; Ronald H. Wilkerson, Administrator, Southwestern Power Administration; and William H. Clagett, Administrator, Western Area Power Administration. Subcommittee will meet again on Monday, April 14. APPROPRIATIONS -- GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of the Interior, receiving testimony from Dallas Peck, Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 25. APPROPRIATIONS -- MILITARY CONSTRUCTION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from L. Wayne Arny III, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Shipbuilding and Logistics); Rear Adm. John P. Jones, Jr., USN, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command; Brig. Gen. Joseph P. Hoar, USMC, Director, Facilities and Services Division, Hq.; Maj. Gen. George E. Ellis, USAF, Director of Engineering and Services, Hq.; Brig. Gen. Shirley M. Carpenter, USAF, Deputy Chief, Air Force Reserve; Brig. Gen. John F. McMerty, USAF, Deputy Director, Air National Guard; and numerous component witnesses. APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, for the Department of the Treasury, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the U.S. Secret Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center from David D. Queen, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement and Operations. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 27. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces resumed closed hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on Strategic Air Command's strategic force assessment, receiving testimony from General Larry D. Welch, USAF, Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 25. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel held hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on manpower and personnel programs, receiving testimony from Chapman B. Cox, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management & Personnel); James H. Webb, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs); Lt. Gen. Robert M. Elton, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Department of the Army; Vice Adm. Dudley Carlson, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower, Personnel and Training), Department of the Navy; Lt. Gen. John A. Shaud, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Department of the Air Force; and Lt. Gen. E.C. Cheatham, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Department of the Navy. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 26. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Sea Power and Force Projection continued hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on the C-17 airlifter, receiving testimony from Gen. Duane H. Cassidy, USAF, Commander-in-Chief, Military Airlift Command; Lt. Gen. Carl E. Vuono, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff (Operations and Plans), Department of the Army; Robert F. Hale, Assistant Director for National Security, Congressional Budget Office; and Kim Holmes, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 27. RISK RETENTION Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Consumer Subcommittee concluded hearings on S. 2129, to make it easier for businesses, associations, professionals, governmental entities, and other organizations to form collective purchasing groups and self-insurance groups for general liability coverage, after receiving testimony from Dennis Connelly, American Insurance Association, Richard E. Lynn, Alexander and Alexander Services, Inc., representing the National Association of Independent Brokers, and Jon Harkavy, Risk Insurance Management Society, Inc., all of New York, New York; George R. Shaffer, Insurance Center, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico, representing the Independent Insurance Agents of America, the Professional Insurance Agents, and the National Association of Casualty and Surety Agents; Leslie Cheek, Crum and Forster Insurance Companies, Michael J. Mullen, Crowell and Moring, Karen Ehrnman, American College of Nurse-Midwives, and Anthony C. Williams, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, all of Washington, D.C.; and Lyndon L. Olson, Jr., Texas State Board of Insurance, Austin, Edward Muhl, Maryland State Insurance Commissioner, Baltimore, and John E. Washburn, Illinois Director of Insurance, Springfield, all representing the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. BUILD AND CHARTER PROGRAM Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine concluded hearings on S. 1885, to establish a Military Auxiliary Revolving Fund within the Treasury of the United States for the construction in private U.S. shipyards of merchant vessels capable of serving as naval and military auxiliaries in time of war or national emergency, after receiving testimony from Everett Pyatt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Shipbuilding and Logistics; John A. Gaughan, Administrator, Richard E. Bowman, Associate Administrator for Maritime Aids, and Reginald A. Bourdon, Assistant Administrator for Policy and International Affairs, all of the Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation; W. James Amoss, Jr., Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., and Erik F. Johnsen, Central Gulf Lines, Inc., both of New Orleans, Louisiana; George F. Lowman, Farrell Lines, and Spyros S. Skouras, Sr., Prudential Lines, Inc., both of New York, New York; Peter J. Finnerty, Sea-Land Corporation, Iselin, New Jersey; Frank Drozak, Seafarers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO, Camp Springs, Maryland; M. Lee Rice, Shipbuilders Council of America, Washington, D.C.; H. Allen Fernstrom, The American Ship Building Company, Tampa, Florida; Paul H. Wells, Adventure Cruise Lines, Miami, Florida; Philip J. Shapiro, Apex Marine Corporation, Lake Success, New York; Robert Thomson, Moore McCormack Resources, Inc., Stamford, Connecticut; and James P. McGregor, Ocean Shipholdings, Inc., Houston, Texas. AUTHORIZATIONS -- NASA Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, receiving testimony from Raymond Colladay, Associate Administrator, Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, and Edmund Sanchez, Deputy Director of Resources, both of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Robert C. Duncan, and James Tegnelia, both of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia; Norris Krone, University Research Foundation, Greenbelt, Maryland; Roger D. Schaufele, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California; and Thomas F. Donohue, General Electric Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. Hearings were recessed subject to call. WORLD OIL SITUATION Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed hearings on the domestic and international oil situation, focusing on implications of fees on imported oil, receiving testimony from Theodore A. Burtis, Sun Co., Inc., Radnor, Pennsylvania; Fred L. Hartley, Unocal Corporation, Los Angeles, California; J.M. Graves, Calumet Oil Co., Tulsa, Oklahoma, on behalf of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association; C. Wayne Harmon, Louisiana Association of Independent Producers and Royalty Owners, Baton Rouge; William E. Perrine, Ashland Oil, Inc., Ashland, Kentucky; George J. McNally, Borg-Warner Chemicals, Inc., Parkersburg, West Virginia, on behalf of the Petrochemical Energy Group, Chemical Manufacturers Association, Man-Made Fiber Producers Association, and Society of the Plastics, Inc., John A. Clements, New England Fuel Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, on behalf of Empire State Petroleum Association, Fuel Merchants Association of New Jersey, Independent Fuel Terminal Operators Association, New England Fuel Institute, and Pennsylvania Petroleum, Association; Carl Bolch, Jr., Racetrac Petroleum, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America; Jack Copeland, Copeland, Wickersham and Wiley, Inc., New York, New York; Lester P. Lamm, Highway Users Federation, Washington, D.C., and Thomas J. Donohue, American Trucking Associations, Inc., both on behalf of the American Trucking Associations, Inc., Air Transport Association of America, American Automobile Association, Regional Airline Association, United Bus Owners of America, and Highway Users Federation; R. Thomas Van Arsdall, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, and Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America, both of Washington, D.C. Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 25. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: The nominations of J. Daniel Mahoney, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Barbara K. Hackett, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, Thomas E. Dittmeier, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, Henry K. Oncken, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, and Harry Connolly, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Oklahoma; S. Res. 105, to designate March 21, 1986, as "Henry Ossian Flipper Day"; S.J. Res. 251, to designate the week of May 11-17, 1986, as "National Science Week, 1986"; S.J. Res. 263, to designate the week of September 7-13, 1986, as "National Independent Retail Grocer Week"; S.J. Res. 264, to designate April 28, 1986, as "National Nursing Home Residents Day"; S.J. Res. 267, to designate the week of May 26, 1986, as "Older Americans Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Week"; S.J. Res. 279, to designate the month of October 1986, as "Lupus Awareness Month"; S.J. Res. 286, to designate the week of April 20-26, 1986, as "National Reading is Fun Week"; S.J. Res. 296, to designate October 16, 1986, as "World Food Day"; S.J. Res. 297, to designate the week of April 20, 1986, as "Crime Victims Week"; H. Con. Res. 278, to designate February 28, 1986, as "National Trio Day," in lieu of S. Con. Res. 109; S. 8, to grant a Federal Charter to the Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., with an amendment; S. 1827, to amend the Federal charter of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, with an amendment; S. 1655, to provide for enforcement of prohibitions concerning the importation or sale of merchandise in United States commerce; and H.R. 3570, to revise annuity programs for survivors of Federal justices and judges, with amendments. (As approved by the committee, the bill incorporates certain provisions of S. 1392, Senate companion measure. Also, the committee resumed consideration of S. 238, to reform procedures for collateral review of criminal judgments, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. NOMINATION Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Jefferson B. Sessions III, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, after receiving testimony from Maryland State Senator Clarence Mitchell, Annapolis, representing the National Black Caucus of State Legislators; Alabama State Senator Hank Sanders, Montgomery; O.C. Dobynes, Perry County, Alabama; Deval L. Patrick, Legal Defense Fund, New York, New York; Ed Vulavich, Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama; Thomas Figures, Figures, Ludgood & Figures, Braxton Kittrell, Judge, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Ben Sawada, Ashland Place United Methodist Church, George Horn, Mobile County Republican Executive Committee, and Bobby Eddy, District Attorney's Office, all of Mobile, Alabama. COMMUNITY SERVICES Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs, and Alcoholism concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Community Services Block Grant Program, after receiving testimony from Jerrold B. Speers, Acting Director, Office of Community Services, Department of Health and Human Services; J. William Gadsby, Associate Director, Human Resources Division, United States General Accounting Office; James Lynch, Iowa Office of Planning and Programming, Des Moines, representing the National Association of State Community Services Programs; Mayor Xavier L. Suarez, representing the United States Conference of Mayors, and Mary Blatch, Dade County Community Action Agency, both of Miami, Florida; David Bradley, National Community Action Foundation, Washington, D.C.; and Donald F. Stricker, Wood-Sandusky-Ottawa-Seneca Counties Community Action Commission, Fremont, Ohio. REHABILITATION PROGRAMS Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on the Handicapped held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for rehabilitation programs, receiving testimony from Madeleine Will, Assistant Secretary of Education; Elmer C. Bartels, Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, Boston; Dave Daugherty, National Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, Hartford, Connecticut; Bob Nichols, East Ely, Nevada; Bill Ashe, Barre, Vermont; Jon Rossman, Tallahassee, Florida; Jim Gashel, National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore, Maryland; Diana Richardson, University of Maryland, College Park; and Charles Carr, Northeast Independent Living Program, Lawrence, Massachusetts. Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 25. INDIAN EDUCATION Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2095, authorizing funds through fiscal year 1990 for the tribally controlled community colleges and the Navajo Community College, after receiving testimony from Henrietta Whiteman, Director, Office of Indian Education Programs, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Joe McDonald, American Indian Higher Education Consortium and Salish-Kootenai Community College, Pablo, Montana; Myrna DeMarias, Little Hoop Community College, Devils Lake, North Dakota; Sherman Marshall, Sinte Gleska College, Rosebud, South Dakota; Dean Jackson, Navajo Community College, Tsaile, Arizona; and Suzanne Harjo, National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C. INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on counterintelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community, but made no announcements. Committee will meet again on Wednesday, March 26. Joint Meeting SUPERFUND Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2005, to extend and amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund), but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. 1986/03/21 Daily Digest - Friday, March 21, 1986; pages D323 - D ? (Bound vol. D175- D178) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) DOD SUPPLEMENTAL Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill authorizing supplemental funds for fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, for the Department of Defense. BANKRUPTCY REFORM Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine concluded hearings on S. 1992 and S. 1993, bills to preserve the rights of certain parties with an interest in certain vessels or fishing facilities, or with an interest in aircraft, aircraft parts, or vessels, after receiving testimony from John A. Gaughan, Administrator, Richard E. Bowman, Administrator, Maritime Aids, and Robert J. Patton, Acting Chief Counsel, all of the Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation; James E. Douglas, Jr., Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, Michael L. Grable, Chief of Financial Services Division, and John Pedrick, Counsel, all of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Sharon M. Meadows, The First Boston Corporation, and Lawrence P. King, New York University School of Law, on behalf of the National Bankruptcy Conference, both of New York, New York; John M. Donnelly, Jr., Ingram Barge Co., Nashville, Tennessee; J.H. Pyne, Dixie Carriers, Inc., and Kenneth W. Waldorf, Zapata Gulf Marine Corporation, both of Houston, Texas; Thomas L. Mills, and Leonard Egan, both of Kominers, Fort, Schlefer and Boyer, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Apex Corporation, and Crowley Maritime Corporation; and John C. Newcomb, Sonat Marine, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ATLANTIC STRIPED BASS Committee on Environment amd Public Works: On Thursday, March 20, the committee ordered favorably reported S. 1813, authorizing funds through fiscal year 1989 for the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act, and to revise certain provisions of the Act concerning the regulated fishing for Atlantic striped bass carried on by northeastern U.S. coastal States. ANTITRUST LAWS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on S. 2162 and S. 2022, bills to promote and improve efficient and effective enforcement of the antitrust laws, receiving testimony from Douglas H. Ginsburg, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; Donald F. Turner, Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, and Steven C. Salop, Georgetown University Law Center, both of Washington, D.C.; and Charles B. Renfrew, Chevron Corporation, San Francisco, California; and Robert Abrams, New York State Attorney General, New York, New York. Hearings were recessed subject to call. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/03/24 Daily Digest - Monday, March 24, 1986; pages D329 - D ? (Bound vol. D178- D179) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed closed hearings on S. 219, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on Army tactical programs, receiving testimony from Jay R. Sculley, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Development and Acquisition, and Lt. Gen. Louis C. Wagner, Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition, both of the Department of the Army. Committee will meet again on Wednesday, March 26. NOMINATIONS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Joseph T. Nall, of North Carolina, and James E. Burnett, Jr., of Arkansas, each to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board, and Robert Ortner, of New Jersey, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Burnett was introduced by Senator Pryor. Committee will consider the nominations tomorrow. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee resumed markup of proposed legislation providing for revisions in Federal tax laws, focusing on the application of minimum tax to interest on tax-exempt bonds, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/03/25 Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 25, 1986; pages D333 - D ? (Bound vol. D179- D184) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 2045, authorizing funds through fiscal year 1992 for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, with amendments; and The nomination of John W. Bode, of Oklahoma, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation. APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Orville Bentley, Assistant Secretary for Science and Education, Terry Kinney, Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, John Patrick Jordan, Administrator, Cooperative State Research Service, and Mary Nell Greenwood, Administrator, Extension Service, all of the Department of Agriculture. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 8. SPACE TECHNOLOGY Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held hearings to review the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's overall accomplishments in their space program, focusing on industrial utilization and environmental and earth science applications of space technology, receiving testimony from Curtis Mack II, Deputy Administrator, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Joseph P. Allen, Space Industries, Inc., Houston, Texas; Robert Hood, Jr., C. Conrad, Jr., and Charles D. Walker, all of the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Huntington Beach, California; Karl G. Harr, Jr., Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Francis Bretherton, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado; Barrett N. Rock, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California; and Verner E. Suomi, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Hearings continue tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- U.S. FOREST SERVICE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the U.S. Forest Service, receiving testimony from Peter C. Myers, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture; and R. Max Peterson, Chief, U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 27. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Preparedness Subcommittee held hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on Navy/Marine Corps readiness and the operations and maintenance budgets, receiving testimony from Rear Adm. Jeremy D. Taylor, USN, Director, Operations Division, Fiscal Management Division, and Robert C. Storey, Deputy Director, Operations Division, Fiscal Management Division, both of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; and Lt. Gen. J.J. Went, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff, Installations and Logistics. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 27. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces resumed hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on Strategic Defense Initiative policy and program issues, receiving testimony from Richard N. Perle, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy; and Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, USAF, Director, Strategic Defense Initiative. Hearings continue tomorrow. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: An original bill to extend for 90 days the moratorium of Titles I and II of Public Law 97-320, to revitalize the housing industry by strengthening the financial stability of home mortgage lending institutions and ensuring the availability of home mortgage loans, to impose a moratorium on non-banks for 90 days, and to approve language to bank regulators relating to agricultural and energy lending banks; and The nomination of C.C. Hope, Jr., of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: H.R. 739, to provide for the documentation of the vessel MARILYN as a vessel of the United States entitled to engage in coastwise trade, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and The nominations of Robert Ortner, of New Jersey, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs, James E. Burnett, Jr., of Arkansas, and Joseph T. Nall, of North Carolina, both to be Members of the National Transportation Safety Board, Daniel J. Murphy, U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, in the rank of Rear Admiral (lower half), and a list of routine Coast Guard nominations received by the Senate on March 12, 1986. The committee failed to approve for reporting the nomination of Kenneth J. Hill, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board. Also, the committee began consideration of S. 2129, to make it easier for businesses, associations, professionals, governmental entities, and other organizations to form collective purchasing groups and self-insurance groups for general liability coverage, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. WORLD OIL SITUATION Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed hearings on the domestic and international oil situation, focusing on implications of fees on imported oil, receiving testimony from John S. Herrington, Secretary of Energy; J. Roger Mentz, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy; E. Allan Wendt, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Energy and Resources Policy; Bruce Wilson, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Industry and Services, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; Robert V. Shumway, Director, Division of Bank Supervision, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and Jonathan L. Fiechter, Director, Economic and Policy Analysis, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Hearings were recessed subject to call. WASTE DISPOSAL Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution and Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation concluded joint hearings on the regulation of mixed chemical and radioactive waste disposal under the Atomic Energy Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, after receiving testimony from Senator Glenn; John Barker, Director, Environmental Audit and Compliance, Department of Energy; Marcia A. Williams, Director, Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection Agency; John G. Davis, Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Jerry J. Scoville, U.S. Ecology, Louisville, Kentucky; Richard C. Reba, George Washington University Medical Center, on behalf of the American College of Nuclear Physicians and the Society of Nuclear Medicine, and David Berick, Environmental Policy Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; Sherman Naymark, Quadrex Corporation, Campbell, Colorado; and Leonard Slosky, Adviser to the Governor of Colorado, Denver. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee continued markup of proposed legislation providing for revisions in Federal tax laws, focusing on the application of minimum tax to interest on tax-exempt bonds, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. WHITE COLLAR CRIME Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed oversight hearings on white collar crime in the United States, receiving testimony from Stephen S. Trott, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; and William Weld, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, and Richard H. Dionne, Provident Institution for Savings, both of Boston, Massachusetts. Hearings were recessed subject to call. U.S. TRUSTEE SYSTEM Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts concluded hearings on S. 1961, to authorize a new United States Trustee system by providing for the apppointment of United States trustees to supervise the administration of bankruptcy cases in judicial districts throughout the United States, after receiving testimony from Arnold I. Burns, Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice; Judge Robert E. DeMascio, Chairman, Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System, Judicial Conference of the United States; Judge James Hancock, District Judge, Birmingham, Alabama; Judge J. William Brown, Bankruptcy Judge, Louisville, Kentucky; Judge T. Glover Roberts, Bankruptcy Judge, Biloxi, Mississippi; Benson Zion, Bryn Mar, Pennsylvania, and Hal Loskey, Los Angeles, California, both representing the Commercial Law League of America; K. Richard Kaufman, Credit Managers Association of Southern California, Los Angeles; Lawrence P. King, National Bankruptcy Conference, New York, New York; Judge Robert E. Ginsberg, Bankruptcy Judge, Northern District of Illinois, Chicago; Robert Anderson, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Columbia, South Carolina; Aldernon Butler, North Carolina Bar Association, Wilmington; Judge Thomas Milton Moore, Bankruptcy Judge, Wilson, North Carolina; and Robert W. Sawdey, Michigan State Bar Association, Grand Rapids. HOME AUDIO RECORDING Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks concluded hearings on S. 1739, to legalize the home taping of copyrighted music and other audio material in exchange for a royalty on audio recording equipment, after receiving testimony from Stanley M. Gortikov, Recording Industry Association of America, Inc., and Robert Summer, RCA Red Seal, both of New York, New York; Donald McCoy, CBS Technology Center, Stamford, Connecticut; Jack Goiodner, AFL-CIO, and Charles Ferris, Audio Recording Rights Coalition, both of Washington, D.C.; Ervine Drake, Songwriters Guild of America, Great Neck, New York; and Barry Mann, David Mann's Audio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. RAHABILITATION PROGRAMS Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on the Handicapped concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for rehabilitation programs, after receiving testimony from Sandra S. Parrino, Chairperson, National Council on the Handicapped; Lee Valenta, Auburn, Washington; Dave Jay, and Peter MacLean, both of the Physio Control Corporation, Redmond, Washington; Theodore Fabyan, Vocational Guidance Services, Cleveland, Ohio; Dan Sullivan, Delaware Valley PWI, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Louis Esposito, Madison, Connecticut; Pat Kraft, Technology Consumer, Center Industries, Wichita, Kansas; and Marcus Fuhrer, Baylor University, Houston, Texas. Joint Meeting SUPERFUND Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2005, to extend and amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund), but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. 1986/03/26 Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 26, 1986; pages D341 - D ? (Bound vol. D185- D188) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- FTC/CIVIL RIGHTS/ACDA Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Terry Calvani, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission; Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr., Chairman, Civil Rights Commission; and Kenneth L. Adelman, Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 9. D.C. PRISONS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held hearings to review the overcrowding issue of the District of Columbia prison system, receiving testimony from Senator Warner; Mayor Marion Barry, Thomas Downs, Deputy Mayor for Operations, David Clarke, Chairman, and Wilhelmina Rolark and Nadine Winter, both Council Members, all of the District of Columbia City Council, all of the Government of the District of Columbia; and Kenneth Tack, 268 Center, Inc., Cowansville, Pennsylvania. Hearings continue on Wednesday, April 9. SPACE TECHNOLOGY Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies concluded hearings to review the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's overall accomplishments in their space program, after receiving testimony from Otho E. Eskin, Director, Office of Advanced Technology, Department of State; Jack Anderson, Young Astronauts Council, Washington, D.C.; John Denver, Aspen, Colorado; and Barbara Redding Morgan, McCall, Idaho. Also, the Subcommittee concluded joint hearings with the Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense to discuss NASA's alternative to sending satellites into space, after receiving testimony from Edward C. Aldridge, Jr., Under Secretary of the Air Force; Adm. Richard C. Truly, Associate Administrator for Space Flight, and Chester M. Lee, Director, Customer Services, both of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. APPROPRIATIONS -- ICC/TRANSPORTATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Heather J. Gradison, Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission; and Jim Burnley, Deputy Secretary of Transportation. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 9. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed closed hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on Navy tactical programs, receiving testimony from Vice Adm. Edward H. Martin, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air Warfare); Lt. Gen. Keith A. Smith, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff for Aviation; Vice Adm. Joseph B. Wilkinson, USN, Commander, Naval Air Systems Command; and Rear Adm. Span Arthur, USN, Director, Aviation Plans and Requirements. Hearings were recessed subject to call. MILITARY REFORM Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel completed its review of options to reform the military retirement system and agreed on recommendations it will make to the full committee thereon. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces resumed closed hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on Strategic Command, Control and Communications (C<3>) and Warning Assessment, receiving testimony from Donald C. Latham, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence; and Gen. Robert T. Herres, USAF, Commander in Chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command. Hearings were recessed subject to call. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 1625, to convey certain land in Nevada to the University of Nevada to create a research and development center, with an amendment; S. 2031, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to release restrictions on certain property located in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and The nomination of Jed Dean Christensen, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior. Also, the committee resumed consideration of S. 1225, to compensate the public for injuries or damages suffered in the event of an accident involving nuclear activities undertaken by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensees or Department of Energy contractors, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee continued markup of proposed legislation providing for revisions in Federal tax laws, focusing on methods of cash accounting, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Tuesday, April 8. LITIGATION ABUSE REFORM Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on S. 2046, to provide limits and procedures in certain civil litigation cases, receiving testimony from Richard K. Willard, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Robert Cummins, Guardsman Elevator Company, Inc., Bronx, New York; Peter Perlman, American Trial Lawyers Association, Lowell Beck, National Association of Independent Insurers, Franklin W. Nutter, Alliance of American Insurers, Thomas S. Chittenden, American Insurance Association, William S. Hotchkiss, and B.J. Anderson, both of the American Medical Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Aaron Broder, Bailey & Broder, New York, New York; Ned Good, Good & Novak, Pasadena, California; William McCormick, The Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Novato, California; and Patricia Danzon, The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California. Hearings were recessed subject to call. AUTHORIZATIONS -- NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2184, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the National Science Foundation, after receiving testimony from Erich Bloch, Director, National Science Foundation. SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings on S. 2147, to extend the authorization for non-profit organizations operated in the interest of handicapped and blind individuals to receive procurement contracts under the Small Business Act, receiving testimony from Frank Swain, Chief Counsel, Office of Advocacy, Small Business Administration; Eivind Johansen, National Industries for the Severely Handicapped, Inc., Vienna, Virginia; William P. Wolk, South Shore Rehabilitation Center, North Quincy, Massachusetts; Barry J. Trilling, Trilling & Kennedy, Washington, D.C.; J. Elliot Barrow, Jebco, Inc., Warrenton, Georgia; Colin Offenhartz, FRAAS Survival Systems, Inc., Bronx, New York; William J. McCallister, HLI Lordship Industries, Hauppauge, New York; James Gashel, National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore, Maryland; Dwight Whittaker, National Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, Idaho Falls, Idaho; and Anthony Young, Fairfax Opportunities Unlimited, Inc., Springfield, Virginia. Hearings were recessed subject to call. INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee resumed closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the intelligence community, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community. Hearings continue on Wednesday, April 9. Joint Meeting CLEAN WATER ACT Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of S. 1128, proposed Clean Water Act Amendments of 1985, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. 1986/03/27 Daily Digest - Thursday, March 27, 1986; pages D348 - D ? (Bound vol. D188- D192) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- BUREAU OF MINES Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of the Interior, receiving testimony from Robert C. Horton, Director, Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 8. APPROPRIATIONS -- CUSTOMS SERVICE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of the Treasury, receiving testimony from William von Raab, Commissioner, Customs Service, Department of the Treasury. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 9. DOD ACQUISITION IMPROVEMENT Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Defense Acquisition Policy held hearings on S. 2082, to improve the management of major defense acquisition programs, to establish a Defense Acquisition Service, and to limit employment contracts between senior officials of the Department of Defense and defense contractors, S. 2151, to establish within the Office of the Secretary of Defense an Office of Defense Acquisition for the centralized procurement of all property and services for the Department of Defense and to provide for an Under Secretary of Defense Acquisition, and S. 2196, to improve procedures for the acquisition of spare and repair parts for the Department of Defense, receiving testimony from Senator Bingaman; William H. Reed, Director, Defense Contract Audit Agency; Derek J. Vander Schaaf, Deputy Inspector General, Department of Defense; Paul F. Math, Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office; and Ray Kline, National Academy of Public Administration, Washington, D.C. Hearings continue on Tuesday, April 8. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Preparedness Subcommittee resumed hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on Army/Army National Guard/Army Reserve Readiness and the Operations and Maintenance budgets, receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. Carl E. Vuono, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans; Maj. Gen. William G. O'Leksey, USA, Director, Military Personnel Management, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel; Brig. Gen. Jackson E. Rozier, Jr., USA, Director, Plans and Operations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics; Brig. Gen. Charles E. Williams, USA, Director, Operations and Support, Office of the Comptroller of the Army; Maj. Gen. Herbert R. Temple, Jr., USA Director, Army National Guard, National Guard Bureau; and Maj. Gen. William R. Berkman, USA, Chief, Army Reserve. Subcommittee recessed subject to call. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Sea Power and Force Projection concluded hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on the SSN-21 submarine, after receiving testimony from Vice Adm. Bruce DeMars, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Submarine Warfare (OP-02); Adm. Kinnaird R. McKee, USN, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program; Ronald O'Rourke, Analyst, National Defense, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; John D. Landicho, Senior Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, Government Accounting Office; and Jack Harris, Project Manager, Department of Defense Product Engineering Services Office. RISK RETENTION Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute S. 2129, to make it easier for businesses, associations, professionals, governmental entities, and other organizations to form collective purchasing groups and self-insurance groups for general liability coverage. PRICE-ANDERSON Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee met to further consider S. 1225, to compensate the public for injuries or damages suffered in the event of an accident involving nuclear activities undertaken by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensees or Department of Energy contractors, but took no action thereon, and recessed subject to call. JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity approved for full committee consideration S. 2069, to improve Job Training Partnership Program stability and lessen burdensome administrative requirements, improve services to youth and the hard-to-serve, and strengthen enforcement, with amendments. CAMPAIGN FINANCING Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings on bills to amend the Federal campaign finance laws, including S. 59, S. 1787, S. 1806, and S. 1891, receiving testimony from Senator Goldwater; Fred Wertheimer and Archibald Cox, both of Common Cause, and Leon G. Billings, Leon G. Billings Inc., all of Washington, D.C.; John T. Dolan, National Conservative Political Action Committee, Alexandria, Virginia; Mark Green, Democracy Project, New York, New York; John Grunseth, Economics Laboratory, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota; and Reed Larson, National Right to Work Committee, Springfield, Virginia. Hearings were recessed subject to call. SBA PILOT PROGRAMS Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded hearings on H.R. 2787, to extend through fiscal year 1988 SBA Pilot Programs under section 8 of the Small Business Act, after receiving testimony from Representative Mitchell; Jon Seymour, Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Administration; Wilfredo Gonzalez, Associate Administrator, Office of Minority Small Business Capital Ownership Development, Small Business Administration; Robert L. Ozuna, New Bedford Panoramex, Santa Fe Springs, California, representing the Latin American Manufacturers Association; Jerry T. Jones, Sonicraft, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; Lee Wan, Lee Wan and Associates, Decatur, Georgia; and Robert L. Jones, AMAF Industries, Inc., Columbia, Maryland. ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT IN AMERICA Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Entrepreneurship and Special Problems Facing Small Business concluded hearings on promoting U.S. entrepreneurship and small business after receiving testimony from Frank S. Swain, Chief Counsel, Office of Advocacy, Small Business Administration; John Ciccarelli, Small Business Development Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; John Kao, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Verne Harnish, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas; Kim Merritt, Kim's Khocolate, Cumberland, Maryland; Dan Dipert, Dan's Odd Jobs, San Marcos, Texas; and Mark Idzik, Strictly Software, Inc., Washington, D.C. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/04/08 Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 8, 1986; pages D354 - D ? (Bound vol. D192- D196) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Frank W. Naylor, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Small Community and Rural Development; Merritt W. Sprague, Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation; and Harold V. Hunter, Administrator, Rural Electrification Administration. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 10. APPROPRIATIONS -- ENERGY CONSERVATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for energy conservation programs, receiving testimony from Donna R. Fitzpatrick, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Conservation and Renewable Energy. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 15. DOD ACQUISITION IMPROVEMENT Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Defense Acquisition Policy concluded hearings on S. 2082, to improve the management of major defense acquisition programs, to establish a Defense Acquisition Service, and to limit employment contracts between senior officials of the Department of Defense and defense contractors, S. 2151, to establish within the Office of the Secretary of Defense an Office of Defense Acquisition for the centralized procurement of all property and services for the Department of Defense and to provide for an Under Secretary of Defense Acquisition, and to discuss the acquisition findings and report of the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management (Packard Report), after receiving testimony from David Packard, Chairman, William Perry, Member, and Jacques S. Gansler, Senior Consultant, all of the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY/SECURITY PROGRAMS Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces held closed hearings on S. 2218, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1987 and 1988 for national security programs of the Department of Energy, receiving testimony from Sylvester R. Foley, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs; Maj. Gen. Robert F. Molinelli, USA, Acting Chairman, Military Liaison Committee to the Department of Energy; Brig. Gen. Sidney Davis, USA, Acting Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy; Roger E. Batzel, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California; Sigfried S. Hecker, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico; and Irwin Welber, Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 10. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee resumed markup of proposed legislation providing for revisions in Federal tax laws, focusing on estates, trusts, and pension, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/04/09 Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 9, 1986; pages D366 - D ? (Bound vol. D197- D204) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- SDI Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held closed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Strategic Defense Initiative, receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, USAF, Director, Strategic Defense Initiative Organization. Hearings continue tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- HUD Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD -- Independent Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, receiving testimony from Samuel R. Pierce, Jr., Secretary of HUD. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 29. APPROPRIATIONS -- EDUCATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Education, receiving testimony from William J. Bennett, Secretary of Education. Hearings continue tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- AMTRAK/FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from W. Graham Claytor, Jr., President and Chairman of the Board, National Railroad Passenger Corp. (AMTRAK); and John H. Riley, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 16. APPROPRIATIONS -- OPM/FEC Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Constance Horner, Director, Office of Personnel Management; and John Warren McGarry, Vice Chairman, Federal Election Commission. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. NOMINATIONS -- MILITARY RETIREMENT Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 1,739 military nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. Also, the committee began consideration of proposed legislation to reform the military retirement system, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed closed hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on the defense of NATO, receiving testimony from Maj. Gen. Edward J. Heinz, USAF, Director, Intelligence J2, United States European Command; and Maj. Gen. Norman H. Smith, USMC, Acting Chief of Staff and Director of Plans and Policy, United States Atlantic Command. Hearings were recessed subject to call. TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1931, to require construction management plans as a precondition to Federal funding for major transit capital projects, after receiving testimony from Ralph L. Stanley, Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Department of Transportation; Lloyd A. Duscha, Deputy Director for Engineering and Construction, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; David L. Gunn, New York City Transit Authority, New York, New York; William K. Hellmann, Maryland Department of Transportation, Annapolis; Carmen E. Turner, Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority, and James L. Lammie, Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas, Inc., both of Washington, D.C.; Albert Martin, Southeast Michigan Transportation Authority, Detroit; Joseph M. Fletcher, Metro-Dade Transportation Administration, Miami, Florida; John W. Leonard, Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc., Boise, Idaho; John A. Polutchko, Dynatrend, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; and Samy E.G. Elias, Day & Zimmermann, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Transportation and Distribution Associates, Inc. NOMINATION Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Patricia Diaz Dennis, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Bingaman, testified and answered questions in her own behalf. NOMINATION Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of J. Roger Mentz, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Mr. Mentz, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Bradley, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee continued markup of proposed legislation providing for revisions in Federal tax laws, focusing on energy, natural resources, accelerated cost recovery system, and pension and employee benefit provisions, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. MERGER LAW REFORM Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on S. 2160 and S. 2022, bills to clarify and improve the analysis of mergers under the antitrust laws, receiving testimony from Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce; Douglas H. Ginsburg, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; Donald F. Turner, Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, and F.M. Scherer, Brookings Institution, both of Washington, D.C.; and Joseph Brodley, Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts. Hearings were recessed subject to call. NOMINATION Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Kenneth L. Ryskamp, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Chiles, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. SOURCE LICENSING Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks held hearings on S. 1980, to prohibit a copyright holder from conveying the right to publicly perform and audiovisual work on non-network commercial television without simultaneously conveying the right to perform in synchronization any copyrighted music which accompanies such work, receiving testimony from Senator Gore; Representative Boucher; Ralph Oman, Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress; Les Arries, All-Industry Television Station Music License Committee, Edward M. Cramer, Broadcast Music, Inc., Hal David, American Society of Composers, Artists and Publishers, and Thomas Valentino, Valentino, Inc., all of New York, New York; Edward O. Fritts, National Association of Broadcasters, Preston Padden, Association of Independent Television Stations, and Jack Valenti, Motion Picture Association of America, all of Washington, D.C.; W. Robert Thompson, SESAC, Nashville, Tennessee; Mike Post, Post Productions, and Mel Blumenthal, MTM Enterprises, Inc., both of Studio City, California; and Fred Epstein, Storer Communications, Inc., Miami, Florida. Hearings were recessed subject to call. NOMINATION Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Jeffrey I. Zuckerman, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, after the nominee testified and answered further questions in his own behalf. INDIAN LANDS Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1452, to provide for the purchase of certain lands on behalf of the Gay Head Indian Band, and to require that all rights, title, and interest in such lands be transferred to the Wampanoag Tribal Council, after receiving testimony from Senator Kennedy; Hazel Elbert, Director, Office of Indian Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Gladys Widdiss, Luther Madison, Jack Campisi, Henry J. Sockbeson, Frank James, Thelma Weissberg, Helen Manning, Joan Pantadel, Beatrice Gentry, Barbara Gentry, Adrinna Ignacio, Roland James, Rosalie Francis, Sammy Sapio, and James Faction, all of the Gay Head Tribe, Hannah Malkin and James Quarles, both on behalf of the Gay Head Taxpayers Association, and Jeff Madison, Mark Widdiss, and David Vanderhoop, all on behalf of the Town of Gay Head, all of Gay Head, Massachusetts; Priscilla Attean, Penobscot Tribe of Maine, Old Town; and Curtis Osceola, United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee. INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee resumed closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the intelligence community, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community. Hearings continue on Wednesday, April 16. Joint Meeting EXCISE TAX ON WINE Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Trade, Productivity and Economic Growth concluded hearings on the economic impact of the proposed increase in the excise tax on wine as contained in the recently proposed tax reform proposal, after receiving testimony from John Martini, New York State Winegrape Growers, Inc., Penn Yan; Jerry Bookwalter, Washington Association of Winegrape Growers, Pasco, Washington; J. William Moffett, The Association of American Vintners, Watkins Glenn, New York; Arthur Ciocca, Wine Institute, San Francisco, California; Robert Hartzell, California Association of Winegrape Growers, Sacramento; Bill Blosser, Solcol-Blosser Winery, Dundee, Oregon; Monty Stamp, Winegrape Growers of America, Washington, D.C.; Richard Garabedian, California Raisin Bargaining Association, Fresno; Lynn Hunter, Pennsylvania Grape Industry Association, Brogue; Rebecca Murphy, Texas Grape Growers Association, Fort Worth; Michael Hogue, Washington Wine Institute, Prosser; Tony DeBevec, Ohio Wine Producers Association, Austinburg; William Oliver, Oliver Wine Cellars, Bloomington, Indiana; Stofford Krause, New York Association of Wine Producers, Canandaigua; Al Wiederkehr, Arkansas Wine Producers Association, Altus; and Al Weed, Virginia Wineries Association, Lovingston. 1986/04/10 Daily Digest - Thursday, April 10, 1986; pages D377 - D ? (Bound vol. D204- D212) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from John Bode, Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services, Suzanne S. Harris, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services, and Sonia Crow, Associate Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, all of the Department of Agriculture. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 15. APPROPRIATIONS -- SDI Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense continued hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Strategic Defense Initiative, receiving testimony from Robert S. McNamara, and Harold Brown, both former Secretaries of Defense. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 23. APPROPRIATIONS -- AID/INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION/AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Herbert L. Beckington, Inspector General, Agency for International Development; Deborah Szekely, President, Inter-American Foundation; and Leonaid H. Robinson, Jr., President, African Development Foundation. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 15. APPROPRIATIONS -- EDUCATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Education, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Bruce M. Carnes, Deputy Under Secretary for Planning, Budget and Evaluation, Alicia Coro, Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office for Civil Rights, James B. Thomas, Jr., Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, Lawrence F. Davenport, Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Mary Jean LeTendre, Director, Compensatory Education Programs, John Staehle, Acting Director, Migrant Education Programs, Lois A. Bowman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, W. Stanley Kruger, Director, Division of Impact Aid, and Sally H. Cristensen, Director, Budget Services, all of the Department of Education. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- OMB Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Office of Management and Budget, receiving testimony from James C. Miller III, Director, Office of Management and Budget. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 16. U.S. SECURITY IN THE PHILIPPINES Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Sea Power and Force Projection and Subcommittee on Military Construction held joint hearings on United States security interests in the Philippines, receiving testimony from John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy; Tidal W. McCoy, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics; Gaston J. Sigur, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Robert C. McFarlane, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; and Richard C. Holbrooke, Shearson-Lehman Brothers, Inc., New York, New York, formerly Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Hearings were recessed subject to call. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Preparedness resumed open and closed hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on Air Force readiness status and operation and maintenance, receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics and Engineering, Maj. Gen. E.H. Fischer, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations, Brig. Gen. Robert F. Swarts, Deputy Director of Budget, Operations Comptroller of the Air Force, Maj. Gen. John B. Conaway, Director, Air National Guard, and Maj. Gen. Sloan R. Gill, Chief of the Air Force Reserve, all of the United States Air Force. Hearings continue tomorrow. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces resumed open and closed hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on binary chemical modernization programs, receiving testimony from David Abshire, U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO; Thomas J. Welch, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Atomic Energy), (Chemical Matters); David Emery, Deputy Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; Amoretta M. Hober, Deputy Under Secretary of the Army; and Gen. Jack N. Merritt, USA, United States Representative to the NATO Military Committee. Hearings continue tomorrow. AUTHORIZATIONS -- NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the National Bureau of Standards, after receiving testimony from Clarence J. Brown, and Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Ernest Ambler, Director, and Raymond G. Kammer, Deputy Director, both of the National Bureau of Standards, and D. Bruce Merrifield, Assistant Secretary for Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, and Joseph F. Caponio, Director, National Technical Information Service, all of the Department of Commerce; Pete England, National Conference of Standards Laboratories, Montclair, California; Norman D. Collins, Boeing Computer Services, Seattle, Washington; and Joseph G. O'Grady, American Society for Testing and Materials, and William Y. Epling, American Institute of Steel Construction, Inc., both of Washington, D.C. AUTHORIZATIONS -- NASA Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, receiving testimony from Isaac T. Gillam, Assistant Administrator for Commercial Programs, and Burton I. Edelson, Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications, both of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Thomas Donahue, Chairman, Space Science Board, National Academy of Sciences; John W. Townsend, Jr., Fairchild Industries, Inc., Chantilly, Virginia; Glenn Mason, University of Maryland, College Park, on behalf of the Association of American Universities; and Richard Braley, Federal Express Satellite System, Memphis, Tennessee. Hearings continue on Wednesday, April 16. U.S. NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT PROGRAM Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development held hearings on the proposed Department of Energy enrichment criteria and the current status of Department of Energy rulemaking proceedings on those criteria, and on proposed amendments to S. 1004, to establish a program to provide for reclamation and other remedial actions with respect to mill tailings at active uranium and thorium processing sites, receiving testimony from James W. Vaughan, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy Programs, John R. Longnecker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Uranium Enrichment, and William R. Voigt, Jr., Director, Office of Remedial Action and Waste Technology, all of the Department of Energy; and Robert P. Luke, Uranium Producers of America, Washington, D.C. Hearings were recessed subject to call. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee continued markup of proposed legislation providing for revisions in Federal tax laws, focusing on accounting provisions, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet on Monday, April 14. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: The nominations of H. Allen Holmes, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs, Ronald S. Lauder, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria, Otto J. Reich, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Venezuela, and Carlos Salman, of Florida, and Henry F. Schickling, of Pennsylvania, both to be Members of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; and The following treaties: The Protocol to the 1966 International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), agreed upon July 10, 1984, by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries of the Contracting Parties to the 1966 Convention and signed by the United States on September 10, 1984 (Treaty Doc. 99-4); and The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer done at Vienna on March 22, 1985 (Treaty Doc. 99-9). The Committee failed to approve for reporting the nomination of James L. Malone, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Belize. U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE/IRELAND Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2139, to provide economic support of the United States to the Anglo-Irish Agreement on Northern Ireland, after receiving testimony from Rozanne Ridgway, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs; Robert Bauerlein, Special Assistant, Office of the Under Secretary for Security Assistance, Science and Technology, Department of State; and M. Peter McPherson, Administrator, Agency for International Development. PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation and Government Processes held oversight hearings to review United States nuclear nonproliferation policy, receiving testimony from Richard T. Kennedy, Ambassador-at-Large and Special Advisor to the Secretary of State on Nonproliferation and Nuclear Energy Affairs. Hearings were recessed subject to call. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: The nominations of Eric G. Bruggink, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Claims Court, Marian Blank Horn, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Claims Court, K. William O'Connor, of Virginia, to be United States Attorney for the District of Guam and concurrently United States Attorney for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands, Emery R. Jordan, to be U.S. Marshal for the District of Maine, John R. Kendall, to be U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Michigan, Ralph D. Morgan, to be U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Indiana, and Donald W. Peterson, of Missouri, to be Deputy Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Department of Commerce; and S.J. Res. 188, to designate July 6, 1986, as "National Air Traffic Control Day," with amendments; S.J. Res. 199, to designate the month of November 1985 as "National Elks Veterans Remembrance Month," with an amendment; S.J. Res. 281, to designate the week of May 11-17, 1986, as "Senior Center Week"; S.J. Res. 284, to designate the month of May 1986, as "Better Hearing and Speech Month"; S.J. Res. 300, to recognize and honor 350 years of service of the National Guard; S.J. Res. 303, to designate April 1986, as "Fair Housing Month"; S.J. Res. 306, to designate the week beginning November 23, 1986, as "National Adoption Week"; S.J. Res. 309, to designate the week of June 1-7, 1986, as "National Intelligence Community Week"; S.J. Res. 307, to designate the week of April 18-27, 1986, as "National Carpet and Floorcovering Week"; S.J. Res. 315, to designate May 1986, as "Older Americans Month"; and S. Res. 352, to establish a Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Senate to oversee and coordinate bicentennial activities. CONGRESSIONAL POSTAGE COSTS Committee on Rules and Administration: On Wednesday, April 9, the committee concluded hearings on S. 2059, to control franking costs of Members of Congress, S. 2255, to prohibit the expenditures of Federal funding for Congressional newsletters, and S. Res. 374, to limit the amount that may be expended by Senators for mass mailings during the remainder of fiscal year 1986, after receiving testimony from Senators Wilson and Quayle. Committee will consider the above measures on Wednesday, April 16. VA MEDICAL FACILITIES Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to review Veterans' Administration policies relating to the construction of major medical facilities, after receiving testimony from Thomas K. Turnage, Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, John W. Ditzler, Chief Medical Director, Richard P. Falco, Acting Director, Facility Engineering Planning and Construction Office, Susan Livingstone, Acting Associate Deputy Administrator for Logistics, Gerald E. Neumann, Director, Office of Construction, Charles Yarbrough, Director, Management Support Office, Robert E. Lindsey, Jr., Director of Operations, and Marjorie Quandt, Assistant Chief Medical Director, Office of Administration, all of the Veterans' Administration; John Cherbini, Associate Director, and William O. Jenkins, Evaluator-In-Charge, both of the Accounting and Financial Management Division, and Norman Rabkin, Group Director, Human Resources Division, all of the General Accounting Office; Winfield M. Kelly, Maryland Chamber of Commerce, Richard J. Davidson, Maryland Hospital Association, Carl Schramm, Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission, and Dom Raino, Maryland Health Resource Planning Commission, all of Baltimore; and Paul S. Egan, The American Legion, Dennis M. Cullinan, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, David W. Gorman, Disabled American Veterans, David J. Passamaneck, AMVETS, and Bob Moran, Paralyzed Veterans of America, all of Washington, D.C. NOMINATION Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Robert M. Gates, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director of Central Intelligence. Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Mr. Gates, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Warner, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/04/11 Daily Digest - Friday, April 11, 1986; pages D387 - D ? (Bound vol. D212- D217) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) HEALTH RESEARCH Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held hearings to review the impact of the President's proposed budget on health research programs, receiving testimony from Samuel Thier, President, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences; Robert Butler, New York, New York, former Director, National Institute on Aging; Theodore Cooper, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, former Assistant Secretary for Health; Roger Guillemin, Salk Institute, Lajolla California; Kenneth Shine, University of California, Los Angeles, on behalf of the American Heart Association; John Durant, The Fox-Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Herbert Pardes, Columbia University, New York, New York; and George Palade, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Hearings were recessed subject to call. STRATEGIC HOMEPORTING INITIATIVE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Construction held hearings on the strategic homeporting initiative, receiving testimony from Senators Moynihan, D'Amato, and Gorton; Bill W. Thurman, Deputy Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office; L. Wayne Arny III, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Shipbuilding and Logistics; Rear Adm. John Paul Jones, Jr., Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command; Vice Adm. Thomas Hughes, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Logistics; Adm. J.L. Holloway III, USN (Ret.), former Chief of Naval Operations; and Vice Adm. C. Edwin Bell, USN (Ret.), former Director of Navy Program Planning. Hearings were recessed subject to call. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Preparedness continued open and closed hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on ammunition readiness, sustainability, and procurement, receiving testimony from Thomas Christie, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Programs and Resources; Maj. Gen. Robert F. Molinelli, USA, Director of Combat Support Systems, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development, and Acquisition; Maj. Gen. Charles Skipton, USAF, Director, Logistics Plans and Programs; and Brig. Gen. R.J. Winglass, USMC, Director, Materials Division. Hearings were recessed subject to call. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces continued closed hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on Strategic Command, Control and Communications, and warning assessment, receiving testimony from Donald C. Latham, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 15. PUBLIC LANDS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands, Reserve Water and Resource Conservation concluded hearings on the following bills: S. 997, to establish the Hennepin Canal National Heritage Corridor in Illinois, after receiving testimony from Senator Dixon, and Representative Lane Evans; S. 1542, to designate the Nez Perce Trail in Oregon and Montana, as a component of the National Trails System, after receiving testimony from J. Lamar Beasley, Deputy Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; S. 1374, to establish the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, after receiving testimony from Senators Chafee and Pell; Massachusetts State Representative Richard Moore, Uxbridge; Robert Kumor, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management, Boston; Robert Bendick, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Providence; and Pat Malone, Slater Mill Association, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. S. 2265, to authorize the establishment of the Burr Trail National Rural Scenic Road in Utah, after receiving testimony from Senators Garn and Hatch; Representative Nielson; Tom Hatch and H. Del LeFevre, both of the Garfield County Commission, and Clem Church, Utah State Road Commissioner, all of Panguitch, Utah; Steve Creamer, Garfield County Engineer, St. George, Utah; C. Booth Wallentine, Utah Farm Bureau Federation, and Terri Martin, National Parks and Conservation Association, Rocky Mountain Regional Representative, both of Salt Lake City, Utah; Del Smith, Clive Kinkaid, and Kris Dangerfield, all of Springdale, Utah; Dale Dockstader, Rockville, Utah; Clay Puckett, Orem, Utah; Thomas J. Messenger, Arlington, Virginia; Louise Liston, Escalante, Utah; Christine Swanson, Boulder, Utah; Maggie Fox, Sierra Club, (Southwest Representative), Boulder, Colorado; and Darell Knuffke, Wilderness Society, (Central Rockies Regional Director), Denver, Colorado; S. 1946, to designate the West Branch of the Farmington River as a study area for inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, after receiving testimony from Representative Johnson; Suzanne C. Wilkins, Farmington River Watershed Association, Simsbury, Connecticut; and Christopher Brown, American Rivers Conservation Coalition, Washington, D.C.; and S. 1413 and H.R. 2067, bills to validate conveyances of certain lands in California that form part of the right-of-way granted by the United States to the Central Pacific Railway Company, after receiving testimony from Representative Shumway; David Tidwell, Special Assistant to the Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; David Burwell, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Washington, D.C.; Larry W. Telford, Santa Fe-Southern Pacific Corporation, San Francisco, California; and Robert H. Mullen, Tracy, California; H.R. 3556, to provide for the exchange of land for the Cape Henry Memorial site in Fort Story, Virginia, after receiving testimony from Senator Warner. Testimony was also received on S. 997, S. 1374, S. 1542, S. 1946, S. 2265, and H.R. 3556, (all listed above) from Denis P. Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior. U.S.-CANADA TRADE Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to discuss United States-Canadian trade relations, focusing on the Canadian proposal for comprehensive trade negotiations between the United States and Canada, after receiving testimony from Senators Cohen and Wilson; Clayton Yeutter, United States Trade Representative; Stanley S. Dennison, Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the Fair Lumber Imports; J.M. Tolleson Jr., Tolleson Lumber Company, Perry, Georgia: M.J. Kuehne, Northwest Independent Forest Manufacturers, Tacoma, Washington; Carlton E. Nichols, Nichols and Stone Company, Gardner, Massachusetts, representing the American Furniture Manufacturers Association; Robert W. McMinn, Automotive Parts and Accessories Association, Lanham, Maryland; and Lawrence A. Fox, the National Association of Manufacturers, and Lucy Sloan, National Federation of Fishermen, both of Washington, D.C. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/04/14 Daily Digest - Monday, April 14, 1986; pages D399 - D ? (Bound vol. D217- D220) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- ENERGY AND WATER Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for energy and water development programs, receiving testimony from Senators Dole, Denton, and Bentsen; and numerous public witnesses. Hearings continue tomorrow. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed closed hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, receiving testimony on the defense of NATO from Maj. Gen. Edward J. Heinz, USAF, Director, Intelligence J2, U.S. European Command; and Maj. Gen. Norman H. Smith, USMC, Acting Chief of Staff and Director of Plans and Policy, U.S. Atlantic Command. Hearings continue tomorrow. NOMINATIONS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of William F. Martin, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, and David B. Waller, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs and Energy Emergencies, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Martin was introduced by Senator Nickles and Mr. Waller was introduced by Senator Lugar. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee resumed markup of proposed legislation providing for revisions in Federal tax laws, focusing on foreign tax provisions and tax-exempt bonds, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/04/15 Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 15, 1986; pages D405 - D ? (Bound vol. D220- D226) Committee Meetings AGRICULTURAL PROVISION PROPOSALS TO TRADE LEGISLATION Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing on Agricultural provision proposals to omnibus trade legislation. Testimony was heard from Representative Lightfoot; Daniel G. Amstutz, Under Secretary, International Affairs and Commodity Programs, USDA; Alan I. Mendelowitz, Associate Director, Trade Energy and Finance Group, National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; Edward Andersen, National Commission on Agricultural Trade and Export Policy; and public witnesses. AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. Hearings continue tomorrow. ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. Hearings continue tomorrow. INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Minerals Management Service. Testimony was heard from William D. Bettenberg, Director, Mineral Management Service, Department of the Interior. LABOR -- HHS -- EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor -- HHS -- Education held a hearing on Vocational Education; Educational Research and Statistics; Higher Education; Higher Education Facilities; College Housing Loans; and Educational Research Overseas. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Education: John K. Wu, Acting Assistant Secretary, Vocational and Adult Education; Chester E. Finn, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Educational Research and Improvement; C. Ronald Kimberling, Assistant Secretary, Postsecondary Education. TREASURY -- POSTAL SERVICE -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury -- Postal Service -- General Government continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. IMPLICATIONS OF ABANDONING SALT Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science held a hearing on the Implications of Abandoning SALT. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. SHORT SUPPLY EXPORT CONTROLS; SECURITY OF DIPLOMATIC PERSONNEL Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade held a hearing on Short Supply Export Controls, including consideration of H.R. 4159, to provide for the security of U.S. diplomatic personnel, facilities and operation. Testimony was heard from Representative Weaver; John Richards, Director, Office of Industrial Resource Administration, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses. OVERSIGHT Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources held an oversight hearing on recent developments in electric utility purchases of imported coal mining industry. Testimony was heard from Senator Rockefeller; Representative Boucher; Lawrence A. Pettis, Deputy Administrator of Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; and public witnesses. GOVERN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMEMORATIVE WORKS Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation held a hearing on H.R. 4378, to govern the establishment of commemorative works within the National Capital Region of the National Park System. Testimony was heard from Representative Oakar; Manus J. Fish, Jr., Regional Director, National Capital Region, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; George M. White, Architect of the Capitol; Robert E. Gresham, Assistant Executive Director for Operations, National Capital Planning Commission; J. Carter Brown, Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts; Hampton Cross, Administrator, Building and Land Regulation Administration, Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, District of Columbia; James Whitlock, Assistant Regional Administrator for Public Buildings and Real Property, National Capital Region, GSA; Col. Frederick Badger, Assistant Secretary, American Battle Monuments Commission; Steven N. Kleiman, Assistant for Installation Planning, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Defense; and public witnesses. MILITARY LANDS WITHDRAWAL ACT Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 1790, Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1985. Testimony was heard from Guy E. Baier, Acting Assistant Director, Lands and Renewable Resources, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; and Rupert Jennings, Acting Chief, Legislative Services Office, Directorate of Real Estate, Office of the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army. DIRECT REIMBURSEMENT FOR NON-PHYSICIAN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits held a hearing on direct reimbursement for non-physician health professionals and other cost containment initiatives under the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program. Testimony was heard from James W. Morrison, Jr., Associate Director for Compensation, Office of Personnel Management; Gloria Ruby, Senior Analyst, Office of Technology Assessment; Dr. J. Michael McGinnis, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. FIBER-OPTIC CABLES Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and the Subcommittee on Economic Development held a joint hearing on the use of the interstate right-of-way for the laying of fiber-optic cables. Testimony was heard from Richard D. Morgan, Executive Director, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses. NATIONAL RESEARCH FUNDING LEVELS Committee on Science and Technology: Science Policy Task Force held a hearing on National Research Funding Levels. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. Hearings continue tomorrow. COMPREHENSIVE TRADE LEGISLATION Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings on comprehensive trade reform legislation. Testimony was heard from Representative Richardson; Gil Kaplan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Department of Commerce; Alan Holmer, General Counsel, Office of U.S. Trade Representative; and public witnesses. Hearings continue tomorrow. 1986/04/16 Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 16, 1986; pages D416 - D ? (Bound vol. D226- D234) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- NOAA/MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Anthony J. Calio, Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; and William E. Evans, Chairman, Marine Mammal Commission. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. D.C. PRISON OVERCROWDING Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia concluded hearings on the overcrowding issue of the District of Columbia prison system, after receiving testimony from Lowell Jensen, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; Joseph diGenova, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia; and Mayor Marion S. Barry, Jr., and Richard Ben-Veniste, Advisory Committee on Corrections Education Reform, both of the District of Columbia. APPROPRIATIONS -- ENERGY AND WATER Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development continued hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for energy and water development programs, receiving testimony from Senator Cranston and Representatives Anderson and Shumway. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 23. APPROPRIATIONS -- EDUCATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Education, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for student financial assistance, guaranteed student loans, higher education, higher education facilities loans and insurance, and college housing loans from C. Ronald Kimberling, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Sally K. Kirkgasler, Director, Office of Policy Development, John S. Haines, Director, Postsecondary Analysis Division, and Richard Hastings, Director, Debt Collection and Management Assistance, all of the Department of Education. Hearings continue tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- UNITED STATES COAST GUARD Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the U.S. Coast Guard, receiving testimony from James S. Gracey, Commandant, United States Coast Guard. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 23. APPROPRIATIONS -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for certain programs of the Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Postal Service, and National Historical Publications, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses. Subcommittee recessed subject to call. MILITARY RETIREMENT Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill to provide for reform of the military retirement system. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued open and closed hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, receiving testimony on the posture of the Navy and Marine Corps from John Lehman, Secretary of the Navy; Admiral James B. Busey, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations; and General P.X. Kelley, USMC, Commandant, United States Marine Corps. Hearings continue tomorrow. MASS TRANSIT Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs concluded oversight hearings on the Federal mass transit program, after receiving testimony from Senator Lautenberg; William W. Millar, Port Authority of Alleghany County, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; William L. Volk, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, Urbana, Illinois; Michael P. Bolton, Ann Arbor Transportation Authority, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Deane Dana, Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, Los Angeles, California; Gary L Brosch, Rice Center, Houston, Texas; Roger F. Teal, Irvine, California; Norman R. Sherlock, American Bus Association, Washington, D.C; William L. Cotter, Jr., Yellow Cab Company, Hartford, Connecticut; representing the International Taxicab Association; William H. Frank, Central New York Regional Transportation Authority, Syracuse, New York, representing the American Public Transit Association; Jerome C. Premo, New Jersey Transit Corporation, Newark; Vickie Shaffer, Tri-State Transit Authority, Huntington, West Virginia; and David Turney, Luminator, Plano, Texas. AUTHORIZATIONS -- NASA Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and to review United States assured access to space, receiving testimony from E.C. Aldridge, Jr., Acting Secretary of the Air Force; Rear Adm. Richard H. Truly, Associate Administrator of Space Flight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Madeline Johnson, Director, Office of Commercial Space Transportation, Department of Transportation; Gareth D. Flora, Martin Marietta Denver Aerospace, Denver, Colorado; Alan M. Lovelace, General Dynamics Corporation, San Diego, California; Robert H. Hood, Jr., McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, Huntington Beach, California; and Douglas A. Heydon, Arianespace, Inc., Washington, D.C. Hearings continue on Wednesday, April 23. PRICE-ANDERSON ACT Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed consideration of S. 1225, to compensate the public for injuries or damages suffered in the event of an accident involving nuclear activities undertaken by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensees or Department of Energy contractors, but took no action thereon, and will meet again on Wednesday, April 23. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee continued markup of proposed legislation providing for revisions in Federal tax laws, focusing on pension provisions, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Richard T. McCormack, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation, and a Foreign Service Officer promotion list received by the Senate on March 12, 1986. Also, the committee began consideration of The Supplementary Extradition Treaty Between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with annex, signed at Washington on June 25, 1985 (Treaty Doc. 99-8), and S. 2139 and S. 2149, bills to provide economic support of the United States to the Anglo-Irish Agreement on Northern Ireland, but took no action thereon, and recessed subject to call. COMPUTER CRIME Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2281, to discourage and deter unauthorized access to and use of computer systems maintained by federally insured financial institutions when initiated outside a state's boundaries, to broaden the protection given computers belonging to the Federal Government, and to proscribe certain computer crimes that are interstate in nature, after receiving testimony from Senator Trible; Victoria Toensing, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Joseph Tompkins, Sidley & Austin, Washington, D.C.; and John J. Sponski, Sovran Bank, Norfolk, Virginia. NOMINATION Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of James L. Edmondson, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Mattingly, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Drug Enforcement Administration, and to review current activities of the DEA, receiving testimony from John C. Lawn, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice. Hearings continue on Thursday, May 15. ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS) Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded oversight hearings to review the effects of Federal efforts in AIDS research, prevention and treatment, and on health policy issues involving the public and private sectors dealing with AIDS, after receiving testimony from Donald Ian MacDonald, Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, and Walter Dowdle, Acting AIDS Coordinator, both of the Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services; J. Jarrett Clinton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Professional Affairs and Quality Assurance; Nathan Smith, Fort Worth, Texas, on behalf of the National Hemophilia Foundation; Jeffrey Levi, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Washington, D.C.; Helen G. Kushnick, American Foundation for AIDS Research, Los Angeles, California; Harvey V. Fineburg, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts; Anne A. Scitovsky, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, California; and Barbara Lautzenheiser, Trans America Occidental Life Insurance Company, Hartford, Connecticut, on behalf of the Health Insurance Association of America. SENATE MASS MAILINGS Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably reported with an amendment S. Res. 374, to limit the amount that may be expended by Senators for mass mailings during the remainder of fiscal year 1986. Also, the committee began consideration of S. 2272, to limit the amount that may be expended in any fiscal year by a Member of Congress for franked mail, and S. 2255, to prohibit the expenditures of Federal funding for Congressional newsletters, but did not take final action thereon, and recessed subject to call. ETHICS Select Committee on Ethics: Committee met in closed session to consider pending committee business, but made no announcements, and recessed subject to call. Joint Meetings VETERANS LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the legislative priorities of certain Veterans organizations, after receiving testimony from John Pavlik, West Allis, Wisconsin, on behalf of the Veterans of World War I of the United States of America; Robert A. Medairos, Brockton, Massachusetts, on behalf of the American Veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam; Mary Stout, Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of the Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.; Harvey Friedman, Oakhurst, New Jersey, on behalf of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America; and Thomas Houser, Alexandria, Virginia, on behalf of the National Association of Atomic Veterans. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks concluded joint hearings with the House Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice to review an Office of Technology Assessment report on "Intellectual Property Rights in an Age of Electronics and Information," focusing on the Federal copyright system, and on the impact of recent and anticipated advances in communication and information technologies on the intellectual property system, after receiving testimony from D. Linda Garcia, Project Director, Conceptual Framework and Societal Analysis, Office of Technology Assessment; and Paul Goldstein, Stanford University School of Law, Stanford, California, Jon Baumgarten, Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, Washington, D.C., and Stephen Breyer, Circuit Judge, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Boston, Massachusetts, all of the Intellectual Property Rights in an Age of Electronics and Information Advisory Panel. SUPERFUND Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2005, to extend and amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund), but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. 1986/04/17 Daily Digest - Thursday, April 17, 1986; pages D427 - D ? (Bound vol. D234- D241) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Justice, receiving testimony from Edwin Meese III, Attorney General, Department of Justice. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 22. APPROPRIATIONS -- FOREIGN ASSISTANCE Committee on Appropriations: Committee on Foreign Operations held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for foreign assistance programs, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 22. APPROPRIATIONS -- FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of the Interior, receiving testimony from William P. Horn, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 22. APPROPRIATIONS -- EDUCATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Education, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for bilingual education, vocational and adult education, research and improvement, and libraries from Carol Pendas Whitten, Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs, John K. Wu, Acting Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education, Chester E. Finn, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Development, and Anne Mathews, Director, Library Programs, all of the Department of Education. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 22. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, receiving testimony in open session on the posture of the Air Force from Edward C. Aldridge, Acting Secretary of the Air Force; Gen. Charles A. Gabriel, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force; and in closed session on special operations airlift forces from Donald C. Latham, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command Control, Communications and Intelligence); Maj. Gen. August M. Cianciolo, Director, Weapons Systems, Department of the Army; Maj. Gen. Wesley H. Rice, USMC, Director, Joint Special Operations Agency, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Maj. Gen. Harold J.M. Williams, USAF, Director of Operations, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations; and Maj. Gen. John M. Loh, USAF, Director of Operational Requirements, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition. Hearings were recessed subject to call. FISHERIES PRODUCTS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings in conjunction with the National Ocean Policy Study on S. 2138 and H.R. 2935, bills to establish a National Marketing Council to enable the United States fishing industry to establish a coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to expand markets for fisheries products, and S. 2297, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1987 and 1988 for programs of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, after receiving testimony from Carmen J. Blondin, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Fisheries Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; James B. Wyngaarden, Director, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Eric Laschever, representing Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, Lee J. Weddig, National Fisheries Institute, Kristin L. Vehrs, on behalf of the Texas Shrimp Association, and David Burney, United States Tuna Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.; Pete Granger, West Coast Fisheries Development Foundation, Portland, Oregon; Kenelm W. Coons, New England Fisheries Development Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts; Paul A. Sandifer, Marine Resources Division of South Carolina, Charleston; Robert P. Brubaker, King Shrimp Company, Incorporated, Brunswick, Georgia; and Robert F. Morgan, Pacific Seafood Processors Association, Seattle, Washington. NEVADA WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power concluded hearings on S. 1319, to relieve the Washoe County Water Conservation District, Nevada, of certain Federal repayment obligations, and S. 1772, to convey certain real property to the Pershing County Water Conservation District, Nevada, after receiving testimony from Joseph Marcotte, Acting Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; and Allen Brinkerhoff, Pershing County Water Conservation District, Lovelock, Nevada. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee continued markup of proposed legislation providing for revisions in Federal tax laws, but did not complete action thereon and will meet again tomorrow. ARMS SALES TO SAUDI ARABIA Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on proposed arms sales to Saudi Arabia, after receiving testimony from Senators Lautenberg and D'Amato; Richard W. Murphy, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; and Richard L. Armitage, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: The nominations of Kenneth L. Ryskamp, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, and Joe D. Whitley, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia; S.J. Res. 280, to designate the month of November 1986, as "National Alzheimer's Disease Month"; S.J. Res. 288, to designate the month of May 1986, as "National Birds of Prey Month"; S.J. Res. 289, to designate 1988 as the "Year of New Sweden" and to recognize the New Sweden '88 American Committee; S.J. Res. 293, to designate the month of May 1986, as "National Child Safety Month"; S.J. Res. 298, to designate the week of October 5-11, 1986, as "Mental Illness Awareness Week"; S.J. Res. 310, to proclaim June 15-21, 1986, as "National Agricultural Export Week"; S.J. Res. 312, to designate the week beginning April 13, 1986 as "National Medical Laboratory Week"; S.J. Res. 317, to designate the month of November 1986, as "National Hospice Month"; S.J. Res. 318, to designate November 1986, as "National Diabetes Month"; S.J. Res. 321, to designate October 1986, as "National Down Syndrome Month"; S.J. Res. 324, to designate the week beginning May 18, 1986, as "National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week"; and S. 2216, to designate September 17, 1987, the bicentennial of the signing of the Constitution of the United States, as "Constitution Day", and to make such day a legal public holiday. WHITE COLLAR CRIME Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed hearings on white collar crime in the United States, focusing on the Department of Justice's investigation of E.F. Hutton on mail and wire fraud, receiving testimony from Stephen S. Trott, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, and Albert Murray, Assistant United States Attorney, both of the Department of Justice; and Robert Foman, and Robert Ritterreiser, both of E.F. Hutton, and George Ball, Prudential Bache, all of New York, New York. Hearings continue on Thursday, May 8. INDIAN CLAIMS Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2118, to provide for the distribution of funds awarded to the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of North Dakota, the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, and the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, Montana, after receiving testimony from Ralph Reeser, Director, Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Russell Hawkins, Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribal Council, Sisseton, South Dakota; Carl McKay, Devil's Lake Sioux Tribal Council, Fort Totten, North Dakota; Leland Spotted Bird, Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board, Fort Peck, Montana; Grady Renville, Martha Renville, and Robin Renville, all of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Joyce Nelson, Portland, Oregon; and Josephine Zollinger, Eugene, Oregon. INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee resumed closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the intelligence community, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community. Hearings continue on Wednesday, April 30. Joint Meeting ECONOMIC DATA Joint Economic Committee: Committee resumed hearings on the quality and accuracy of U.S. economic statistics, receiving testimony from Wendy L. Gramm, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget; Sidney L. Jones, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., former Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs; Peter Francese, Ithaca, New York; James T. Bonnen, Michigan State University, East Lansing, on behalf of the Reorganization Project for the Federal Statistical System; and F. Thomas Juster, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, on behalf of the American Economic Association. Hearings were recessed subject to call. 1987/04/18 Daily Digest - Friday, April 18, 1986; pages D437 - D ? (Bound vol. D241- D243) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces resumed open and closed hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on Navy nuclear programs, receiving testimony from Rear Adm. Roger F. Bacon, USN, Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Plans, Policies and Operations, and Rear Adm. Theodore E. Lewin, USN, Director, Strategic Submarine Division, both of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; Rear Adm. Kenneth C. Malley, USN, Director, Strategic Systems Project Office; Rear Adm. Stephen J. Hostettler, USN, Director, Joint Cruise Missiles Project; and Adm. Kinnaird R. McKee, USN, Director, Office of Naval Nuclear Propulsion, Department of Energy. Hearings were recessed subject to call. AUTHORIZATIONS -- U.S. TRAVEL AND TOURISM Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Business, Trade, and Tourism concluded hearings on S. 2307, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1987, 1988, and 1989 for activities of the United States Travel and Tourism Administration, after receiving testimony from Senator Warner; Donna Tuttle, Under Secretary for Travel and Tourism, United States Travel and Tourism Administration, Department of Commerce; Patrick A. McMahon, Virginia Director of Tourism, Richmond; Robert Willis, Baltimore Office of Promotion and Tourism, and Wayne Chappell, Baltimore Convention Bureau, both of Baltimore, Maryland; James Montgomery, Pan Am World Airways, New York, New York; Scott Lorenz, Mayflower Hotel, Plymouth, Michigan; David Gilroy Bevan, and Roger Gale, both Members of Parliament, House of Commons, London, England; and Joseph Hallisey, Jr., American Society of Travel Agents, and William D. Toohey, Travel Industry Association of America, both of Washington, D.C. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee continued markup of proposed legislation providing for revisions in Federal tax laws, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Tuesday, April 22. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/04/21 Daily Digest - Monday, April 21, 1986; pages D445 - D ? (Bound vol. D243- D245) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) TAX REFORM -- EXCISE TAXES Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to review the implications of excise tax and tariff non-deductibility as contained in proposed legislation providing for revisions in Federal tax laws, after receiving testimony from Senators Eagleton, Ford, Wilson, and McConnell; J. Roger Mentz, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy; J. Tylee Wilson, R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on behalf of the Tobacco Industry; T. Carlton Blalock, Tobacco Growers Association of North Carolina, Raleigh; Gerry Oster, Policy Analysis, Inc., Brookline, Massachusetts; August A. Busch, III, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, on behalf of the Beer Institute; Anthony P. Debevc, Association of American Vinters, Madison, Ohio, on behalf of the Wine Institute and the Grapegrowers of America; William P. Morelli, Midland Enterprises, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, on behalf of the American Waterways Operators, Inc.; Daniel B. Scherder, Peabody Coal Company, St. Louis, Missouri, on behalf of the National Coal Association and the Mining and Reclamation Council; Peter V. Handal, Victor B. Handal and Brothers, Inc., New York, New York, on behalf of the American Association of Exporters and Importers; Richard Donahue, Nike, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon; Robert E. Dewar, K Mart Corporation, Troy, Michigan, on behalf of the National Retail Merchants Association; Maryland State Senator Clarence M. Mitchell, Baltimore, on behalf of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators; John A. Newman, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Matthew L. Myers, Coalition on Smoking or Health, F.A. Meister, Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, Michael F. Jacobson, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Thomas J. Donohue, American Trucking Associations, Inc., on behalf of the Coalition Against Regressive Taxation, Charles J. DiBona, American Petroleum Institute, Elihu Bergman, Americans for Energy Independence, Robert A. Dickemper, Southwestern Bell, on behalf of the United States Telephone Association, Paul R. Ignatius, Air Transport Association of America, Robert M. McElwaine, American International Automobile Dealers Association, John K. Meagher, The LTV Corporation, Robert M. McGlotten, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, and Paul R. Huard, National Association of Manufacturers, all of Washington, DC. AID Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held oversight hearings to review the activities of the Agency for International Development, receiving testimony from M. Peter McPherson, Administrator, Agency for International Development; and Douglas J. Bennet, National Public Radio, and Edward Feulner, The Heritage Foundation, both of Washington, D.C. Hearings continue tomorrow. PANAMA Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs concluded hearings to review the current situation in Panama after receiving testimony from Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs; James Montgomery, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs; Ray McKinnon, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of International Programs, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Bonni Tischler, Director for Financial Investigations Division, and Peter Balonon, Director for Special Investigations Division, both of the U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; Steve Ropp, University of Wyoming, Laramie; and Jose Sorzano, Cuban-American National Foundation, Washington, D.C. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/04/22 Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 22, 1986; pages D455 - D ? (Bound vol. D244- D253) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held hearings on S. 2346, authorizing funds for programs of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, receiving testimony from Jack Moore, Assistant Administrator, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection Agency; Karen Darling, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Inspection Service; Jack Early and Carl J. Kensil, both representing the National Agricultural Chemicals Association, Nancy Drebble, Public Citizens Congress Watch, Mark A. Maslyn, American Farm Bureau Federation, and Jay Feldman, National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides, all of Washington, D.C.; Al Meyerhoff, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, California; and Ron D. White, Texas State Department of Agriculture, Austin. Hearings continue on Wednesday, April 30. APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies continued hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Daniel G. Amstutz, Under Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs, Peter C. Myers, Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, Wilson Scaling, Chief, Soil Conservation Service, Milton Hertz, Acting Administrator, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, Melvin E. Sims, General Sales Manager, Food for Peace Program (P.L. 480). Joan S. Wallace, Administrator, Office of International Cooperation and Development, and Tom O. Kay, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, all of the Department of Agriculture. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 29. APPROPRIATIONS -- DEPARTMENT OF STATE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of State, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from James N. Purcell, Jr., Director, Bureau for Refugee Programs, Ann Wrobleski, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics Matters, and Parker W. Borg, Principal Deputy Director, Office for Counter-Terrorism and Emergency Planning, all of the Department of State. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 1. APPROPRIATIONS -- NAVAJO-HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION COMMISSION/SURFACE MINING Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Ralph Watkins, Chairman, Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation Commission; and Jed D. Christensen, Acting Director, Office of Surface Mining, Department of the Interior. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 24. APPROPRIATIONS -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Gen. George H. McKee, USAF (Ret), Governor, U.S. Soldiers and Airmen's Home; Stuart Altman, Chairman, Prospective Payment Commission; Robert A. Gielow, Chairman, Railroad Retirement Board; Donald L. Dotson, Chairman, and Rosemary M. Collyer, General Counsel, both of the National Labor Relations Board; Walter C. Wallace, Chairman, and Helen M. Witt and Charles L. Woods, both Members, all of the National Mediation Board; E. Ross Buckley, Chairman, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and Kay McMurray, Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. NUCLEAR LICENSING REFORM Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2073, to require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to establish procedures, standards, and criteria for preapproved sites and standardized designs for nuclear powerplants and to revise the procedures for issuing construction and operating licenses, after receiving testimony from John S. Herrington, Secretary of Energy; Nunzio J. Palladino, Chairman, and Thomas M. Roberts, Frederick M. Bernthal, and Lando W. Zech, Jr., all Commissioners, all of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Richard P. Priory, Duke Power Company, Charlotte, North Carolina; Shelby T. Brewer, Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, Connecticut; Daniel R. Wilkins, General Electric Company, San Jose, California; James S. Moore, Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Sherwood H. Smith, Jr., Carolina Power and Light Company, Raleigh, North Carolina; and Keith L. Turley, Arizona Public Service Company, H. Richard Seibert, Jr., National Association of Manufacturers, Michael E. Faden, Union of Concerned Scientists, Howard B. Friend, Bechtel Power Corporation, and John A. Anderson, The Electricity Consumers Resource Council, all of Washington, D.C. COLORADO RIVER FLOODWAY Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water Resources concluded hearings on S. 1696, to establish a Federally-declared floodway for the Colorado River, after receiving testimony from Senator DeConcini; C. Dale Duvall, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; Frank H. Thomas, Assistant Administrator, Federal Insurance Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Col. Edward A. Starbird, Deputy Director of Civil Works, Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Vernon Valantine, Colorado River Board of California, Los Angeles; Gerald R. Zimmerman, Upper Colorado River Commission, Salt Lake City, Utah; Anthony Drennan, Sr., Colorado River Indian Tribes, Parker, Arizona; Jack Rose, Mohave County Board of Supervisors, Kingman, Arizona; and Edward Osann, National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C. U.S.-CANADA FREE TRADE/TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee began consideration of a committee resolution disapproving United States/Canada free trade negotiations, and resumed markup of proposed legislation providing for revisions in Federal tax laws, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. NOMINATION Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of William L. Roper, of Alabama, to be Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Heflin, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. AID Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued oversight hearings to review the activities of the Agency for International Development, receiving testimony from Jay F. Morris, Deputy Administrator, Ain Kivimae, Deputy Assistant to the Administrator, and Ray Love, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Africa, all of the Agency for International Development; David Shear, ORT International Corporation, Washington, D.C.; James L. Collom, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana; and Elliott R. Morss, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts. Hearings continue tomorrow. TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR THE SENATE Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee met in open and closed sessions and approved the selection of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company as the vendor to provide an on-site telephone system for the Senate. NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1991, to authorize funds for fiscal years 1987-1990 for Native American programs, after receiving testimony from William Lynn Engles, Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human Services; Calvin Lay, Nashville, Tennessee, on behalf of the United South and Eastern Tribes, and the Seneca Nation of New York; Karl Funke, Funke & Associates, Washington, D.C.; David Lester, Council of Energy Resource Tribes, and Gregory Frazier, National Urban Indian Council, both of Denver, Colorado; and A. Van Horn Diamond, Alu Like, Honolulu, Hawaii. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/04/23 Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 23, 1986; pages D464 - D ? (Bound vol. D253- D259) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- NAVY Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for Navy aircraft procurement, receiving testimony from Vice Adm. Edward G. Martin, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air Warfare; and Lt. Gen. K.A. Smith, DCS Aviation, Headquarters United States Marine Corps. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 29. ATOMIC ENERGY ACTIVITIES Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held closed hearings to review atomic energy activities of the Department of Defense, receiving testimony from Adm. Kinnaird McKee, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, Department of Defense; Sylvester Foley, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs; Brig. Gen. Sidney Davis, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy; and Lt. Gen. James A. Abramson, Director, Strategic Defense Initiative Organization. Subcommittee recessed subject to call. APPROPRIATIONS -- GENERAL GOVERNMENT Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the respective activities from Donna M. Alvarado, Director, ACTION Agency; Martin Rubenstein, President, Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Lex Frieden, Executive Director, and Justin Dart, Jr., Member, both of the National Council on the Handicapped; Ford B. Ford, Chairman, Mine Safety and Health Review Commission; Elinor Hashim, Chairman, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; and John Norton Moore, Chairman, U.S. Institute of Peace. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- U.S. RAILWAY ASSOCIATION/CONRAIL Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Stephen Berger, Chairman, United States Railway Association; and L. Stanley Crane, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Conrail. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 7. DEFENSE ACQUISITION Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Defense Acquisition Policy approved for full committee consideration an original bill to improve the management of major defense acquisition programs, to establish a Defense Acquisition Service, to limit employment contracts between senior officials of the Department of Defense and defense contractors, to establish within the Office of the Secretary of Defense an Office of Defense Acquisition for the centralized procurement of all property and services for the Department of Defense, to provide for an Under Secretary of Defense Acquisition, and to improve procedures for the acquisition of spare and repair parts for the Department of Defense. As approved by the subcommittee, the original bill incorporates certain provisions of S. 2151, S. 2082, and S. 2196. NAVY'S STRATEGIC HOMEPORTING PROGRAM Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Construction met to consider the Navy's strategic homeporting initiative program, but did not agree on recommendations which it will make to the full committee thereon, and will meet again on Monday, April 28. NOMINATION Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of James C. Fletcher, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Glenn and Garn, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. AUTHORIZATIONS -- NASA Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, focusing on the space station program, receiving testimony from John D. Hodge, Acting Associate Administrator for Space Station, and David C. Black, Chief Scientist, Office of Space Station, both of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Richard Smith, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State on Oceans and International, Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Hugh S. Hudson, University of California, San Diego; and Georgia Franklin, Washington State Citizens for Space, Seattle. Hearings continue on Wednesday, April 30. PRICE-ANDERSON ACT AMENDMENTS/NOMINATIONS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported with amendments S. 1225, to compensate the public for injuries or damages suffered in the event of an accident involving nuclear activities undertaken by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensees or Department of Energy contractors. Also, the committee considered the nominations of William F. Martin, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, and David B. Waller, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs and Energy Emergencies, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Wednesday, April 30. NOMINATION Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Frank H. Dunkle, of Montana, to be Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf. U.S.-CANADA FREE TRADE Committee on Finance: Committee continued in evening session to consider a committee resolution disapproving United States/Canada free trade negotiations. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported S.J. Res. 316, to prohibit the sale of certain defense articles and related defense services to Saudi Arabia. Also, the committee began consideration of the Supplementary Extradition Treaty between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with annex, signed at Washington on June 25, 1985 (Treaty Doc. 99-8), but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. AID Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued oversight hearings to review the activities of the Agency for International Development, receiving testimony from Dwight Ink, Assistant Administrator for Latin America, and Haven North, Associate Assistant Administrator, Center for Development, Information and Evaluation, both of the Agency for International Development; Cornelia B. Flora, Kansas State University, Manhattan; Anthony M. Schwarzwalder, Management Sciences for Health, Rosslyn, Virginia; and Edward Marasciulo, Pan-American Development Foundation, Arlington, Virginia. Hearings continue tomorrow. NOMINATIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Andrew J. Kleinfeld, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska, and Roger M. Olsen, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Kleinfeld was introduced by Senators Stevens and Murkowski, and Representative Don Young; and Mr. Olsen was introduced by Senator Warner. TERRORISM Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism held hearings to examine legal mechanisms to combat terrorism, receiving testimony from Senators Grassley and Lautenberg; Mark Richard, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, and Lawrence Lippe, Chief, General Litigation and Legal Advice Section, both of the Department of Justice; Mary Mochary, Deputy Legal Adviser, Department of State; and Harris Weinstein, Covington & Burling, Irvin B. Nathan, Arnold & Porter, John Norton Moore, American Bar Association, and Clifford J. Zatz, Seifman, Semo, Slevin & Marcus, all of Washington, D.C. Closed hearings continue on Thursday, May 15. POLYGRAPH TESTING IN THE WORKPLACE Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on S. 1815, to prohibit any employer from using any lie detector test or examination in the workplace, either for pre-employment testing or testing in the course of employment, receiving testimony from Senator Hecht; Representatives Williams and McKinney; Stephen J. Markman, Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy, Department of Justice; David C. Raskin, University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Mary C. Braxton, Toano, Virginia; William H. Wynn, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, and William Scheve, Jr., American Polygraph Association, both of Washington, D.C.; F. Lee Bailey, and Leonard Saxe, Boston University, both of Boston, Massachusetts; Lawrence W. Talley, Georgia State Board of Polygraph Examiners, Roswell; Herbert R. Matthews, American Trucking Associations, Key Largo, Florida; Donald Zale, Zale Corporation, Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the American Retail Federation and the National Retail Merchants Association; and Robert A. Ostrovsky, Gaming Industry Association of Nevada, Inc., and Nevada Resort Association, Reno. Hearings were recessed subject to call. AUTHORIZATIONS -- FEC Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Federal Election Commission, after receiving testimony from Joan D. Aikens, Chairman, John Warren McGarry, Vice Chairman, Thomas J. Josefiak, Commissioner, John Surina, Staff Director, and Charles Steele, General Counsel, all of the Federal Election Commission; Fred Wertheimer, Common Cause, Washington, D.C.; and Robert Sack, The Wall Street Journal, New York, New York. Joint Meetings EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL TRADE Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Monetary and Fiscal Policy concluded hearings to review European community agricultural trade practices, after receiving testimony from Thomas O. Kay, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture; Suzanne Early, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative; Dwayne Andreas, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Decatur, Illinois; and Jack Hay, National Association of Wheat Growers, Washington, D.C. FEDERAL WELFARE POLICY Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Trade, Productivity, and Economic Growth concluded hearings on the impact and efficiency of Federal welfare policies, focusing on the concept of workfare as a component of welfare reform, after receiving testimony from David Swoap, Franchetti and Swoap, San Francisco, California; Barbara Blum, Manpower Demonstration Research Project, and Lawrence Mead, New York University, both of New York, New York; Lowell Gallaway, Ohio University, Athens; and Morton Sklar, Jobs Watch, Washington, D.C. 1986/04/24 Daily Digest - Thursday, April 24, 1986; pages D473 - D ? (Bound vol. D259- D263) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) U.S. EXPORT ELEVATOR FACILITIES Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Oversight, and Investigations concluded hearings on S. 1121, to encourage foreign agricultural trade by improving the quality of grain shipped from U.S. export elevator facilities, after receiving testimony from Senator Abdnor; Representative Cooper Evans; Kenneth A. Gilles, Administrator, Federal Grain Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture; Charles Ottem, North Dakota Barley Council, Osnabrock, on behalf of the National Barley Council; Erv Friehe, and Dan McGuire, both of the Nebraska Wheat Board, McCook; William Jerry Cotter, Corpus Christi, Texas, representing the National Grain and Feed Association; William R. Allen, Jr., Union Equity Co-Operative Exchange, Enid, Oklahoma, representing the National Grain Trade Council; Richard Konzak, North Dakota Farm Bureau Commodity Committee, Devils Lake; Cecil Watson, Cavalier, North Dakota, representing the U.S. Wheat Associates and the North Dakota State Wheat Commission; Donald M. Mennel, Mennel Milling Company, Fostoria, Ohio, representing Millers National Federation; and Myron R. Laserson, Continental Grain Company, New York, New York, representing North American Export Grain Association. APPROPRIATIONS -- ENERGY ADMINISTRATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Helmut A. Merklein, Administrator, Energy Information Administration; and Marshall A. Staunton, Acting Administrator, Energy Regulatory Administration. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 29th. APPROPRIATIONS -- LABOR/CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL/CANCER INSTITUTE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the Department of Labor, Centers for Disease Control, and National Cancer Institute from numerous public witnesses. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 29. ATBM SYSTEM Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces resumed hearings on the development of the anti-tactical ballistic missile (ATBM) system, receiving testimony from Fred C. Ikle, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, USAF, Director, Strategic Defense Initiative Organization; and Lt. Gen. John F. Wall, USA, Commanding General, Army Strategic Defense Command. Subcommittee recessed subject to call. GEOTHERMAL STEAM ACT Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Natural Resources Development and Production concluded hearings on S. 1322, to provide that if geothermal steam is produced or utilized in commercial quantities under an approved operation within any lease or administrative lease extension period, such lease shall continue for so long as geothermal steam is produced in commercial quantities, after receiving testimony from Robert Lawton, Deputy Associate Director for Energy and Mineral Resources, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Joseph L. Wilson, UNOCAL, Los Angeles, California; Dominic J. Falcone, Geothermal Resource International, Inc., San Mateo, California; Kenneth P. Nemzer, Geothermal Resources Association, Santa Rosa, California; R. Gordon Bloomquist, Washington State Energy Office, Olympia; and Destry Jarvis, National Parks and Conservation Association, Washington, D.C. U.S.-CANADA FREE TRADE Committee on Finance: On Wednesday, April 23, the committee failed to approve for reporting an original resolution disapproving United States/Canada free trade negotiations. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee resumed consideration of proposed legislation providing for revisions in Federal tax laws, focusing on the compliance, financial interest, and research and development provisions, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Monday, April 28. AID Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued oversight hearings to review the activities of the Agency for International Development, receiving testimony from M. Peter McPherson, Administrator, and Mark Edelman, Assistant Administrator for Africa, both of the Agency for International Development; Goran Hyden, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; and Lawrence H. Harrison, National Cooperative Business Association, and John W. Mellor, International Food Policy Research Institute, both of Washington, D.C. Hearings were recessed subject to call. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: The nominations of James L. Edmondson, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, and Henry E. Hudson, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; H.J. Res. 462, to designate May 25, 1986, as "Hands Across America Day," with an amendment; and S. 1822, to provide for the manufacturing and public distribution of certain copyrighted material, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Further action on S. 1938, to make permanent the requirements of the manufacturing clause of the copyright law, was indefinitely postponed. Also, the committee began consideration of S. 1300, to provide for antitrust law violators to be subject to individual responsibility for treble the amount of damages attributable to their violations, and to assure fairness in the allocation and award of antitrust damages, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Thursday, May 1. PLANT GUARDS Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Labor concluded hearings on S. 1018, to provide that a specified prohibition against certification of labor organizations representing both "guards" and other employees, for collective bargaining unit purposes, is to be applied only in the case of "plant guards," after receiving testimony from Senator Gorton; Mark C. Endresen, Western Conference of Teamsters, and Melvin E. Bailet, Mayne Nickless Inc., on behalf of the National Armored Car Association, both of Seattle, Washington; James L. Medoff, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Edward B. Miller, Chicago, Illinois, former Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board; Jeffrey W. Pagano, Brink's Incorporated, New York, New York; David W. Yost, Metropolitan Armored Car, Inc., Columbus, Ohio; Sterling Smith, Stanley Smith Security, Inc., San Antonio, Texas, on behalf of the Committee of National Security Companies, Inc.; Eugene H. Methvin, Reader's Digest, former member of the President's Commission on Organized Crime, McLean, Virginia; A. Mark Goldberg, Purolator Courier Corporation, Piscataway, New Jersey; William L. Cole, Wells Fargo Armored Service Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia; Wilma B. Liebman, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America, Mark A. deBernardo, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Richard W. Cordtz, Service Employees International Union, and Gordon Gregory, United Plant Guards Workers of America, all of Washington, D.C.; and John A. Maher, First Fidelity Bank, and Herman J. Koehler, Coin Depot Corporation, both of Elizabeth, New Jersey. INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community, but made no announcements, and recessed subject to call. Joint Meeting AUTO PARTS TRADE WITH JAPAN Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Trade, Productivity, and Economic Growth concluded hearings on U.S./Japanese trade policy regarding automotive parts, after receiving testimony from H.P. Goldfield, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development; Robert W. McMinn, Automotive Parts and Accessories Association, Inc., Lanham, Maryland; Robert E. Cole, Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation, Oakland, California; and Andrew S. Procassini, Semiconductor Industry Association, Cupertino, California. 