104th Congress (1995 - 1996)
January 3, 1996 - October 21, 1996
Senate Committee Meetings by Date
Compiled from the Congressional Record's Daily Digests via Thomas at thomas.loc.gov
1996/01/03
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 3, 1996; pages D1 - D4
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/01/04
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 4, 1996; pages D6 - D8
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/01/05
Daily Digest - Friday, January 5, 1996; pages D10 - D14
Committee Meeting
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/01/08
Daily Digest - Monday, January 8, 1996; pages D15 - D16
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/01/09
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 9, 1996; pages D17 - D18
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/01/10
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 10, 1996; pages D19 - D20
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/01/22
Daily Digest - Monday, January 22, 1996; pages D22 - D26
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: On Tuesday, January 16, and Thursday, January 18, Committee
resumed hearings to examine issues relative to the Whitewater Development
Corporation, receiving testimony on Tuesday from Bruce Lindsey, Deputy Counsel
to the President; William Kennedy, Rose Law Firm, Little Rock, Arkansas,
former Associate White House Counsel; and Neil Eggleston, Howrey & Simon,
Washington, D.C., former Associate Counsel to the President; and on Thursday
from Carolyn Huber, Special Assistant to the President and Director of
Personal Correspondence; and Ronald Clark, Rose Law Firm, Little Rock,
Arkansas.
Committee will meet again on Tuesday, January 23.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/01/23
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 23, 1996; pages D28 - D30
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine challenges
facing the future of the professional sports industry, after receiving
testimony from Paul Tagliabue, National Football League, New York, New York;
Jerry Richardson, The Carolina Panthers, Charlotte, North Carolina; David
Falk, Falk Associates, Washington, D.C.; Peter S. Roisman, Advantage
International, McLean, Virginia; Marc Ganis, Sportscorps Ltd., Chicago,
Illinois; Kenneth Shropshire, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and
Andrew Zimbalist, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine issues relative to the
Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving testimony from William Lyon,
Lyon Folder Company, Fordyce, Arkansas.
Committee will meet again on Thursday, January 25.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/01/24
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 24, 1996; pages D31 - D34
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs met in closed
session to receive a briefing on Ambassador Albright's recent trip to Africa
from Madeleine K. Albright, United States Permanent Representative to the
United Nations.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/01/25
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 25, 1996; pages D35 - D38
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL FORESTS MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Public
Land Management concluded oversight hearings on the management of the national
forests, after receiving testimony from Barry T. Hill, Associate Director for
Energy, Resources and Science Issues, Charles S. Cotton, Assistant Director,
and Chester M. Joy, Senior Evaluator, all of the General Accounting Office;
and James Lyons, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, and
Jack Ward Thomas, Chief, Forest Service, both of the Department of
Agriculture.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine issues relative to the
Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving testimony from Beverly Bassett
Schaeffer, William Brady, and Charles Handley, all on behalf of the Arkansas
Securities Department, Little Rock.
Committee will meet again on Tuesday, January 30.
Joint Meetings
POSTAL SERVICE REFORM
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on Post
Office and Civil Service and House Committee on Government Reform D37and
Oversight's Subcommittee on Postal Service concluded joint hearings on
reforming the future operation of the United States Postal Service, focusing
on the restructuring of certain international postal administrations, after
receiving testimony from Michael E. Motley, Associate Director, and James T.
Campbell, Assistant Director, both for Government Business Operations Issues,
General Government Division, General Accounting Office; Graeme T. John,
Australian Postal Corporation, Canberra; Georges Clermont, Canada Post
Corporation, Ottawa; Elmar Toime, New Zealand Post Limited, Wellington; Ulf
Dahlsten and Tommy Persson, both of the Sweden Post AB (Ltd), Stockholm; and
James A. Waddell and David E. Treworgy, both of Price Waterhouse LLP,
Arlington, Virginia.
1996/01/26
Daily Digest - Friday, January 26, 1996; pages D39 - D44
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HUD/EPA VETO IMPACT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings to examine the impact of the President's veto of the Fiscal
Year 1996 Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development,
and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act on HUD, after receiving testimony
from Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Richard
Gentry, Richmond, Virginia, on behalf of the National Association of Housing
and Redevelopment Officials; Michael Bodaken, National Housing Trust,
Washington, D.C.; and Patricia J. Payne, Crownsville, Maryland, on behalf of
the National Council of State Housing Agencies.
Also, committee concluded hearings to examine the impact of the President's
veto on the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from
Carol M. Browner, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Roberta J.
Savage, Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control
Administrators, Washington, D.C.; William J. Birkhofer, Sverdrup Corp.,
Arlington, Virginia; and Christopher Tulou, Delaware Department of Natural
Resources and Environmental Control, Dover.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of H. Martin Lancaster, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant
Secretary of the Army, Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF, to be Vice Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Joseph W. Prueher, USN, for reappointment to
the grade of Admiral in the United States Navy, and 6,469 nominations in the
Army, Navy, and Air Force.
Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Gen.
Joseph W. Ralston and Adm. Joseph W. Prueher (listed above) after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Ralston was
introduced by Senator Frist and Mr. Prueher was introduced by Senator Stevens.
SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee announced the
following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Aviation: Senators McCain (Chairman), Pressler, Stevens,
Gorton, Burns, Lott, Hutchison, Ashcroft, Frist, Ford, Hollings, Exon, Inouye,
Bryan, Rockefeller, Breaux, and Dorgan.
Subcommittee on Communications: Senators Pressler (Chairman), Stevens, McCain,
Burns, Gorton, Lott, Ashcroft, Hutchison, Hollings, Inouye, Ford, Exon, Kerry,
Breaux, and Rockefeller.
Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce and Tourism: Senators
Gorton (Chairman), McCain, Snowe, Ashcroft, Frist, Exon, Ford, Bryan, and
Rockefeller.
Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries: Senators Stevens (Chairman), Gorton,
Snowe, Pressler, Kerry, Inouye, and Breaux.
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space: Senators Burns (Chairman),
Pressler, Hutchison, Stevens, Lott, Rockefeller, Kerry, Bryan, and Dorgan.
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine: Senators Lott
(Chairman), Hutchison, Stevens, Burns, Snowe, Frist, Inouye, Exon, Breaux,
Dorgan, and Bryan.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/01/30
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 30, 1996; pages D46 - D48
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
WHITEWATER
Special Committee To Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine issues relative to the
Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving testimony from James Clark, Bank
Examiner, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the
Treasury, and Dawn Pulcer, Sterling Bank and Trust, Southfield, Michigan, both
former Examiners, Federal Home Loan Bank Board.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/10/30
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 31, 1996; pages D49 - D52
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
TAX REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the status of the
current national tax code and certain recommendations to overhaul the national
tax system, receiving testimony from Jack Kemp, Empower America, Washington,
D.C., former Delaware Governor Pete du Pont, Wilmington, and California State
Treasurer Matt Fong, Sacramento, all on behalf of the National Commission on
Economic Growth and Tax Reform.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine issues relative to the
Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving testimony from Bobby J. Nash,
Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel; and Davis
Fitzhugh, on behalf of Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan, Darrell D. Dover,
Dover & Dixon, and Richard T. Donovan and Thomas P. Thrash, both of the Rose
Law Firm, all of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/01/31
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 31, 1996; pages D49 - D52
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
TAX REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the status of the
current national tax code and certain recommendations to overhaul the national
tax system, receiving testimony from Jack Kemp, Empower America, Washington,
D.C., former Delaware Governor Pete du Pont, Wilmington, and California State