1986/04/28 Daily Digest - Monday, April 28, 1986; pages D484 - D ? (Bound vol. D264- D267) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) NAVY'S STRATEGIC HOMEPORTING PROGRAM Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Construction completed its review of the Navy's strategic homeporting initiative program, and agreed on recommendations which it will make to the full committee thereon. Prior to this action, the subcommittee concluded closed hearings on the Navy's strategic homeporting initiative program, after receiving testimony from L. Wayne Arny, Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Shipbuilding and Logistics; Vice Admiral Thomas Hughes, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Logistics; and Captain Louis A. Fermo, Head, Shore Activity Planning Branch, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee resumed consideration of proposed legislation providing for revisions in Federal tax laws, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. MEDICARE Committee on Finance: On Friday, April 25, the Subcommittee on Health concluded hearings on S. 2368, to provide for improved procedures for payment for physician services under the Medicare program, and the Administration's budget request for fiscal year 1987 proposed thereto, after receiving testimony from Henry R. Desmarais, Acting Deputy Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Paul B. Ginsburg, The Rand Corporation, and John McGrath, American Psychiatric Association, both of Washington, D.C.; William C. Hsiao, Harvard University, and Carol Lockhart, Boston University, on behalf of the American Nurses Association, both of Boston, Massachusetts; Monroe Gilmour, American Association of Retired Persons, Charlotte, North Carolina; James H. Sammons, American Medical Association, C. Rollins Hanlon, American College of Surgeons, and Lawrence C. Morris, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, all of Chicago, Illinois; Bruce E. Spivey, American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California; Franklin B. McKechnie, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Winter Park, Florida; Henry L. Metcalf, American Academy of Family Physicians, Williamsville, New York; T. Reginald Harris, American Society of Internal Medicine, Shelby, North Carolina; and Ron Nelson, American Academy of Physician Assistants, White Cloud, Michigan. ANTITRUST REFORM Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on S. 2163, to amend certain provisions of Section 8 of the Clayton Act, by removing certain restrictions on American businesses to obtain qualified corporate directors, receiving testimony from Douglas H. Ginsburg, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; James T. Halverson, Shearman and Sterling, New York, New York, on behalf of the American Bar Association; Richard W. Pogue, Jones, Day, Reavis, and Pogue, and Martin A. Coyle, TRW, Incorporated, on behalf of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, both of Cleveland, Ohio; and Charles Tausche, Sears, Roebuck and Company, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the United States Chamber of Commerce. Hearings were recessed subject to call. AUTHORIZATIONS -- INS Committee on the Judiciary: On Friday, April 25, the Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and to review the activities of the Service, after receiving testimony from Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner, Doris Meissner, Executive Associate Commissioner, Richard Norton, Associate Commissioner for Examinations, and Raymond M. Kisor, Associate Commissioner for Enforcement, all of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice. SBA Committee on Small Business: Committee held oversight hearings on the implementation of Title XVIII of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act (P.L. 99-272), authorizing funds through fiscal year 1988 for the Small Business Administration, receiving testimony from Charles L. Heatherly, Acting Administrator, Small Business Administration. Hearings were recessed subject to call. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/04/29 Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 29, 1986; pages D491 - D ? (Bound vol. D267- D274) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Farmers Home Administration, receiving testimony from Frank Naylor, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Small Community and Rural Development; and Vance L. Clark, Administrator, Farmers Home Administration. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- FBI/DEA Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Justice, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from William H. Webster, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and John C. Lawn, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, both of the Department of Justice. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- DEFENSE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for certain defense programs, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 1. APPROPRIATIONS -- HUD Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and certain independent agencies, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- INDIAN AFFAIRS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, receiving testimony from Ross O. Swimmer, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 1. APPROPRIATIONS -- LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 1. NOMINATIONS Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 7,055 nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. NUCLEAR TESTING Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to review nuclear testing issues, receiving testimony from Richard Perle, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy; Kenneth L. Adelman, Director, and Robert Barker, Deputy Assistant Director, Bureau of Verification and Intelligence, both of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; Hans Bethe, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Alton Frye, Council on Foreign Relation, Washington, D.C.; and Donald M. Kerr, EG&G, Inc., Wellesley, Massachusetts, former Director of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Committee will meet again tomorrow. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development held oversight hearings to review the proposed budget request for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Energy, focusing on nuclear energy supply, research and development, and uranium enrichment programs, receiving testimony from James W. Vaughan, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Programs, and Ben C. Rusche, Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, both of the Department of Energy; Victor Stello, Jr., Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Col. George Hess, Director, Survivability, Lethality and Key Technologies, Strategic Defense Initiative Organization; and Col. James H. Heilman, USAF, Deputy Director, Directorate of Space, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations. Hearings continue on Monday, May 5. NOMINATION Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Frank H. Dunkle, of Montana, to be Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior. OIL POLLUTION Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held oversight hearings on domestic and international oil pollution issues, receiving testimony from Elizabeth H. Dole, Secretary of Transportation. Hearings were recessed subject to call. NOMINATION Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Morton I. Abramowitz, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of State, after the nominee testified and answered further questions in his own behalf. Testimony was also received from John C. Whitehead, Deputy Secretary of State. AIRCRAFT AVIONICS SALES TO CHINA Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded open and closed hearings on S.J. Res. 331, to prohibit the proposed sale of integrated avionics components to the People's Republic of China, after receiving testimony from James R. Lilley, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; and Rear Adm. Edward B. Baker, Jr., Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. DOJ APPROPRIATIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2376, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for programs of the Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from Edwin Meese III, Attorney General, Department of Justice. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES -- POST EMPLOYMENT Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on S. 2334, to restrict all Federal employees from lobbying the Federal Government and from working for a foreign entity after they leave Government service, receiving testimony from Senators Boren and Pryor; John C. Keeney, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; and David Martin, Director of Government Ethics, Office of Personnel Management. Hearings were recessed subject to call. Joint Meeting IMPACT OF TAX REFORM ON AGRICULTURE Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Agriculture and Transportation held hearings on the impact of tax reform on agriculture and family farm, focusing on agriculture tax shelters and how they contribute to the overproduction of agricultural commodities, receiving testimony from Senators Boschwitz, Grassley, and Kasten; Neil Harl, Iowa State University, Ames; Michael O'Connor, South Dakota Farm Bureau, and Mike O'Connor, South Dakota Farmers Union, both of Huron; Charles Swanson, National Association of Wheat Growers, Washington, D.C.; and John Urbanchuk, Wharton Econometrics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hearings were recessed subject to call. 1986/04/30 Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 30, 1986; pages D501 - D ? (Bound vol. D274- D279) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2346 and S. 2215, bills to authorize funds for the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), establishing the standards by which the Environmental Protection Agency regulates the production and application of pesticide used for agricultural and other purposes after receiving testimony from William J. Walsh III, Senior Staff Officer, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences; Ralph Engel, and Warren E. Stickle, both of the Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Association, Lawrence T. Graham, National Food Processors Association, Benjamin C. Bolusky, American Association of Nurserymen, Inc., Peter Hutt, representing the Grocery Manufacturers of America, James K. Champion, Robert D. Shockey, and George Miller, all of the Pesticide Producers Association, Maureen K. Hinkle, National Audubon Society, Ellen Haas, Public Voice for Food and Health Policy, and Erik Olson, National Wildlife Federation, all of Washington, D.C.; Harvey Gold, National Pest Control Association, Inc., Dunn Loring, Virginia; Earle K. Borman, Jr., Sterling Drug Inc., New York, New York; Robert M. Russell, Orkin Pest Control, Atlanta, Georgia; Robert C. Keeney, and Claudia R. Fuguay, both of the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association, Alexandria, Virginia; Donald H. Swan, Monsanto Agricultural Products Co., St. Louis, Missouri; Larry D. Brady, FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and John L. Hagaman, Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Michigan. APPROPRIATIONS -- FDA/CFTC Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Frank E. Young, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration; and Susan M. Phillips, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, May 6. APPROPRIATIONS -- U.S. TRADE/FCC Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative; and Mark Fowler, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 7. APPROPRIATIONS -- HUD Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies continued hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and certain independent agencies, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses. Subcommittee recessed subject to call. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on the Guard and Reserve components, receiving testimony from Maj. Gen. William R. Berkman, Chief, Army Reserve; Rear Adm. C.J. Kempf, Director, Navy Reserve; Maj. Gen. L.H. Buehl, Deputy Chief of Staff, Marine Corps Reserve; Maj. Gen. Sloan R. Gill, Director, Air Force Reserve; Maj. Gen. Herbert R. Temple, Jr., Director, Army National Guard; Maj. Gen. John B. Conaway, Director, Air National Guard; Lt. Gen. Emmett H. Walker, Jr., Chief, National Guard Bureau; and Rear Adm. Alan D. Breed, Chief, Office of Readiness and Reserves, U.S. Coast Guard. Hearings were recessed subject to call. NUCLEAR TESTING Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued hearings to review nuclear testing issues, receiving testimony from Alton Frye, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C. Hearings were recessed subject to call. NOMINATION Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of James C. Fletcher, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of William F. Martin, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, and David B. Waller, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs and Energy Emergencies. Also, the committee began consideration of S. 372, S. 570, S. 913, and S. 946, bills to improve the administration of the Federal coal leasing program, but did not complete action thereon, and will continue on Wednesday, May 7. NOMINATION Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of J. Michael Hudson, of Texas, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Bentsen, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. EMBASSY SECURITY Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings on S. 2015 and H.R. 4151, bills to provide for the security of United States diplomatic personnel, facilities, and operations, receiving testimony from Ronald I. Spiers, Under Secretary for Management, Robert E. Lamb, Assistant Secretary for Administration and Security, David C. Fields, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security, and Richard N. Dertadian, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Foreign Buildings, all of the Department of State. Hearings were recessed subject to call. FEDERAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Civil Service, Post Office, and General Services resumed hearings on S. 1327, to establish higher minimum rates of basic pay in geographic areas where the Federal Government is experiencing significant recruitment and retention problems, S. 1727, to establish alternative personnel management systems for scientific and technical employees, and the provisions of S. 2082, to improve the management of major defense acquisition programs, to establish a Defense Acquisition Service, and to limit employment contacts between senior officials of the Department of Defense and defense contractors, receiving testimony from Rosslyn S. Kleeman, Associate Director, and Thomas A. Eickmeyer, Group Director, both of the General Government Division, General Accounting Office; and Michael E. Minahan and Catherine Ball, both of the Federal Managers Association, G. Jerry Shaw and Richard L. Strombotne, both of the Senior Executives Association, James Peirce and Tricia Thomas, both of the National Federation of Federal Employees, Robert M. Tobias, National Treasury Employees Union, and Martin L. Duggan, and Lucretia D. Tanner, both of the Advisory Committee on Federal Pay, all of Washington, DC. Hearings continue on Wednesday, May 14. NOMINATION Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Daniel A. Manion, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf. FBI Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism concluded oversight hearings on certain activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, and receiving testimony from William H. Webster, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation. WOMEN IN TRANSITION Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the human resources impact of reentry of women into education and labor forces, after receiving testimony from Ruth Fossedal, Genesee Community College, Batavia, New York; Charlotte Gore, Florida State Department of Vocational Education, Tampa; Anne L. Byrant, American Association of University Women, and Cynthia Marano, Wider Opportunities for Women, both of Washington, D.C.; Virginia P. Kelson, The Phoenix Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah; and Myrna Young, Everywoman's Opportunity Center, Buffalo, New York. INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the intelligence community, after receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/05/01 Daily Digest - Thursday, May 1, 1986; pages D510 - D ? (Bound vol. D279-D286) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- DEFENSE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for certain defense programs, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK LENDING POLICIES Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings to review environmental implications of Multilateral Development Bank lending policies, receiving testimony from John D. Negroponte, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Bruce Rich, Environmental Defense Fund, and Barbra Bramble, National Wildlife Federation, both of Washington, D.C.; Kilaparti Ramakrishna, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Rick Lomba, Atlanta, Georgia; Pat Adams, Energy Probe, Canada; Marcus Colchester, Survival International, United Kingdom of Great Britain; Wouter Veening, International Union for Conservation and Nature and Natural Resources, Kingdom of the Netherlands; Almy Hafild, SKEPHI, Republic of Indonesia; and Marie Allegretti, Institute of Socioeconomic Studies, Federative Republic of Brazil. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 15. APPROPRIATIONS -- TRUST TERRITORIES Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for U.S. trust territories, receiving testimony from Delegates de Lugo, Sunia, and Blaz; Richard T. Montoya, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Territorial and International Affairs; Janet McCoy, High Commissioner of the Trust Territory Government; Governor Juan Luis, Virgin Islands; Governor A.P. Lutali, American Samoa; Governor Ricardo J. Bordallo, Guam; Governor Pedro P. Tenorio, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; President Tosiwo Nakayama, Federated States of Micronesia; President Lazarus Salii, Republic of Palau; and President Amato Kabua, Republic of the Marshall Islands. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 8. APPROPRIATIONS -- LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, May 6. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel resumed hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, receiving testimony from William Mayer, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; and representatives of military organizations. Subcommittee recessed subject to call. DEFENSE PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Defense Acquisition Policy concluded hearings on S. 2152 and S. 2380, bills to require the head of any contracting defense agency to consider the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States before entering into a procurement contract with a foreign government, after receiving testimony from Fred C. Ikle, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; William Schneider, Jr., Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology; and Jerry A. Waite, J.I. Case Company, Racine, Wisconsin. MONEY LAUNDERING/DRUG TRAFFICKING Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 571 and S. 2306, bills to prohibit the structuring of financial transaction for the purpose of evading the currency reporting requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act and to provide criminal and civil penalties for such conduct, after receiving testimony from Francis A. Keating II, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement; Brian Bruh, Director, Office of Investigations (Criminal), Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury; James I.K. Knapp, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Brian A. Sun, Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California; and Robert H. Hodges, Jr., South Carolina Bankers Association, Columbia, representing the American Bankers Association. DOMESTIC COAL INDUSTRY Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Natural Resources Development and Production concluded oversight hearings on the impact of coal and electricity imports on the domestic coal industry, after receiving testimony from Michael T. Kelley, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Basic Industries, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce; Hermann Enzer, Assistant Director, Minerals Data Analysis, Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior; Lawrence A. Pettis, Deputy Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; Carl Bagge, National Coal Association, Washington, D.C.; Steve Leer, Ashland Coal Co., Inc., Huntington, West Virginia; James L. Van Lanen, ANR Coal Company, Roanoke, Virginia; Glenn Schleede, New England Energy, Inc., Westborough Massachusetts; and Tracy Danese, Florida Power and Light, Juno Beach, on behalf of Jacksonville Electric Authority. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Evan G. Galbraith, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. Also, the committee ordered reported, unfavorably, S.J. Res. 331, to prohibit the proposed sale of integrated avionics components to the People's Republic of China. Prior to this action, the committee failed to order reported favorably the joint resolution. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: The nominations of Roger M. Olsen, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, and Herman W. Rodriquez, to be United States Marshal for the District of Puerto Rico; S.J. Res. 241, to designate the week beginning May 11, 1986, as "National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week"; S.J. Res. 245, to designate the week of December 1-7, 1986, as "National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week"; S.J. Res. 337, to designate May 18-24, 1986, as "Just Say No to Drugs Week"; and H. Con. Res. 281, to recognize the achievements of the Ireland Fund, with amendments, and in lieu of S. Con. Res. 125. S. Con. Res. 125 was indefinitely postponed. Also, the committee resumed consideration of S. 1300, to provide for antitrust law violators to be subject to individual responsibility for treble the amount of damages attributable to their violations, and to assure fairness in the allocation and award of antitrust damages, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Thursday, May 8. MIA Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee resumed hearings on the reported sightings of live military personnel missing in action in Southeast Asia, receiving testimony in closed session from Lieutenant General Leonard H. Perroots, USAF, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency; Major General William C. Moore, USA, Director of Operations, Readiness, and Mobilization, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans; and Major General Kenneth C. Leuer, USA, Commanding General, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Polk, Louisiana; and in open session from Everett Alvarez, Deputy Administrator, Veterans' Administration; Lieutenant Colonel Paul Mather, USAF, Joint Casualty Resolution Center Liaison Officer, United States Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand; and Sergeant Major Benjamin Dennis, USA (Ret.), Fayetteville, North Carolina. Hearings continue on Thursday, May 15. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/05/05 Daily Digest - Monday, May 5, 1986; pages D524 - D ? (Bound vol. D287-D289) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) INTELLIGENCE OVERVIEW Committee on Appropriations: On Friday, May 2, the Subcommittee on Defense met in closed session to review proposed budget requests for fiscal year 1987 for the intelligence community, receiving testimony from William J. Casey, Director of Central Intelligence. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 8. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel resumed hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, receiving testimony from William A. Mayer, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. Hearings were recessed subject to call. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development concluded oversight hearings to review the proposed budget request for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Energy, focusing on nuclear energy supply, research and development, after receiving testimony from Edwyna G. Anderson, Michigan Public Service Commission, Lansing; C.E. Till, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois; Joseph S. Armijo, General Electric Company, and Fred Davis, Edison Electric Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; Fred R. Mynatt, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Warren P. Chernock, Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, Connecticut; John S. McDonald, Rockwell International, Canoga Park, California; W. Howard Arnold, Westinghouse Advanced Energy Systems Division, Madison, Pennsylvania; and Richard A. Dean, GA Technologies, Inc., and Richard F. Walker, Gas-Cooled Reactor Associates, both of San Diego, California. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee continued in evening session to mark up proposed legislation providing for revisions in Federal tax laws. NOMINATIONS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Ronald F. Lehman II, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States Negotiator for Strategic Nuclear Arms, Paul H. Nitze, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador at Large, and Warren Zimmerman, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador in his capacity as Chief of the United States Delegation to the Vienna Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe Follow-up Meeting, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Joint Meetings CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR INCIDENT Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Agriculture and Transportation concluded hearings to review implications of the Chernobyl nuclear powerplant incident on world security and U.S. farm economy, after receiving testimony from Dwayne Andreas, Archer-Daniels Midland Company, Decatur, Illinois; John Urbanchuk, Wharton Econometrics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; J. Frank McCormick, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Donald Frahm, Sparks Commodities, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee; Alan Robock, University of Maryland, College Park; and Miro Todorovich, Scientists and Engineers for Secure Energy, New York, New York. EMPLOYMENT/UNEMPLOYMENT Joint Economic Committee: On Friday, May 2, the committee held hearings to review the employment/unemployment situation for April, receiving testimony from Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor-Statistics, Department of Labor. Hearings were recessed subject to call. PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR MENTALLY ILL PERSONS Conferees, on Friday, May 2, agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of S. 974, to provide for protection and advocacy for mentally ill persons. 1986/05/06 Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 6, 1986; pages D529 - D ? (Bound vol. D289-D293) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) EUROPE AND U.S. AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry: Committee concluded hearings to examine the effects of the European Community's enlargement on U.S. agricultural exports, after receiving testimony from Richard E. Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture; Harold Cutler, Scotland Neck, North Carolina, on behalf of the National Corn Growers Association; George Fluegel, LeRoy, Illinois, on behalf of the American Soybean Association; John Leuthold, Billings, Montana, representing the National Association of Wheat Growers; Dean Kleckner, Park Ridge, Illinois, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation; Robert M. Frederick, National Grange, Washington, D.C.; and William Quarles, Sunkist Growers, Van Nuys, California, on behalf of the National Council of Farmers Cooperatives. APPROPRIATIONS -- AGRICULTURE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony from Senators Grassley, Thurmond, and Gore; and numerous public witnesses. Hearings continue tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 8. STRATEGIC STOCKPILE/NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Preparedness concluded hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, and S. 2102, to prescribe the method for determining the quantity and classification of any materials to be stockpiled under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Revision Act (P.L. 96-41), after receiving testimony from Senator McClure; Representative Bennett; Bernard A. Maguire, Associate Director, National Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency; John D. Morgan, Jr., Chief Staff Officer, Bureau of Mines, Department of the Interior; Warren Farb, Senior Economic Advisor to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs; Capt. Ralph Buck, USN, Deputy Director of Resources and Policy Evaluation, Department of Defense; and Simon D. Strauss, American Mining Congress, Washington, D.C. TAX REFORM Committee on Finance: Committee continued in evening session consideration of proposed legislation providing for revisions in Federal tax laws. NOMINATION Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Jefferson B. Sessions III, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, after the nominee testified and answered further questions in his own behalf. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/05/07 Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 7, 1986; pages D537 - D ? (Bound vol. D294- D300) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- AGRICULTURE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies continued hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, receiving testimony from Senator Gore; and numerous public witnesses. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- COURTS/BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and Justice Lewis Powell, both of the United States Supreme Court; Judge Charles Clark, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; and Dr. Mark Cannon, Staff Director, Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 14. APPROPRIATIONS -- METRO/URBAN MASS TRANSIT Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Carmen E. Turner, General Manager, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; and Ralph L. Stanley, Administrator, Urban Mass Transportation Administration. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. FINANCIAL SERVICES Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the financial service needs of the American consumer, focusing on the accessible marketplace, open competition, and maximum consumer benefit, after receiving testimony from Robert E. Wood, II, Dean Witter Financial Services Group, Chicago, Illinois; Gary R. Heller, Beneficial Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware; Lynn L. Anderson, First National Bank, Lawrence, Kansas; Kenneth Kehrer, Kenneth Kehrer Associates, Princeton, New Jersey; and Thomas A. Kinst, Land of Lincoln Savings and Loan, Chicago, Illinois. FEDERAL COAL LEASING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed consideration of S. 372, S. 570, S. 913, and S. 946, bills to improve the administration of the Federal coal leasing program, but did not complete action thereon, and will continue on Tuesday, May 13. TAX REFORM/NOMINATIONS Committee on Finance: On Tuesday, May 6, the committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: H.R. 3838, to provide for revisions in Federal tax laws, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and The nominations of William L. Roper, of Alabama, to be Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration, and J. Michael Hudson, of Texas, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury. A press release summarizing the action taken by the committee will be available in the committee office in room SD-219. TERRORISM Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2015 and H.R. 4151, bills to provide for the security of United States diplomatic personnel, facilities, and operations, S. 1941, to provide for sanctions against any country which provides support for perpetrators of acts of international terrorism, and S. Res. 190, expressing the sense of the Senate that the President should call for international negotiations to make international terrorism a universal crime prosecutable in the United States, after receiving testimony from Senators Denton and Specter; Robert Oakley, Ambassador-at-Large for Counter-terrorism; Parker W. Borg, Deputy, Office of the Ambassador-at-Large for Counter-terrorism, Department of State; and Stephen S. Trott, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice. PANAMA Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs concluded closed hearings to review the current situation in Panama, after receiving testimony from John Helgerson, Assistant Deputy Director for Intelligence, and Marty Rober, Chief, Middle American/Caribbean, Director of Intelligence, both of the Central Intelligence Agency; Col. John Cash, Defense Intelligence Officer for Latin America, Defense Intelligence Agency; Bonnie Tischler, Director, Financial Investigations, and Peter Balonon, Director, Special Investigations, both of the U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; and David Westrate, Assistant Administrator for Operations, Drug Enforcement Agency, Department of Justice. ANTITRUST LAWS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed hearings on S. 2162 and S. 2022, bills to promote and improve efficient and effective enforcement of antitrust laws, receiving testimony from Griffin Bell, King and Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia; Steven D. Susman, Susman, Godfrey and McGowan, and John A. Irvine, Porter and Clements, both of Houston, Texas; Ernest Gellhorn, Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue, Washington, D.C.; James T. Halverson, Shearman and Sterling, on behalf of the American Bar Association, and Thomas R. Long, Westvaco Corporation, both of New York, New York; and Monroe Millstein, Burlington Coat Factory, Burlington, New Jersey. Hearings were recessed subject to call. NOMINATION Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Patricia C. Fawsett, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Chiles, testified and answered questions in her own behalf. MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on S. 1804, to establish a program to provide development and incentive grants to States for enacting medical malpractice liability reforms, receiving testimony from Mr. and Mrs. Paul Arnoldy, Auburn, Maine; Sherry Thomas, Montgomery, Alabama; John Stevens, and Julia Doherty, both of the Prince Georges Volunteer Health Clinic, Capital Heights, Maryland; Mary E. Raum, Ocala, Florida; Roger A. Gaddy, Winnsboro, South Carolina; Danine Rydland, Petersburg, West Virginia; Howard G. McQuarrie, Salt Lake City, Utah, on behalf of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; Gaston J. Acosta-Rua, Jacksonville, Florida; Barbara A. Rockett, Massachusetts Medical Society, Waltham, Massachusetts; James E. Davis, and James S. Todd, both of the American Medical Association, and Terry Mason, all of Chicago, Illinois; George O'Neill, Jr., Shawnee Health Service and Development Corporation, Murphysboro, Illinois; Richard L. Epstein, American Hospital Association, and Sidney M. Wolf, Public Citizen Health Research Group, both of Washington, D.C.; Daniel F. Creasey, Risk Management Foundation, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Ellison C. Pierce, The Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, on behalf of the American Society of Anesthesiologists; and Steven L. Salman, Sisters of Charity Health Care Systems, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio. Hearings continue on Tuesday, June 17. INDIAN CLAIMS/NATIVE HAWAIIANS Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2260, to settle claims against the United States arising from the occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1973, after receiving testimony from Ronald Esquerra, Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs (Operations); and concluded hearings on S. 2243, to improve the health status of Native Hawaiians, after receiving testimony from Senator Matsunaga; Representatives Akaka and Heftel; Sam Lin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Health; Denis Mee-Lee, Hawaii State Department of Health, Winona Kealamapuana, Alu Like, Inc., Naleen Andrade, Queens Hospital, Claire Hughes, Association of Hawaii Civic Clubs, Ormond Hammond, The Kamehameha Schools, Bishop Estate, Terence Rogers, University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Kamaki Kanahele, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Genevieve Lehuananiokilauea Kinny, Hawaii Nurses Association, and Bernadette Pang, University of Hawaii School of Nursing, all of Honolulu, Hawaii; and Noa Emmett Aluli, Molakai Heart Study, Kona-Kaunakakai, Hawaii. Joint Meeting SUPERFUND Conferees continued to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2005, to extend and amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund), but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. 1986/05/08 Daily Digest - Thursday, May 8, 1986; pages D548 - D ? (Bound vol. D300-D308) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- AGRICULTURE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies continued hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, receiving testimony from Senator Exon; and numerous public witnesses. Hearings were recessed subject to call. APPROPRIATIONS -- DEFENSE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on the strategic systems, receiving testimony from Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research, Development and Logistics; Melvin R. Paisley, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Engineering and Systems; and Vice Adm. Albert J. Baciocco, Director, Research, Development and Acquisition, Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS -- HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL/SMITHSONIAN Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Richard Krieger, Executive Director, Holocaust Memorial Council; and Robert McC. Adams, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 15. APPROPRIATIONS -- LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies continued hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, May 13. APPROPRIATIONS -- FAA Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the Federal Aviation Administration from Donald D. Engen, Administrator, FAA. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, May 13. NOMINATIONS Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Michael P.W. Stone, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management, Eugene R. Sullivan, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Military Appeals, Walter J. Shea, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of the Panama Canal Commission, and 73 nominations in the Army and Marine Corps. Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Messrs. Stone and Sullivan, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Sullivan was introduced by Senator Danforth. GOLD MEDALS Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills: S. 2308, to authorize the President of the United States to award congressional gold medals to Anatoly and Avital Shcharansky in recognition of their dedication to human rights, and to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell bronze duplicates of those medals and with an amendment; and H.R. 1207, to award a special gold medal to the family of Harry Chapin in recognition of his efforts to address issues of world hunger. AUTHORIZATIONS -- NASA Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, focusing on the space transportation system, after receiving testimony from R.E. Hallgren, Associate Administrator for Weather Services, Rear Adm. Richard H. Truly, Associate Administrator for Space Flight, Joseph B. Mahon, Director, Space Transportation Development Division, Mack J. Steel, Director, Resource and Institution Office, Office of Space Flight, and John C. Brizendine, Chairman, and Herbert E. Grier, Consultant, both of the NASA Aerospace Safety Panel, all of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Anthony J. Calio, Administrator, Rear Adm. F.D. Moran, Director, Office of Aircraft Operations, and William P. Bishop, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Satellites, all of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, all of the Department of Commerce. TARIFFS Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade concluded hearings on the following bills: S. 438, to lower the rate of duty on certain fishing nets, after receiving testimony from Irving Smith, Office of George R. Tuttle, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Pacific Northwest Fishnet Importers; and Robert Batey, Blue Mountain Industries, Blue Mountain, Alabama, on behalf of the American Cordage and Twine Manufacturers; S. 851, to suspend the tariff on 1,5 naphthalene diisocyanate, after receiving testimony from Donald Birnie and Paul G. Gemeinhardt, both of the Mobay Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Ron Fuest, Uniroyal, Inc., Middlebury, Connecticut; S. 854, to eliminate the special marking requirements for imported watches and clocks, after receiving testimony from John B. Rehm, Busby, Rehm and Leonard, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Timex Corporation; and Emilio G. Collado III, and Eugene A. Ludwig, Covington and Burlington, both on behalf of the American Watch Association, Washington, D.C.; S. 1288, to provide that television picture tubes imported in combination with other articles are to be classified as television picture tubes unless they are incorporated with other specified items, after receiving testimony from Jerry K. Pearlman, Zenith Electronics Corporation, Glenview, Illinois; Joseph Donahue, RCA Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana; Richard Kraft, Matsushita Industrial Company, Franklin Park, Illinois; and Robert Traeger, Nashville, Tennessee, and Joseph Sandler, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin, and Kahn, Washington, D.C., both representing Toshiba America, Inc.; S. 1651, to extend the suspension on duty on p-hydroxybenzoic acid for an additional three years, after receiving testimony from Louis Murphy, Acting Director, Office of Industry Assessment, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce; and Ted W. Palmer, Kalama Chemical, Inc., Seattle, Washington; S. 1709, to increase the duty on men's and boys' neckties, after receiving testimony from Jerome Myers, Rooster Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Stanley Nehmer, Economic Consulting Services, Washington, D.C.; S. 1809, to repeal the prohibition against the importation into the United States of certain fur skins from the Soviet Union, after receiving testimony from Franklin J. Vargo, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Europe; and Charles Perrin, National Board of Fur Farm Organizations, Inc., Cherokee, Iowa; S. 1981, to provide a duty on surimi, after receiving testimony from Gerald A. Malia, Ragan & Mason, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the American Ship Building Company; and Myron H. Nordquist, Kelley, Drye and Warren, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Korea Wonyang Fisheries Company, Ltd.; S. 1987, to impose a duty on sodium bicarbonate, after receiving testimony from Irwin P. Altschuler, Brownstein, Zeidman and Schomer, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Industria Del Alcali; S. 2104, to provide that certain gloves shall be treated as gloves of textile materials, after receiving testimony from William Grundy, JOMAC Products, Inc., Warrington, Pennsylvania; Kenneth Button, Economic Consulting Services, Washington, D.C.; Craig Schultz, Work Glove Manufacturers Association, Chicago, Illinois; and Gunter von Conrad, Barnes, Richardson and Colburn, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Magid Glove and Safety Manufacturing Company; and S. 2222, to treat certain types of plywood as plywood for duty treatment purposes, after receiving testimony from Richard L. Barnes, Preston, Thorgrimson, Ellis and Holman, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the American Plywood Association; and John B. Rehm and Munford P. Hall II, both of Busby, Rehm and Leonard, Washington, D.C., on behalf of MacMillan Bloedel, Inc. NUCLEAR TESTING ISSUES Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held oversight hearings on nuclear testing issues, focusing on seeking verification improvements to the Threshold Test Ban Treaty and the Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty and on possible Soviet violations of limited testing, in addition to proposals relating to nuclear testing, including S.J. Res. 252, S. 2220, H.J. Res. 3, S. Con. Res. 7, and S. Con. Res. 135, receiving testimony from Robert B. Barker, Deputy Assistant Director for Verification and Intelligence, U.S. Arms Control Disarmament Agency; H. Allen Holmes, Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs; Richard Perle, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; and Adm. William J. Crowe, Jr., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hearings were recessed subject to call. INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR SAFETY Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and Government Processes concluded oversight hearings on international nuclear safety issues, focusing on the General Accounting Office report "International Response to Nuclear Power Reactor Safety Concerns," after receiving testimony from Allan Mendelowitz, Associate Director, and Tom Flaherty, Senior Evaluator, both of the Trade, Energy, and Finance Group, National Security and International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office; and James R. Shea, Director, Office of International Programs, and Clemens J. Heltemes, Jr., Director, Office of Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data, both of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: The nominations of Andrew J. Kleinfeld, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, Frank W. Donaldson, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, John W. Gill, Jr., to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, and Breckinridge L. Willcox, to be United States Attorney for the District of Maryland; S. 1300, to provide for antitrust law violators to be subject to individual responsibility for treble the amount of damages attributable to their violations, and to assure fairness in the allocation and award of antitrust damages, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and S.J. Res. 334, to allow qualified persons representing all the States to be naturalized on Ellis Island on July 3 or 4, 1986. Also, the committee ordered reported, without recommendation, the nomination of Daniel A. Manion, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit. WHITE COLLAR CRIME Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed hearings on white collar crime in the United States, focusing on the E.F. Hutton investigation, receiving testimony from Representative McCollum; and Griffin Bell, King and Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia. Hearings were recessed subject to call. CAPITOL SECURITY Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings on a Senate leadership Capitol security proposal to enhance Capitol security by establishing a perimeter around the Capitol, establishing a delivery center, enhancing office building security, and enhancing bomb detection, receiving testimony from Senators Simpson and Cranston; George M. White, Architect of the Capitol; Ernest E. Garcia, Sergeant at Arms, United States Senate; Chief James J. Carvino, U.S. Capitol Police; and Stephen E. Garmon, Assistant Director, Office of Protective Operations, U.S. Secret Service, Department of the Treasury. Hearings were recessed subject to call. Joint Meeting SUPERFUND Conferees continued to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2005, to extend and amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund), but did not complete action thereon, recessed subject to call. 1986/05/09 Daily Digest - Friday, May 9, 1986; pages D563 - D ? (Bound vol. D308-D310) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- SDI Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Strategic Defense Initiative, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 15. U.S. COMPACT WITH THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings on S.J. Res. 325, to approve the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of Palau, receiving testimony from Fred M. Zeder II, President's Personal Representative for Micronesian Status Negotiations, and Kittie Baier, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Territorial and International Affairs, both of the Department of the Interior; Lazarus E. Salii, President of the Republic of Palau, Palau Washington Office, and Rear Adm. Eugene J. Carroll, Jr., USN (Ret.), Deputy Director, Center for Defense Information, both of Washington, D.C.; and Elizabeth Bounds, Micronesia Coalition, New York, New York. Hearings were recessed subject to call. MEDICARE Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health held hearings on the status of rural hospitals under the Medicare program, focusing on the impact of Medicare's prospective payment system on the fiscal viability of small, rural hospitals, the effects of swing bed, sole community provider, and rural referral center provisions, and measures to enhance access to care in rural areas, receiving testimony from Representatives Watkins and Tauke; Bartlett S. Fleming, Acting Deputy Administrator, Alan Dubso, Director, Office of Research, and Robert Streimer, Negotiating Director of Eligibility, Reimbursement and Coverage, all of the Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Joyce B. Jensen, National Research Corporation, Lincoln, Nebraska; Ira Moscovice, University of Minnesota, and Carol J. Kiecker, Health Central Systems, both of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Jeffrey C. Merrill, Princeton, New Jersey, and Anthony R. Kovner, New York University, New York, New York, both on behalf of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Gordon H. Russell, Hi-Plains Hospital, Hale Center, Texas, on behalf of the American Hospital Association; Kevin M. Fickenscher, University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks, on behalf of the National Rural Health Care Association, A.E. Brim, Brim and Associates, Inc., Portland, Oregon; Curtis C. Erickson, Great Plains Health Alliance, Phillipsburg, Kansas; William F. Brockman, Caylor-Nickel Hospital, Bluffton, Indiana; Olaf Kaasa, American Association of Retired Persons, Minnetonka, Minnesota; Sterling Hayward, American Medical Peer Review Association, Billings, Montana; Eugene C. Beck, Intermountain Health Care, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah; and Frank Trembulak, Geisinger Foundation, Danville, Pennsylvania. Hearings were recessed subject to call. JACKIE PRESSER INVESTIGATION Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held hearings on the progress the subcommittee has made in examining the Department of Justice's handling of the investigation of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters' President Jackie Presser in connection with certain labor fraud allegations, receiving testimony from Howard L. Shapiro, Staff Counsel, and John F. Sopko, Assistant Counsel to the Minority, both of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; Raymond Maria, Deputy Inspector General, and David Williams, Director of Field Operations, Office of Inspector General, both of the Department of Labor; Stephen S. Trott, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Franklin A. Curtis, Associate Director, Human Resources Division, General Accounting Office; Robert E. Magee, former Acting Inspector General, Department of Labor; and John Nardi, Jr., Irvine, California. Hearings were recessed subject to call. NOMINATION Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of John A. Pendergrass, of Minnesota, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Durenberger, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. Testimony was also received on the nomination of Mr. Pendergrass from Mark A. De Bernardo, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Alexandria, Virginia; Franklin E. Mirer, United Auto Workers, Detroit, Michigan; and Margaret Seminario, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/05/12 Daily Digest - Monday, May 12, 1986; pages D567 - D ? (Bound vol. D310-D312) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) AUTHORIZATIONS -- ITC/CUSTOMS SERVICE/U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the International Trade Commission, U.S. Customs Service, and the Office of the United States Trade Representative, after receiving testimony from William von Raab, Commissioner of Customs, and Alfred R. DeAngelus, Deputy Commissioner of Customs, both of the U.S. Customs Service; Alan Woods, Deputy United States Trade Representative; Paula Stern, Chairwoman, and Altied Eckes, Commissioner, both of the International Trade Commission; Kenneth A. Kumm, The 3M Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, representing the Joint Industry Group; Arthur J. Fritz, Jr., Fritz Companies, Inc., San Francisco, California, representing the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Inc.; Thomas G. Travis, Sandler and Travis, on behalf of the National Bonded Warehouse Association, and Robert M. Tobias, The National Treasury Employees Union, both of Washington, D.C.; Pat Davis, Port of Seattle Commission, Seattle, Washington, on behalf of the Western States Coalition for Effective Customs Services; and Patrick D. Gill, Rode and Qualey, New York, New York, on behalf of the Northwest Apparel and Textile Association. MEXICO Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held closed hearings to review the current situation in Mexico, receiving testimony from Robert Vickers, National Intelligence Officer for Latin America, and Richard Staken, Director, Office of African and Latin American Analysis, both of the Central Intelligence Agency; Colonel John A. Cash, Defense Intelligence Officer for Latin America, and Susan McGuinn, Intelligence Analyst for Latin America, both of the Defense Intelligence Agency; William von Raab, Commissioner, William Rosenblatt, Assistant Commissioner for Enforcement, and William R. Logan, Regional Commissioner, Southwest Region (Houston, Texas), all of the U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; and David L. Westrate, Assistant Administrator for Operations, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Roger P. Brandemuehl, Assistant Commissioner for Border Patrol, Immigration and Naturalization Service, both of the Department of Justice. Hearings continue tomorrow. MERGER REFORM Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed hearings on S. 2160 and S. 2022, bills to clarify and improve the analysis of mergers under the antitrust laws, receiving testimony from John Ong, B.F. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio; James Rill, Collier, Shannon and Rill, John Satagaj, Small Business Legislative Council, and Tom Wenning, National Grocers Association, all of Washington, D.C.; and Eleanor Fox, New York University School of Law, James Halverson, Shearman and Sterling, on behalf of the American Bar Association, and Lloyd Constantine, New York Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, all of New York, New York. Hearings continue on Wednesday, May 21. NOMINATION Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Lynne V. Cheney, of Wyoming, to be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Simpson and Wallop, testified and answered questions in her own behalf. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/05/13 Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 13, 1986; pages D574 - D ? (Bound vol. D312-D318) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses. 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 1987 for those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, receiving testimony from Senator Mattingly, and numerous public witnesses. Subcomittee will meet again tomorrow. NOMINATIONS Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 59 military nominations in the Marine Corps and Air National Guard. BANK FAILURES Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 2372, to provide expanded emergency interstate bank acquisition authority, receiving testimony from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; L. William Seidman, Chairman, Board of Directors, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and Robert Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency. Hearings continue tomorrow. AUTHORIZATIONS -- COAST GUARD Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the U.S. Coast Guard, and H.R. 1362, to establish uniform regulation of loadline requirements for and measurement of vessels operating in the domestic and international trades, after receiving testimony from Adm. James S. Gracey, Commandant, United States Coast Guard. FEDERAL COAL LEASING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee began consideration of S. 2427, to improve the administration of the Federal coal leasing program, but did not complete action thereon, and will continue on Thursday, May 15. LIABILITY OF NUCLEAR INCIDENTS Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation concluded hearings on S. 445, S. 1225, and S. 1761, bills to revise certain provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 regarding liability for nuclear incidents after receiving testimony from John G. Harkins, Jr., Pepper, Hamilton and Scheetz, and David Berger, Berger & Montague, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; William F. Kennedy, Hunton & Williams, Easton, Connecticut; Kenneth R. Feinberg, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, Washington, DC; Kenneth C. Hall, General Electric Company, New York, New York; Richard A. Schmalz, American Nuclear Insurers and Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters, Farmington, Connecticut; and J. Robert Hunter, National Insurance Consumer Organization, Alexandria, Virginia. U.S. TRADE DEFICITS Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade held joint hearings with the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs' Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Policy on the effect of exchange rate volatility and the debt problems of developing countries on U.S. trade competitiveness and on related provisions of title V of S. 1860, proposed Trade Enhancement Act of 1985, receiving testimony from Senator Mattingly; James A. Baker III, Secretary of the Treasury; and Jeffrey D. Sachs, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Subcommittee on International Trade will continue hearings tomorrow. MEXICO Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs continued hearings to review the current situation in Mexico, receiving testimony from Elliott Abrams, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs; William von Raab, Commissioner, United States Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; and David L. Westrate, Assistant Administrator for Operations, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Roger P. Brandemuehl, Assistant Commissioner for Border Patrol, Immigration and Naturalization Service, both of the Department of Justice. Hearings were recessed subject to call. DEBT COLLECTION/FEDERAL CREDIT PROGRAMS Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 2230 and S. 2142, bills to improve financial management in the Federal Government and reduce the Federal budget deficit, receiving testimony from Senators Trible, Heinz, and Domenici; Representatives Gradison, Kasich, DioGuardi, and Boulter; Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, Frederick D. Wolf, Accounting and Financial Management Division, and William A. Anderson, Director, General Government Division, all of the U.S. General Accounting Office; Rudolph G. Penner, Director, Congressional Budget Office; George S. Goldberger, Citizens Against Government Waste, Ray Kline and Alan Dean, both of the National Academy of Public Administration, Christopher T. Cross, University Research Corporation, representing the Center for Excellence in Government, Edward G. Sanders, Sears World Trade, Lester E. Hammer, Abbott Laboratories, representing the Financial Executives Institute, Murray Comarow, American University, and Charles F. Bingman, George Washington University, all of Washington, D.C.; Joseph F. Connor, Price Waterhouse, on behalf of the Citizens Against Government Waste, J. Edward Sheridan, Columbia Business School, representing the Private Sector Council, Miner H. Warner, Salomon Brothers, Inc., and Christopher L. Snyder, Jr., Loan Pricing Corporation, all of New York, New York; and Roland W. Buris, Illinois State Comptroller, Springfield, and Edward J. Mazur, Virginia State Comptroller, Richmond, both representing the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers. Hearings continue tomorrow. ATTORNEYS' FEES Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the forfeiture of assets intended for use as attorneys' fees, after receiving testimony from Stephen S. Trott, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Elliot L. Richardson, and William W. Taylor III, both representing the American Bar Association, and Neal R. Sonnett, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, all of Washington, D.C.; Edward F. Marek, Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Ohio, Cleveland; and Kathleen F. Brickey, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure concluded hearings on S. 673, to establish a specialized corps of judges necessary for certain Federal proceedings required to be conducted, and S. 580, to ensure the independence of certain administrative law judges, after receiving testimony from Robert J. Cynkar, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Victor W. Palmer, Administrative Law Judge, Department of Agriculture, on behalf of the Federal Administrative Law Judges Conference; Joyce K. Barlow, Administrative Law Judge, Social Security Administration, on behalf of the Association of Administrative Law Judges; Marvin H. Morse, Chief Administrative Law Judge, Small Business Administration, on behalf of the Federal Bar Association; Joseph B. Kennedy, Administrative Law Judge, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, and Mary Ellen Benard, Administrative Law Judge, National Labor Relations Board, both on behalf of the Forum on Administrative Law Judges; Nahum Litt, Chief Administrative Law Judge, Department of Labor; William E. Fowler, Jr., Chief Administrative Law Judge, National Transportation Safety Board; Donna Price Cofer, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield; and Ronald I. Parker, New Jersey State Office of Administrative Law, Trenton. Joint Meetings FOREIGN AGRICULTURE EXPORTS Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Monetary and Fiscal Policy concluded hearings to review foreign agriculture investment reform, after receiving testimony from Senator Nickles; Representative Craig; Timothy Hallinan, Falls Church, Virginia; Alan Reynolds, Polyconomics, Morristown, New Jersey; Howard Ruff, Free the Eagle Citizen's Lobby, David Senter, American Agriculture Movement, and Peter T. Nelsen, International Trade Council, all of Washington, D.C.; and Arlie Perry, American Soybean Association, Ft. Gibson, Oklahoma. Also, the Subcommittee on Agriculture and Transportation concluded hearings to review the policies of multilateral lending institutions lending practices relating to foreign agriculture exports, after receiving testimony from Representatives Boulter and Kramer; George J. Pope, Assistant Administrator for Agriculture Service, Department of Agriculture; Naioma Benson, Women Involved in Farm Economy, Sterling, Colorado; William Nelson, Texas Wheat Producers Association, Amarillo; Robert Paarlberg, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts; and S.M. True, American Farm Bureau Federation, William Galston, the Roosevelt Center, and Stuart Hardy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, all of Washington, D.C.F 1986/05/14 Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 14, 1986; pages D584 - D ? (Bound vol. D318- D324) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- SEC/LEGAL SERVICES Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from John Shad, Chairman, George Kunkahl, Executive Director, and Lawrence Haynes, Comptroller, all of the Securities and Exchange Commission; and James Wentzel, President, Pepe Mendez, Chairman, Audit and Appropriations Committee of the Board of Directors, and Michael Coster, Comptroller and Treasurer, all of the Legal Services Corporation. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 21. APPROPRIATIONS -- TRANSPORTATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies continued hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses. Subcommittee recessed subject to call. DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS/AUTHORIZATIONS Committee on Armed Services: Committee met to discuss fiscal year 1986 appropriations in excess of authorizations for the Department of Defense, but made no announcements, and recessed subject to call. U.S. TRADE COMPETITIVENESS Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the effect of exchange rate volatility and the debt problems of developing countries on U.S. trade competitiveness, after receiving testimony from Senator Bradley; and Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce. BANK FAILURES Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2372, to provide expanded emergency interstate bank acquisition authority, after receiving testimony from Thomas P. Rideout, Savannah Bank and Trust Company, Savannah, Georgia, on behalf of the American Bankers Association; Charles T. Doyle, Gulf National Bank, Texas City, Texas, on behalf of the Independent Bankers Association of America; John R. Petty, Marine Midlands Banks, Inc., New York, New York, on behalf of the Association of Bank Holding Companies; and John E. Malarkey, Delaware State Bank Commissioner, Wilmington, on behalf of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors. GSA -- PUBLIC BUILDINGS Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on H.R. 2403, to require that public buildings constructed or altered under the Public Buildings Act shall be in compliance with nationally recognized building codes and State and local zoning laws, and S. 2397, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the public buildings program of the General Services Administration, after receiving testimony from Senator Specter; Representatives Shaw, and Robert F. Smith; William F. Sullivan, Commissioner, Stuart Smith, Executive Director, Jo-Anne Venneberg, Assistant Commissioner for Real Property Planning, and William Lawson, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Real Property Development, all of the Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration; and Richard Kuchnicki, Council of American Building Officials, Falls Church, Virginia. U.S. TRADE/MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade held hearings on S. 1865 and S. 1837, bills providing for a new round of multilateral trade negotiations to reduce or eliminate trade barriers and distortions, and to revise U.S. trade and financial agreements to meet specified objectives, receiving testimony from Clayton Yeutter, United States Trade Representative. Hearings were recessed subject to call. U.S. TRADE/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade continued hearings on S. 1860, proposed Trade Enhancement Act of 1985, and related measures, including S. 1869, focusing on the protection of intellectual property rights, receiving testimony from Senator Wilson; Representative Lundine; James Moore, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Economic Policy, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce; Harvey Bale, Jr., Assistant United States Trade Representative for Trade Policy, Office of the United States Trade Representative; Paula Stern, Chairwoman, International Trade Commission; Allan Mendelowitz, Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs, General Accounting Office; Jack Valenti, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., Nicholas A. Veliotes, Association of American Publishers, on behalf of the International Intellectual Property Alliance, F. David Foster, ITC Trial Lawyers Association, and Donald E. DeKieffer, Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro, all of Washington, D.C.; Donald H. Swan, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, on behalf of the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition; and Richard C. Witte, Intellectual Property Owners, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio. Hearings continue tomorrow. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: H.R. 4151, to provide for the security of United States diplomatic personnel, facilities, and operations, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (As approved by the committee, the bill incorporates certain provisions of S. 2015;) The nominations of Morton I. Abramowitz, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of State, Ronald F. Lehman II, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States Negotiator for Strategic Nuclear Arms, Paul H. Nitze, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador at Large, and Warren Zimmerman, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador in his capacity as Chief of the United States Delegation to the Vienna Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe Follow-up Meeting. DEBT COLLECTION/FEDERAL CREDIT PROGRAMS Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2230 and S. 2142, bills to improve financial management in the Federal Government and reduce the Federal budget deficit, after receiving testimony from James C. Miller III, Director, Office of Management and Budget. FEDERAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Civil Service, Post Office, and General Services resumed hearings on S. 1327, to establish higher minimum rates of basic pay in geographic areas where the Federal government is experiencing significant recruitment and retention problems, S. 1727, to establish alternative personnel management systems for scientific and technical employees, and the provisions of S. 2082, to improve the management of major defense acquisition programs, to establish a Defense Acquisition Service, and to limit employment contracts between senior officials of the Department of Defense and defense contractors, receiving testimony from Constance J. Horner, Director, and Kathleen Connelly, Chief, Research and Development staff, both of the Office of Personnel Management; Kenneth T. Blaylock, American Federation of Government Employees, Edward S. Murphy, National Association of Government Employees, and Ray Kline, National Academy of Public Administration, all of Washington, D.C.; Ralph J. McElfresh, Jr., and Jerry W. Cox, both of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Huntsville, Alabama; and John W. Gregorits, and Donald G. Weinert, both of the National Society of Professional Engineers, Dover, New Jersey. Hearings were recessed subject to call. NOMINATIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Alan E. Norris, of Ohio, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, David Hittner, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Alfred J. Lechner, Jr., to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey, and Douglas P. Woodlock, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Hittner was introduced by Senator Gramm; Mr. Lechner was introduced by Senators Bradley and Lautenberg; and Mr. Woodlock was introduced by Senator Kennedy. Testimony was also received on the nomination of Mr. Woodlock from Representative Conte, and Andrew Caffrey, Chief Judge for the District of Massachusetts. CAREER CRIMINALS Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Law concluded hearings on S. 2312, to expand the coverage of the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 by broadening the class of predicated crimes that make an armed person a career criminal, after receiving testimony from Representative Wyden; James I.K. Knapp, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Edward S.G. Dennis, Jr., U.S. Attorney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; James J. West, U.S. Attorney, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Joseph E. deGenova, U.S. Attorney, Washington, D.C.; David Dart Queen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement; and Ronald D. Castille, District Attorney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and on behalf of the National District Attorneys Association. BUSINESS MEETING Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills: S. 2095, authorizing funds through fiscal year 1990 for the tribally controlled community colleges and the Navajo Community College, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 2260, to settle claims against the United States arising from the occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1973, with an amendment; S. 2243, to improve the health status of Native Hawaiians, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 1988, to establish a program for the prevention and control of diabetes among Native Americans, with amendments; H.R. 3247, to authorize funds for fiscal years 1987-1990 for Native American programs, in lieu of S. 1991; S. 1622, to promote the development of Native American culture and art, with amendments; and H.R. 1904, to provide for the distribution and use of judgment funds awarded to the Mississippi Band of Chippewa Indians who are members of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. Also, the committee began consideration of S. 2118, to provide for the distribution of funds awarded to the Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of North Dakota, the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, and the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, Montana, but did not complete action thereon. INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee continued in evening session to mark up proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the intelligence community. Joint Meeting SUPERFUND Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2005, to extend and amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund), but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. 1986/05/15 Daily Digest - Thursday, May 15, 1986; pages D593 - D ? (Bound vol. D324- D333) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) NOMINATIONS Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Marvin Duncan, of Missouri, and Frank W. Naylor, Jr., of Virginia, each to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Duncan was introduced by Senator Andrews, and Mr. Naylor was introduced by Senator Dole. CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR IMPACT Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded hearings to review the possible impact on agriculture of the explosion of the Soviet nuclear powerplant at Chernobyl, after receiving testimony from Senator Abdnor; Sheldon Meyers, Director, Office of Radiation Programs, Environmental Protection Agency; Robert L. Thompson, Assistant Secretary for Economics, James R. Donald, Chairman, and Norton Strommen, Chief Meteorologist, both of the World Agricultural Outlook Board, Kathryn Zeimetz, Soviet Analyst, Economic Research Service, Keith Severin, Agricultural Economist, Foreign Agricultural Service, Mary Carter, Associate Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, and Lester Crawford, Associate Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, all of the Department of Agriculture; Delbert Bunch, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for Reactor Development; Victor Stello, Executive Director for Operations, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and John M. Urbanchuk, Wharton Forecasting Associates, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Committee continued in evening session to mark up H.R. 4515, making urgent supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending September 30, 1986 for the Federal Government. APPROPRIATIONS -- DOD/AIDS TESTING AND RESEARCH Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held oversight hearings on AIDS testing and research policy in the Department of Defense, receiving testimony from William E. Mayer, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; and Brig. Gen. Philip K. Russell, Deputy Commander, U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, May 20. APPROPRIATIONS -- INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of State, focusing on voluntary contributions to international organizations programs, and for the Office of the U.S. Representative to the United Nations, receiving testimony from Alan L. Keys, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs; and Vernon Walters, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Subcommittee recessed subject to call. APPROPRIATIONS -- NASA SUPPLEMENTAL Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, and on proposed supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending September 30, 1986 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, focusing on the impacts of the Shuttle CHALLENGER accident on the NASA program, receiving testimony from James C. Fletcher, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Hearings were recessed subject to call. APPROPRIATIONS -- LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, May 20. LIABILITY INSURANCE AND TORT REFORM Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs concluded oversight hearings on the affordability and availability of liability insurance for local governments, housing industries, and transit systems, after receiving testimony from Senator McConnell; Leonard Miller, Pembroke, Florida, on behalf of the National Association of Home Builders; Richard Gaskins, Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, Chicago, Illinois; Dennis J. Fitzgerald, Capitol District Transportation Authority, Albany, New York, on behalf of the American Public Transit Association; Mary Ann Russ, Delaware Housing Authority, Wilmington, on behalf of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities; Michael D. McCafferty, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Indiana; and David Allen Daileda, American Institute of Architects, John H. Rousselot, National Council of Savings Institutions, Richard Y. Nelson, Jr., National Association of Housing Redevelopment Officials, Lee Ruck, National Association of Counties, Stephen Chapple, U.S. Conference of Mayors, David M. Farmer, Alliance of American Insurers, Robert L. Zeman, National Association of Independent Insurers, William L. Larsen, American Insurance Association, and George K. Bernstein, all of Washington, D.C. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION -- FUNDING LEVELS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings on funding levels for research programs of the National Science Foundation, after receiving testimony from Erich Bloch, Director, National Science Foundation; Roland Schmitt, Chairman, National Science Board; Lawrence Bogorad, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Harry B. Gray, National Research Council, and Maarten Schmidt, American Astronomical Society, all of Washington, D.C.; and Daniel Klepner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. FEDERAL COAL LEASING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed consideration of S. 2427, to improve the administration of the Federal coal leasing program, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Wednesday, May 21. HAZARDOUS ASBESTOS USE Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Toxic Substances and Environmental Oversight held oversight hearings on S. 2083, to promulgate regulations for asbestos hazard abatement in the Nation's schools, and S. 2300, to set standards for identification and abatement of hazardous asbestos in Federal and other buildings, receiving testimony from John A. Moore, Assistant Administrator, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection Agency; Lloyd A. Kelley, Jr., Superintendent of Schools, Rutland, Vermont, on behalf of the American Association of School Administrators, Roberta R. Coffin, Vermont Commissioner of Health, Burlington, on behalf of the Association of State and Territorial Health Offices; William B. Smith, Masterclean of North Carolina, Inc., Winston Salem, North Carolina; and John M. Laping, American Institute of Architects, Washington, D.C. Hearings were recessed subject to call. NOMINATION Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Dorcas R. Hardy, of California, to be Commissioner of Social Security, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Domenici and Denton and Representative Biaggi, testified and answered questions in her own behalf. Testimony was also received from Virginia Castleberry, National Alliance of Senior Citizens, Arlington, Virginia; and Wilbur J. Cohen, Save Our Security, Washington, D.C. U.S. TRADE/NON-MARKET ECONOMY DUMPING Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade concluded hearings on S. 1860, proposed Trade Enhancement Act, and related measures, including S. 1868, focusing on procedures for determining dumping by non-market countries, after receiving testimony from Senator Domenici; Gilbert Kaplan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce; Paula Stern, Chairwoman, International Trade Commission; and Richard O. Cunningham, Steptoe and Johnson, Charles Owen Verrill, Jr., Wiley and Rein, Arthur T. Downey, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Peter Suchman, Sharretts, Paley Carter and Blauvelt, on behalf of the American Association of Exporters and Importers, all of Washington, D.C. OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine issues related to the 1984 Protocols Amending the Civil Liability and Fund Conventions on Oil Pollution Damage (Treaty Doc. 99-12), which establish a liability limit on tanker owners for damage caused by oil from their vessels, receiving testimony from Senators Mitchell and Stafford; Elizabeth H. Dole, Secretary of Transportation; Rear Adm. J. William Kime, Chief, Office of Merchant Marine Safety, United States Coast Guard; John D. Negroponte, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Clifton Curtis, The Oceanic Society, Washington, D.C.; Frank J. Iarossi, Exxon Shipping Company, Houston, Texas, and Peter H. Ghee, Mobil Oil Corporation, New York, New York, both on behalf of the American Petroleum Institute; and James H. Rand, International Association of Independent Tanker Owners, Secaucus, New Jersey. Hearings were recessed subject to call. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES EARLY RETIREMENT Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2197, to establish an optional early retirement program for Federal employees, after receiving testimony from Constance Horner, Director, Office of Personnel Management; Rosslyn Kleeman, Associate Director, and Robert E. Shelton, Deputy Associate Director, both of the General Government Division, U.S. General Accounting Office; Fletcher Acord, Associate Postmaster General, Office of the Postmaster General, U.S. Postal Service; G. Jerry Shaw, Senior Executives Association, Helene Benson, Professional Managers Association, Kenneth T. Blaylock, American Federation of Government Employees, David Gusky, National Federation of Federal Employees, Robert M. Tobias, National Treasury Employees Union, Moe Biller, American Postal Workers Union, and Vincent R. Sombrotto, and George Gould, both of the National Association of Letter Carriers, all of Washington, D.C.; Glenn Stahl, Federal Executive and Professional Association, Silver Spring, Maryland; David Sanasack, and Catherine Ball, both of the Federal Managers Association, Arlington, Virginia. INTERCIRCUIT COURTS PANEL Committee on the Judiciary: Committee began consideration of S. 704, to establish an Intercircuit Panel of the United States Courts of Appeals to decide cases referred by the U.S. Supreme Court, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Thursday, June 5. SOVIET EMBASSY DEMONSTRATORS Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure concluded hearings regarding the prosecution of individuals on charges of demonstrating illegally before the Embassy of the Soviet Union in Washington, D.C., after receiving testimony from Abraham D. Sofaer, Legal Advisor, Department of State; Joseph E. DiGenova, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia; Rabbi I. David Oler, Washington Board of Rabbis, Mark A. Epstein, Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, Henry Siegman, American Jewish Congress, Paul D. Kamenar, Washington Legal Foundation, Henry W. Asbill, Asbill, Junkin, Myers and Buffone, Seth P. Waxman, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca and Lewin, and Arthur B. Spitzer, American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area, all of Washington, D.C.; June Daniels, Des Moines, Iowa; and Dina Kaminskaya, Falls Church, Virginia. OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Labor concluded hearings on S. 2050, to notify workers who are at risk of occupational disease in order to establish a system for identifying and preventing illness and death of such workers, after receiving testimony from Robert L. Willmore, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Patrick R. Tyson, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor; James Melius, Director, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluation and Field Studies, Department of Health and Human Services; Willie Hall, Augusta, Georgia; Patricia Ware, Villa Hills, Kentucky; George Hight, Bluffton, Ohio; William Ailiff, Garrettsville, Ohio; William R. Gaffey, Monsanto Co., St. Louis, Missouri, on behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers; Clarence Kluck, Cyprus Coal Co., Englewood, Colorado, and Bernard R. Roy, AMAX, Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut, both on behalf of the American Mining Congress; Irving J. Selikoff, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, on behalf of the American Cancer Society, Inc.; John F. Finklea, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Nicholas A. Ashford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, on behalf of the American Public Health Association; Charles A. Coakley, American Insurance Association, New York, New York; John L. Abbott, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Boston, Massachusetts, on behalf of the Health Insurance Association of America; and William A. Winpisinger, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Washington, D.C. INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered reported an original bill authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the intelligence community. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/05/19 Daily Digest - Monday, May 19, 1986; pages D609 - D ? (Bound vol. D333-D336) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) PRODUCT LIABILITY REFORM Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Consumer Subcommittee held hearings on proposals to reform product liability laws, receiving testimony from Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce; and Douglas A. Riggs, General Counsel, Department of Commerce. Hearings continue tomorrow. NOMINATIONS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: On Friday, May 16, committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Vice Adm. Paul A. Yost, Jr., to be Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, with the grade of Admiral, and Rear Adm. James C. Irwin, to be Vice Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, with the grade of Vice Admiral, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. AUTHORIZATIONS -- MARITIME ADMINISTRATION/COMMISSION Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: On Friday, May 16, the Subcommittee on Merchant Marine concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Maritime Administration, and on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Federal Maritime Commission, after receiving testimony from Edward V. Hickey, Jr., Chairman, Robert D. Bourgoin, General Counsel, Frederick Trutkoff, Director, Budget and Financial Management, and William Jarrel Smith, Director of Programs, all of the Federal Maritime Commission; John A. Gaughan, Administrator, Elaine Lan Chao, Deputy Administrator, Richard E. Bowman, Associate Administrator, Maritime Aids, and Earnest Hawkins, Associate Administrator, Administration, all of the Martime Administration, Department of Transportation; Rear Adm. Walter T. Piotti, Jr., Commander, Military Sealift Command, Department of the Navy; Rear Adm. Floyd H. Miller, State University of New York, Bronx; Rear Adm. S.A. Swarztrauber, USN-Ret., Maine Maritime Academy, Castine; Rear Adm. James F. McNulty, Maritime College, Travers City, Michigan; and Rear Adm. John F. Aylmer, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay. ENVIRONMENT Committee on Environment and Public Works: On Friday, May 16, the Subcommittee on Toxic Substances and Environment Oversight concluded oversight hearings on the government-approved release of genetically-engineered organisms, receiving testimony from John A. Moore, Assistant Administrator, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection Agency; Orville Bentley, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Science and Education; Alan Tracy, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Inspection Services; Margaret Mellon, Environmental Law Institute, Washington, D.C.; and Alan Goldhammer, Industrial Biotechnology Association, Rockville, Maryland. Hearings were recessed subject to call. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/05/20 Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 20, 1986; pages D615 - ? (Bound vol. D336-D343) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) NOMINATIONS Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Marvin Duncan, of Missouri, and Frank W. Naylor, Jr., of Virginia, each to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration. APPROPRIATIONS -- INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Indian Health Service, receiving testimony from Everett Rhoades, Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, June 3. APPROPRIATIONS -- LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses. Subcommittee recessed subject to call. NOMINATIONS Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 268 military nominations in the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Also, the committee reconsidered its action of May 8, when the committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Michael P.W. Stone, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management, Eugene R. Sullivan, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Military Appeals, Walter J. Shea, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of the Panama Canal Commission, and 73 nominations in the Army and Marine Corps, and today ordered favorably reported all of the aforementioned nominations, with the exception of Mr. Shea. STRATEGIC HOMEPORTING INITIATIVE Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to review the Subcommittee on Military Construction recommendations on the Navy's strategic homeporting initiative program, but made no announcements, and recessed subject to call. DEFENSE MANAGEMENT Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Defense Acquisition Policy held hearings on the recommendations of the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management on the organizational placement of the Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, receiving testimony from Senators Pryor, Roth, and Kassebaum; William H. Taft IV, Deputy Secretary of Defense; John E. Krings, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense; and R. James Woolsey, Member, President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management. Hearings were recessed subject to call. BUDGET WAIVER Committee on the Budget: Committee approved for reporting S. Res. 410, waiving section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of the conference report on H.R. 2672, the Federal Employees' Retirement System Act of 1986. NOMINATIONS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Vice Adm. Paul A. Yost, Jr., to be Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, with the grade of Admiral, Rear Adm. James C. Irwin, to be Vice Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, with the grade of Vice Admiral, Rear Adm. Donald C. Thompson, to be Commander, U.S. Coast Guard/Atlantic Area, with the grade of Vice Admiral, and a routine list of U.S. Coast Guard nominations, received by the Senate on May 12, 1986. PRODUCT LIABILITY REFORM Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Consumer Subcommittee concluded hearings on proposals to reform product liability laws, after receiving testimony from Senator McConnell; Edwin Meese, Attorney General, and Richard K. Willard, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, both of the Department of Justice; Johnny C. Finch, Senior Associate Director, and Natwar M. Gandhi, Group Director, Tax Policy, both of the General Government Division, General Accounting Office; M. Dana Baldwin II, Oliver Machinery Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, on behalf of the Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America; Niels J. Reimers, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, representing the American Council on Education; John Preston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; John M. Reiff, Coleman Company, Inc., Wichita, Kansas; Larry McClain, Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, St. Louis, Missouri, representing the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association; Christopher P. Hitchcock, Crawford Fitting Company, Solon, Ohio, representing the National Federation of Independent Business; Harry L. Carrico, Chief Justice, The Supreme Court of Virginia, Richmond, on behalf of the Conference of Chief Justices; J. Kendall Few, & Glenn, Greenville, South Carolina; Hugh E. Reynolds, Jr., Reynolds, Boyd, and Weisell, Indianapolis, Indiana; David Owen, University of South Carolina, Columbia; J. Robert Hunter, National Insurance Consumer Organization, Alexandria, Virginia; and James K. Coyne, American Tort Reform Association, Jeffrey Joseph, United States Chamber of Commerce, Martin F. Connor, representing the National Association of Manufacturers, Gene Kimmelman, Consumer Federation of America, Joseph Goffman, Public Citizen's Congresswatch, Linda Lipsen, Consumers Union, Pamela Gilbert, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Deborah Chalfie, HALT, Alfred W. Cortese, Jr., representing the National Coalition for Litigation Cost Containment, Victor E. Schwartz, Crowell & Moring, representing the Product Liability Alliance, W. Suttle, the American Insurance Association, and Leslie Cheek, Crum and Forster Insurance Companies, all of Washington, D.C. NATURAL GAS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S. 834, to require pipelines, distribution companies, and gathering systems to transport natural gas on a nondiscriminatory basis, according to available capacity and publicly filed tariffs, S. 1251, to repeal certain prohibtions on the use of natural gas and petroleum under the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, S. 1302, to repeal certain restrictions placed upon the use of natural gas and petroleum as primary energy sources, S. 2205, to repeal prohibitions against the use of natural gas petroleum as a primary energy source in new and existing electric powerplants and major fuel-burning installations, and S. 2285, to promote competition in the natural gas market, to ensure open access to transportation service, to encourage production of natural gas, to provide natural gas consumers with adequate supplies at reasonable prices, and eliminate demand restraints, after receiving testimony from John S. Herrington, Secretary of Energy; Nicholas J. Bush, Natural Gas Supply Association, and Mark N. Cooper, Consumer Federation of America, both of Washington, D.C.; Brian E. O'Neill, Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corporation, Houston, Texas, and Keith E. Bailey, Northwest Central Pipeline Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma, both on behalf of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America; George H. Lawrence, American Gas Association, Arlington, Virginia; E.E. Porter, Union Carbide Corporation, Danbury, Connecticut, on behalf of the Petrochemical Energy Group; Andy S. Merrels, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, Ohio, on behalf of the Process Gas Consumers; Irene Wischer, Panhandle Producing Company, San Antonio, Texas, on behalf of the Independent Petroleum Association of America; Jack Graves, Calumet Oil Company, and David House, Sampson Resources Company, both of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on behalf of Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association; Joseph L. Hargrove, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on behalf of the Louisiana Association of Independent Producers and Royalty Owners; John E. Watson, Mitchell Energy Corporation, The Woodlands, Texas, on behalf of the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association; Barry Snyder, AEON Energy, Lakewood, Colorado, on behalf of the Independent Petroleum Association of Mountain States; and R. Charles Gentry, Shank, Irwin and Conant, Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico. AUTHORIZATIONS -- FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings on S. 2405, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990, for the Federal-Aid Highway program, after receiving testimony from Senators Lautenberg, Hecht, Gorton, Trible, Inouye, and Matsunaga; John Hirten, Honolulu, Director of Transportation, and Gard Kealoha, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, both of Honolulu, Hawaii; Lester P. Lamm, Highway Users Federation, Robert J. Fogel, National Association of Counties, and Thomas A. Callaghan, Jr., Alliance for Simple, Equitable and Rational Truck Taxation, all of Washington, D.C.; Thomas D. Larson, Pennsylvania Secretary of Transportation, Harrisburg, on behalf of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, James W. Supica, United Construction Company, Lenexa, Kansas, on behalf of the Associated General Contractors of America; Robert E. Hirschman, Elderlee, Inc., York, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association; Ross Sandler, New York City Commissioner of Transportation, New York, New York, representing the United States Conference of Mayors; Joann Payne, Association of Business and Professional Women in Construction, Little Rock, Arkansas; Jeff Roehm, Enterprise Flasher Company, Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the American Traffic Safety Services Association, Inc.; and James A. Wilkins, Marathon Oil Company, Findlay, Ohio. ECONOMIC SUMMIT Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to review the principal economic developments at the Tokyo Summit and on progress in implementing United States international debt strategy, after receiving testimony from James A. Baker III, Secretary of the Treasury. LIBERIA Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on the current situation in Liberia from officials of the Central Intelligence Agency, but made no announcements. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: The nominations of Judy F. Rolfe, of Montana, Diana P. Evans, of Oregon, Irene R. Robinson, of the District of Columbia, Betty Ann G. Cordoba, of California, Hazel M. Richardson, of California, Esther K. Everett, of New York, John O. Laird, of Wisconsin, Della M. Newman, of Washington, Lilli K.D. Hausenfluck, of Virginia, Marcilyn D. Leier, of Minnesota, Virginia G. Tinsley, of Arizona, Mary Jo Arndt, of Illinois, Elizabeth H. Adams, of California, Marge Bodwell, of New Mexico, Naomi Bvummond, of Nebraska, Judith D. Moss, of Ohio, and Helen J. Valerio, of Massachusetts, each to be a Member of the National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs, Richard J. Fitzgerald, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, Nanette F. MacDougall, of California, Phyllis D. Zlotnick, of Connecticut, Brenda Premo, of California, Robert S. Muller, of Michigan, and John F. Mills, of Virginia, each to be a Member of the National Council on the Handicapped, Morris I. Leibman, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Institute of Peace, Phyllis P. Berney, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts, Salvatore R. Martoche, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor-Management Standards, Charles J. Chamberlain, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Railroad Retirement Board, Paula V. Smith, of Missouri, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, John A. Pendergrass, of Minnesota, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, and Lynne V. Cheney, of Wyoming, to be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities; S. 2069, to improve Job Training Partnership Program stability and lessen burdensome administrative requirements, improve services to youth and the hard-to-serve, and strengthen enforcement, with amendments; S. 2184, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the National Science Foundation, with amendments; S. 2443, authorizing funds for an additional five years for programs of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, with amendments; S. 2444, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990 for Head Start, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance, Community Services Block Grant, and the Dependent Care Services Program; S. 1744, to require States to develop, establish, and implement State comprehensive mental health plans, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and S. 2294, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1987, 1988, and 1989 for the Education of the Handicapped Act, with amendments. Also, the committee began consideration of S. 1815, to prohibit any employer from using any lie detector test or examination in the workplace, either for pre-employment testing or testing in the course of employment. The committee failed to approve for reporting the nomination of Jeffrey I. Zuckerman, of Maryland, to be General Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. VETERANS' PROGRAMS Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1536, to provide that per diem subsidies paid by the Veterans' Administration for the care of veterans in State homes shall not be used to offset payments made to such homes under title XIX (Medicaid) for the purpose of assisting eligible veterans, S. 2174, to require that non-Federal providers of hospital care and services receiving direct payment of Medicare funds for services to Medicare beneficiaries provide similar services to VA beneficiaries under similar VA payment policies, S. 2388, proposed VA Health-Care Programs Extension and Improvement Act of 1986, S. 2445, proposed Veterans' Health Care Programs Improvements Act of 1986, S. 2422, to increase the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans, S. 2168, to improve veterans benefits for former prisoners of war, S. 2304, to extend the period of time during which veterans' readjustment appointments may be made, and S. 2423, and the provisions of S. 2186 and S. 2187, bills to exempt certain VA programs from any sequester order, receiving testimony from John W. Ditzler, Chief Medical Director, R. John Vogel, Chief Benefits Director, Donald Ivers, General Counsel, Grady W. Horton, Deputy Chief Benefits Director, D. Earl Brown, Jr., Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director, and Robert E. Lindsey, Jr., Director of Operations, all of the Veterans' Administration; Paul S. Egan, and John F. Sommer, Jr., both of the American Legion, Dennis M. Cullinan, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, David W. Gorman, Disabled American Veterans, David J. Passamaneck, AMVETS, and Bob Moran, Paralyzed Veterans of America, all of Washington, D.C.; and William J. Carney, Maine Veterans Home, Augusta. Joint Meeting SUPERFUND Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2005, to extend and amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund), but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. 1986/05/21 Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 21, 1986; pages D625 - D ? (Bound vol. D343- D350) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) NOMINATIONS Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Foresty: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Peter C. Myers, of Missouri, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, and Christopher Hicks, of Maryland, to be General Counsel, Department of Agriculture. Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Messrs. Myers and Hicks, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Myers was introduced by Senator Danforth, and Representatives Taylor, Emerson, and Hillis. APPROPRIATIONS -- USIA/NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Charles Z. Wick, Director, United States Information Agency; and Carl Gersham, President, and John Richardson, Chairman, Board of Directors, both of the National Endowment for Democracy. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, June 4. AUTHORIZATIONS -- DEFENSE Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces concluded hearings on S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the Federal Emergency Management Agency from Julius W. Becton, Jr., Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency; and in behalf of funds for nuclear reactor safety programs from John S. Herrington, Secretary, Sylvester R. Foley, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, and Mary Walker, Assistant Secretary for Environment, Health and Safety, all of the Department of Energy. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: An original bill authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for housing, community and neighborhood development, and related programs; H.R. 237, to revise certain provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to provide that any attorney who collects debts on behalf of a client shall be subject to the provisions of such Act; and The nomination of David F. Goldberg, of Illinois, to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. TRUTH IN LENDING/CREDIT CARD DISCLOSURE Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Affairs concluded hearings on S. 2421, S. 2264, and S. 2140, bills to require that credit card issuers disclose certain information on initial applications regarding interest rates and annual fees, after receiving testimony from Emmett J. Rice, Member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Jerry D. Craft, Sr., 1st National Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, representing the American Bankers Association; Ralph Rohner, Catholic University, representing the Consumer Bankers Association, Sheldon Feldman, representing the National Retail Merchants Association, Allan Fox, Consumer Federation of America, and Elgie Holstein, BankCard Holders of America, all of Washington, D.C.; and Meredith M. Fernstrom, Sr., American Express Company, New York, New York. FEDERAL COAL LEASING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed consideration of S. 2427, to improve the administration of the Federal coal leasing program, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Wednesday, June 4. MERGER REFORM Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed hearings on S. 2160 and S. 2022, bills to clarify and improve the analysis of mergers under the antitrust laws, receiving testimony from Daniel Oliver, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission; Thomas J. Campbell, Stanford University School of Law, Stanford, California; Robert Pitofsky, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.; James P. Melican, International Paper Company, New York, New York; and Timothy Roth, University of Texas, El Paso. Hearings were recessed subject to call. NOMINATIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Stephen F. Williams, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, and John G. Davies, to be United States District Judge for the Cenral District of California, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Davies was introduced by Senator Wilson. HOME AUDIO RECORDING Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks approved for full committee consideration, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 1739, to legalize the home taping of copyrighted music and other audio material in exchange for a royalty on audio recording equipment. HUNGER IN AMERICA Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded oversight hearings on strategies to reduce hunger in America, after receiving testimony from Senators Dole, and Boschwitz; Representative Panetta; Cicely Tyson, Malibu, California, and Donna Brazile, Washington, D.C., both on behalf of Hands Across America; Veronica Maz, Martha's Table, S. Anna Kondratas, The Heritage Foundation, and Lynn Parker, Food Research and Action Center, all of Washington, D.C.; Sherry Mize, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Marie K. Whiteing, Iowa Farm Crisis Network, Mapleton; and Stanley Gershoff, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Small Business: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills: S. 2147, to extend the authorization for non-profit organizations operated in the interest of handicapped and blind individuals to receive procurement contracts under the Small Business Act with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and H.R. 2787, to extend through fiscal year 1988 SBA Pilot Programs under section 8 of the Small Business Act. INTELLIGENCE Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community. Committee will meet again on Wednesday, June 4. HOME NURSING CARE Special Committee on Aging: Committee held hearings to review nursing home care for the elderly, receiving testimony from William Roper, Administrator, Health Care Finance Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Ralph Lopez, Los Angeles Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, California; Sandra K. Casper, Rehabilitation Care Consultants, Madison, Wisconsin; Conrad Thompson, Washington State Bureau of Nursing Home Affairs, Olympia; Toby Edelman, National Senior Citizens Law Center, Washington, D.C.; Dorothy Doyle, Alpharetta, Georgia; and Peggy Dowling, Napa, California. Hearings were recessed subject to call. Joint Meetings IMMIGRATION -- DEMOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCES Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Economic Resources, Competitiveness, and Security Economics held hearings to review the effects of legal and illegal immigration on the U.S. economy, receiving testimony from John Keane, Director, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce; Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; Ray Marshall, University of Texas, Austin; and Charles Keeley, Population Council, New York, New York. Hearings continue tomorrow. SUPERFUND Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2005, to extend and amend the Comprehensive, Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund), but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET Conferees, on Tuesday, May 20, met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of S. Con. Res. 120, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1987, 1988, and 1989, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call. 1986/05/22 Daily Digest - Thursday, May 22, 1986; pages D635 - D ? (Bound vol. D350- D354) Committee Meetings No committee meetings were held. Joint Meeting IMMIGRATION -- DEMOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCES Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Economic Resources, Competitiveness, and Security Economics continued hearings to review the effects of legal and illegal immigration on the U.S. economy, receiving testimony from Beryl W. Sprinkel, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers; Thomas Espenshade, Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.; Barry Chiswick, University of Illinois, Chicago; and George Borjas, University of California, Santa Barbara. Hearings continue on Thursday, May 29. 1986/06/02 Daily Digest - Monday, June 2, 1986; pages D641 - D ? (Bound vol. D354-D357) Committee Meetings No committee meetings were held. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/06/03 Daily Digest - Tuesday, June 3, 1986; pages D649 - D ? (Bound vol. D358-D363) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) WORLD FOOD PRODUCTION -- AGRICULTURAL TRADE Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Foreign Agricultural Policy began hearings to review agricultural trade issues, focusing on prospects for world food production, receiving testimony from Robert L. Thompson, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Economics; Dennis T. Avery, Senior Agricultural Analyst, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State; Willard Sparks, Sparks Commodities, Memphis, Tennessee; and Fred Sanderson, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C. Hearings continue on Tuesday, June 17. APPROPRIATIONS -- AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, focusing on Air Force aircraft procurement, receiving testimony from Thomas E. Cooper, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research, Development and Logistics; and Lt. Gen. Bernard Randolph, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition, United States Air Force. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, June 19. APPROPRIATIONS -- FOSSIL ENERGY/CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for fossil energy and clean coal technology, receiving testimony from Donald L. Bauer, Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, June 5. NOMINATION Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Edward C. Aldridge, Jr., of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Air Force, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf. BUDGET WAIVER Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported S. Res. 416, waiving section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act with respect to consideration of H.R. 3838, to provide for revisions in Federal tax laws (pending on Senate Calendar). BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. Con. Res. 137, expressing the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government take immediate steps to support a national STORM Program, with amendments; and The nominations of Capt. George D. Passmore, Jr., and Capt. Ernest B. Acklin, Jr., each to be a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard. Also, the committee discussed proposed legislation to provide for a uniform product liability law to conform with an alternative claim system for expedited recovery of damages by those injured by defective products (text of Amendment #1951 to S. 1999), but took no action thereon, and recessed subject to call. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES ACT Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee began oversight hearings on the implementation of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (P.L. 95-617), focusing on the production and sale of electricity by qualifying facilities, receiving testimony from D.E. Simmons, Houston Lighting and Power Co., Houston, Texas, representing the Edison Electrict Institute; Logan Lanham, Idaho Power Co., Boise; Calvin Hebert, Gulf States Utilities Co., Beaumont, Texas; Michael R. Peevey, Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead; Robert E. Morris, Cogeneration Coalition of America, Inc., William J. Nicholson, American Paper Institute, Reuben Brown, National Hydropower Association, and James Caldwell, Solar Energy Industries Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Jan Hamrin, Independent Energy Producers Association, Sacramento, California, representing the American Wind Energy Association, and the Independent Energy Producers Forum; and Mark Lyons, National Wood Energy Association, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Hearings continue on Thursday, June 5. MEDICARE'S PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2331, to assure the quality of inpatient hospital services and post-hospital services furnished under the Medicare prospective payment system, after receiving testimony from Senator Heinz; William Roper, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Eleanor Chelimsky, Director, Program Evaluation and Methodology Division, General Accounting Office; Judith L. Wagner, Senior Analyst, Office of Technology Assessment; Michael R. Goldwyn, Northwest Oregon Health Systems, Portland; Cynthia L. Polich, Interstudy, Excelsior, Minnesota; Mark Russell Chassin, The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California; Gerard F. Anderson, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Harrison L. Rogers, Jr., American Medical Association, Atlanta, Georgia; Thomas G. Dehn, American Medical Peer Review Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; William H. Moncrief, Jr., California Medical Review, Inc., San Francisco; Louise Crooks, American Association of Retired Persons, West Lafayette, Indiana; Margaret J. Cushman, Visiting Nursing and Home Care, Waterbury-Hartford, Connecticut, on behalf of the National Association for Home Care; Donald A. Young, Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, Jack Owen, American Hospital Association, and Paul R. Willging, American Health Care Association, all of Washington, D.C. PHILIPPINES -- SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2378, authorizing supplemental economic and military assistance for the Philippines, after receiving testimony from Senator Melcher; Charles W. Greenleaf, Jr., Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Asia, Agency for International Development; Gaston Sigur, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; and Richard Armitage, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. STATISTICAL POLICY FOR AN AGING AMERICA Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and Government Processes concluded joint hearings with the Committee on Labor and Human Resources' Subcommittee on Aging on statistical policy with regard to older Americans, focusing on socioeconomic and health status, employment and retirement, living arrangements, and family and community supports, after receiving testimony from T. Franklin Williams, Director, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Manning Feinleib, Director, National Center for Health Statistics, and Jane Ross, Director, Office of Research Statistics and International Policy, Social Security Administration, all of the Department of Health and Human Services; Jack G. Keane, Director, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce; Sam Shapiro, Panel on Statistical Requirements for Policy in an Aging Society, National Academy of Sciences; John M. Cornman, Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C.; and Jacob A. Brody, University of Illinois, Urbana. ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT -- ILLINOIS BRICK Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2481, to create a limited exception to the Supreme Court's holding in ILLINOIS BRICK CO. V. ILLINOIS, 431 U.S. 720 (1977), that only direct purchasers from antitrust violators may obtain monetary relief under the Clayton Act for overcharges resulting from violations of the antitrust laws, after receiving testimony from Senator Bingaman; Charles Brown, Attorney General of West Virginia, Charleston; John Connor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana; Charles B. Renfrew, Chevron Corporation, San Francisco, California; James T. Halverson, Shearman and Sterling, New York, New York, on behalf of the American Bar Association; Edward Cavanaugh, St. John's University School of Law, Jamaica, New York; and Priscilla Budieri, Public Citizen, Mark Nestlen, on behalf of the National Grange, and Bill Carroll, former Director, Poultry and Packers Division, Packers and Stockyard Administration, Department of Agriculture, all of Washington, D.C. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/06/04 Daily Digest - Wednesday, June 4, 1986; pages D657 - D ? (Bound vol. D363- D368) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS -- COMMERCE/JUSTICE/STATE/JUDICIARY Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for those programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, after receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses. APPROPRIATIONS -- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987 for the District of Columbia government, receiving testimony from Mayor Marion S. Barry, Jr., and David Clarke, Chairman, District of Columbia Council. Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, June 11. DOMESTIC CRUISE SHIP INDUSTRY Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on the Merchant Marine conducted hearings on S. 1935 and S. 1929, bills to provide for certain vessels to be documented under the laws of the United States to entitle them to engage in domestic coastwise trade, after receiving testimony from John A. Gaughan, Administrator, Reginald A. Bourdon, Assistant Administrator for Policy and International Affairs, and Robert J. Patton, Acting Chief Counsel, all of the Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation; Everett Pyatt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Shipbuilding and Logistics; Frank Drozak, Seafarers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO, Camp Springs, Maryland; C.E. DeFries and Raymond T. McKay, both of the National Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC; Robert L. Lambert, Sr., Cruise America Line, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Florida; George A. Sotir, United States Cruises, Inc., S.S. UNITED STATES, Brisbane, California; Ian Westwood-Booth, Vintero Corp., S.S. SANTA ROSA, and Fred Bush, Travel Trade Publications, both of New York, New York; and James L. Murray, ADDSCO Industries, Inc., Mobile, Alabama. FEDERAL COAL LEASING Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed consideration of S. 2427, to improve the administration of the Federal coal leasing program, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Wednesday, June 11. NOMINATION Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Edwin M. Kosik, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Specter and Heinz and Representative McDade, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. NOMINATION Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Robert E. Windom, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Chiles and Hawkins, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. SMALL BUSINESS CAPITAL FORMATION Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded hearings on the elimination of the capital gains differential for individuals and its impact on small business capital formation, after receiving testimony from Paul Tsongas, Foley, Hoag and Eliot, Boston, Massachusetts on behalf of the American Venture Capital Association; Burton McMurtry, Technology Venture Investors, Menlo Park, California; Stanley E. Pratt, Venture Economics Inc., Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts; Walter Stults, National Association of Small Business Investment Companies, Robert S. McIntyre, Citizens for Tax Justice, Joseph J. Minarik, Urban Institute, and Thomas E. Vasquez, deSeve Economics Associates, Inc., all of Washington, DC; Jack Lloyd, Nellcor Incorporated, Hayward, California; George N. Hatsopoulos, Thermo Electron Corporation, Waltham, Massachusetts; and Lawrence B. Lindsey, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts. INTELLIGENCE Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community, but made no announcements, and will meet again tomorrow. No Joint hearings noted. 1986/06/05 Daily Digest - Thursday, June 5, 1986 pages D665 - D ? (Bound vol. D368-D376) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) NOMINATION Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of George S. Dunlop, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Mr. Dunlop, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators East and Warner, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. APPROPRIATIONS -- ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS/MUSEUM SERVICES Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1987, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Frank Hodsoll, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts; and Lois Burke Shepard, Director, Institute of Museum Services. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, June 10. NOMINATIONS Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Edward C. Aldridge, Jr., of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Air Force, Walter J. Shea, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of the Panama Canal Commission, and 542 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Also, the committee discussed committee consideration of S. 2199, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1987 for the Department of Defense, and agreed on the Subcommittee on Military Construction recommendations on the Navy's strategic homeporting initiative program. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES ACT Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the implementation of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (P.L. 95-617), focusing on the environmental impact of construction and operation of qualifying hydroelectric facilities, after receiving testimony from Lawrence R. Anderson, Director, Office of Electric Power Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Perry Swisher, Idaho Public Utilities Commission, Boise; Paul L. Gioia, New York Public Service Commission, Albany; Dennis Thomas, Texas Public Utility Commission, Austin; Duncan Wyse, California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco; Jay Botkin, Northwest Hydroelectric Association, Seattle, Washington; Paul J. Elston, Long Lake Energy Corporation, New York, New York; David Conrad, Friends of the Earth, and John Anderson, Electricity Consumers Resource Council, both of Washington, D.C.; Alan S. Miller, San Franscisco, California, representing the Natural Resources Defense Council; and Dennis P. Ward, Atomic Industrial Forum, Bethesda, Maryland. U.S.-JAPAN TRADE IN SERVICES Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs concluded hearings to review the general situation of trade services in Japan and t |