Treasurer Matt Fong, Sacramento, all on behalf of the National Commission on
Economic Growth and Tax Reform.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine issues relative to the
Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving testimony from Bobby J. Nash,
Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel; and Davis
Fitzhugh, on behalf of Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan, Darrell D. Dover,
Dover & Dixon, and Richard T. Donovan and Thomas P. Thrash, both of the Rose
Law Firm, all of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/02/01
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 1, 1996; pages D54 - DD60
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Lt. Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA, for appointment to the grade of
general and to be Commander-in-Chief, United States Special Operations
Command, and Lt. Gen. Eugene E. Habiger, USAF, for appointment to the grade of
general and to be Commander-in-Chief, United States Strategic Command, and 12
routine military nominations in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Lt. Gen. Shelton and Lt. Gen. Habiger (listed above), after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings on S. 46, to
revise the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a voluntary
system of spending limits and partial public financing of Senate primary and
general election campaigns, and to limit contributions by multicandidate
political committees, S. 1219 and S. 1389, bills to reform the financing of
Federal elections, and S. 1528, to reform the financing of Senate campaigns,
receiving testimony from Senators McCain, Feingold, Thompson, Wellstone,
Feinstein, and Bradley; Joel M. Gora, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York,
on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union; Robert M. O'Neil, Thomas
Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, Charlottesville,
Virginia; Archibald Cox, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Bradley
A. Smith, Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio, on behalf of the CATO
Institute; and David M. Mason, Heritage Foundation, Ann McBride, Common Cause,
and Joan B. Claybrook, Public Citizen, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
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WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine issues relative to the
Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving testimony from Susan Strayhorn,
on behalf of the Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan.
Committee will meet again on Tuesday, February 6.
Joint Meetings
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPETITION AND DEREGULATION ACT
Conferees on Wednesday, January 31, agreed to file a conference report on S.
652, to provide for a procompetitive, deregulatory national policy framework
designed to accelerate rapidly private sector deployment of advanced
telecommunications and information technologies and services to all Americans
by opening all telecommunications markets to competition.
1996/02/05
Daily Digest - Monday, February 5, 1996; pages D61 - D62
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
Joint Meetings
BARRIERS TO STATE AND LOCAL
PRIVATIZATION/EMPLOYMENT-UNEMPLOYMENT
Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to examine Federal barriers
to State and local privatization efforts, receiving testimony from New York
Governor George Pataki, Ronald Lauder, New York Commission on Privatization,
both of Albany, New York; Robert Poole, Reason Foundation, Los Angeles,
California; Mike Bell, British Airports Authority-USA, Sterling, Virginia;
John Dowd, Wheelabrator, Inc., Hampton, New Hampshire; Al Bilik, AFL/CIO, and
Albert Shanker, American Federation of Teachers, both of Washington, D.C.; and
Bob Cranmer, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
On Friday, February 2, Committee held hearings on the employment-unemployment
situation for January, receiving testimony from Katharine G. Abraham,
Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.
Committee recessed subject to call.
1996/02/06
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 6, 1996; pages D63 - D66
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education and Related Agencies concluded hearings to examine the effects
of fiscal year 1996 funding on the National Labor Relations Board, after
receiving testimony from William B. Gould IV, Chairman, Fred Feinstein,
General Counsel, Harding Darden, Jr., Budget Officer, and Charles Cohen, Board
Member, all of the National Labor Relations Board; and Richard Trumka,
AFL-CIO, and Lawrence Hunter, Business Leadership Council, both of Washington,
D.C.
FEDERAL LAND OWNERSHIP
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations concluded hearings to review trends in Federal land ownership
by the Department of the Interior and the United States Forest Service, after
receiving testimony from Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior; Barry T.
Hill, Associate Director, Natural Resources Issues, General Accounting Office;
Jack Ward Thomas, Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; and
Wyoming Governor Jim Geringer, Cheyenne.
IMMIGRATION AND WELFARE REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration held hearings to
examine issues relating to the receipt of Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
benefits and other welfare programs by noncitizens, receiving testimony from
Carolyn Colvin, Deputy Commissioner for Programs, Policy, Evaluation and
Communications, Social Security Administration, and Lavinia Limon, Director,
Office of Refugee Resettlement, Office of Family Assistance, Administration
for Children and Families, both of the Department of Health and Human
Services; Jane L. Ross, Director, Income Security Issues, Health, Education,
and Human Services Division, General Accounting Office; Susan Martin,
Executive Director, U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform; Angelo Doti, Orange
County Social Services Agency, Orange County, California; George J. Borjas,
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Victor DoCouto, Massachusetts
Alliance of Portuguese Speakers, Boston; Norman Matloff, University of
California, Davis; and Michael Fix, Urban Institute, and Robert Rector,
Heritage Foundation, both of Washington, D.C.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine issues relative to the
Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving testimony from Patricia Black,
Associate Inspector General for Inspections and Legal Support, and Steven
Switzer, Deputy Inspector General for Audit, both of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/02/07
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 7, 1996; pages D68 - D72
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
TAIWAN SECURITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
held hearings to examine the current security situation in the Taiwan Strait
area, focusing on recent reports of threats by the government of the People's
Republic of China toward Taiwan and United States policy with regard to
China-Taiwan relations, receiving testimony from Winston Lord, Assistant
Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Kurt M. Campbell,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs; and James
Lilley, American Enterprise Institute, Gerrit W. Gong, Center for Strategic
and International Studies, and Carl W. Ford, Jr., Ford & Associates, all of
Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on proposals to
repeal the prohibitions against political recommendations relating to Federal
employment and to reenact certain provisions relating to recommendations by
Members of Congress, receiving testimony from Senators Lott and Simon; and
James B. King, Director, Office of Personnel Management.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine issues relative to the
Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving testimony from Webster L.
Hubbell, former Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/02/09
Daily Digest - Friday, February 9, 1996; pages D73 - D75
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT PROGRAMS
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: On Thursday, February 8, committee
concluded hearings on S. 295, to allow labor management to establish, assist,
maintain, or participate in an organization or entity in which employees
participate to address matters of mutual interest, after receiving testimony
from Molly Dalman, Michael Klein, Anne Nagy, Bonny Topp, and David Khorey, all
of the Donnelly Corporation, Holland, Michigan; Christopher Fuldner, EFCO
Corporation, Monett, Missouri; Richard D74Wellins, Development Dimensions
International, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Jon Hiatt, AFL-CIO, and Alan
Reuther, United Auto Workers, both of Washington, D.C.
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WHITEWATER
Special Committee To Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: On Thursday, February 8, committee resumed hearings to
examine issues relative to the Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving
testimony from Jane Sherburne, Special Counsel to the President; Capricia
Marshall, Special Assistant to the First Lady; Gary Walters, Head Usher, and
Dennis Freemyer, Assistant Head Usher, both of the White House; and David
Kendall, Williams and Connolly, Washington, D.C.
Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 13.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/02/13
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 13, 1996; pages D77 - D78
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/02/16
Daily Digest - Friday, February 16, 1996; pages D80 - D82
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: On Wednesday, February 14, committee concluded hearings
on the nomination of Stuart E. Eizenstat, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary
of Commerce for International Trade, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senator Rockefeller, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
MEDICARE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: On Wednesday, February 14, Permanent
Subcommittee on Investigations held hearings to examine the Medicare billing
process by certain hospitals for investigational medical devices and
procedures, receiving testimony from Jack Hartwig, Deputy Inspector General,
and Tom Ault, Director, Bureau of Policy Development, and Gary Kavanagh,
Deputy Director, Bureau of Program Operations, both of the Health Care
Financing Administration, all of the Department of Health and Human Services;
Dennis Stillman, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle; Anthony M.
Sanzo, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Patrick Fry,
Sutter Community Hospitals, and Mark W. Rieger, Sutter Memorial Hospital, both
of Sacramento, California; and Farrell Maier, Sparks, Oklahoma.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/02/20
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 20, 1996; pages D84 - D86
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Education, Arts and
Humanities concluded hearings to evaluate the effectiveness of Title I
Education for the Disadvantaged programs, after receiving testimony from Alan
L. Ginsburg, Director, D85Planning and Evaluation Service, Department of
Education; Mitzi Beach, Seattle, Washington, on behalf of the National
Association of State Coordinators of Compensatory Education; and Edward D.
Roeber, Council of Chief State School Officers, and Christopher Cross,
Independent Review Panel for National Assessment of Title I, both of
Washington, D.C.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/02/23
Daily Digest - Friday, February 23, 1996; pages D87 - D92
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: On Wednesday, February 21,
committee concluded hearings to examine monetary policy issues, after
receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
GOVERNORS PROPOSAL ON WELFARE AND MEDICAID
Committee on Finance: On Thursday, February 22, committee held hearings on the
bipartisan National Governors' Association proposals to reform the Federal
Medicaid and welfare programs, receiving testimony from Wisconsin Governor
Tommy G. Thompson, Madison; Nevada Governor Bob Miller, Carson City; Delaware
Governor Tom Carper, Dover; Florida Governor Lawton Chiles, Tallahassee;
Michigan Governor John Engler, Lansing; and Colorado Governor Roy Romer,
Denver.
Hearings continue on Wednesday, February 28.
INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR PAROLE AND PROBATION
Committee on the Judiciary: On Thursday, February 22, committee concluded
hearings to assess problems in monitoring and enforcing parole under the
Interstate Compact for Parole and Probation, after receiving testimony from
Representative Chabot; William Ridgely, Compact Administrator for Wisconsin,
Madison; Mario Paparozzi, Deputy Compact Administrator for New Jersey,
Trenton; Susan F. Bishop, Compact Administrator for South Carolina, Columbia,
and Ray Parra, Compact Administrator for Texas, Austin, both on behalf of the
Parole and Probation Compact Administrators' Association; and Jill Goldhart,
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections, Columbus.
FDA REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: On Wednesday and Thursday, February
21-22, committee concluded hearings on S. 1477, to improve the Federal
regulation of food, drugs, devices, and biological products, after receiving
testimony on Wednesday from David A. Kessler, Commissioner, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Mary R. Hamilton,
Director of Operations, Program, Evaluation and Methodology Division, General
Accounting Office; Sherwin Gardner, Bethesda, Maryland, former Deputy
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration; Carl Peck, Georgetown University
Medical Center, John Villforth, Food and Drug Law Institute, Lester Crawford,
Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges, Susan Abbott, American
Spice Trade Association, and Carolyn Smith Dewall, Center for Science and the
Public Interest, all of Washington, D.C.; Ellen Stovall, National Coalition
for Cancer Survivorship, Silver Spring, Maryland; Derek Link, Gay Men's Health
Crisis, New York, New York; Pam Walker, Mitretek Systems, McLean, Virginia;
Neil D88Kahanovitz, Center for Patient Advocacy, Arlington, Virginia; and Seth
Rudnick, Leukemia Society of America, Providence, Rhode Island; and on
Thursday from Senator Mack; William B. Schultz, Deputy Commissioner for
Policy, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services;
Gregory Reaman, Children's National Medical Center, Bernard Gersch, American
Heart Association, Val D. Bias, National Hemophilia Foundation, Thomas J.
Moore, George Washington University, and Raymond L. Woosley and Frederick
Goodwin, both of the Georgetown University Medical Center, all of Washington,
D.C.; Bruce Chabner, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; and Paul Stolley,
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
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WORLDWIDE SECURITY THREAT
Select Committee on Intelligence: On Thursday, February 22, committee
concluded hearings to examine the threat to worldwide security, after
receiving testimony from John M. Deutch, Director of Central Intelligence;
Tobi Trister Gati, Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research;
and Lt. Gen. Patrick Hughes, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: On Thursday, February 22, committee resumed hearings to
examine issues relative to the Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving
testimony from Harold Ickes, Deputy Chief of White House Staff.
Hearings continue on Wednesday, February 28.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/02/26
Daily Digest - Monday, February 26, 1996; pages D93 - D104
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/02/27
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 27, 1996; pages D105 - D110
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
RAIL SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the safety of the United States rail network, after
receiving testimony from Senators Lautenberg and Mikulski; Representative
Wynn; James E. Hall, Chairman, and Bob Laubey, Head, Rail Division, both of
the National Transportation Safety Board; Jolene M. Molitoris, Administrator,
and Grady Cothen, Associate Administrator of Safety Standards, both of the
Federal Railroad Administration, and Grace Crunican, Deputy Administrator,
Federal Transit Administration, both of the Department of Transportation;
Thomas M. Downs, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Edwin L. Harper,
Association of American Railroads, and Ronald P. McLaughlin, Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, all of Washington, D.C.; and Thomas F. Prendergast,
Metropolitan Transit Authority Long Island Rail Road, Jamaica Station, New
York, on behalf of the American Public Transit Association.
TRAVEL BAN TO LEBANON
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs concluded hearings on proposals to prohibit United States citizens
from travelling to Lebanon, including a related measure, S. Res. 202, after
receiving testimony from Senators Graham and Abraham; Representatives Rahall,
Hoke, and LaHood; former Senator Percy; Robert H. Pelletreau, Assistant
Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs; Bruce O. Riedel, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; former U.S.
Ambassador to Bahrain Sam Zakhem; Peter J. Tanous, American Task Force for
Lebanon, Ralph R. DiSibio, Parsons Corporation, and Khalil E. Jahshan,
National Association of Arab Americans, all of Washington, D.C.; and Casey
Kasem, Los Angeles, California.
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NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Barry R. McCaffrey, of Washington, to be Director of National Drug Control
Policy, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Warner and Nunn,
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
PHARMACEUTICAL PATENT PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine the
interrelationship between the intellectual property provisions of the GATT
Treaty implementing law and food and drug law and its impact on the creation
of new breakthrough drugs and production of lower cost generic copies, and S.
1277, to provide equitable relief for the generic drug industry, receiving
testimony from Senators Pryor, Faircloth, and Chafee; Michael Kantor, United
States Trade Representative; William E. Brock, The Brock Group, former U.S.
Trade Representative, Gerald J. Mossinghoff, former Commissioner, Patent and
Trademark Office, and Charles J. Cooper, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge,
both on behalf of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America,
and James P. Firman, National Council on the Aging, on behalf of the Generic
Drug Equity Coalition, all of Washington, D.C.; Robert J. Gunter, Novopharm
USA, Schaumburg, Illinois, on behalf of the National Pharmaceutical Alliance;
and Judith Simpson, United Patients' Association for Pulmonary Hypertension,
DeKalb, Illinois.
Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 5.
FAIR LABOR STANDARDS REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded oversight hearings
on the implementation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and its impact on
workplace flexibility, after receiving testimony from Senator Ashcroft; Maggi
Coil, Motorola, Shaumberg, Illinois, and John H. Shamley, Washington, D.C.,
both on behalf of the American Compensation Association; Arlyce Robinson,
Computer Sciences Corporation, Falls Church, Virginia; Phyllis G. Diosey,
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc., White Plains, New York; E. Glenn Baker, John Alden Life
Insurance Company, Miami, Florida; Douglas P. Kight, Boeing Company, Seattle,
Washington; and Michael T. Leibig, Zwerdling, Paul, Leibig, Kahn, Thompson &
Wolly, Fairfax, Virginia.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/02/28
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 28, 1996; pages D112 - D118
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE JOINT REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT COUNCIL
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to review the role
of the Department of Defense Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC),
after receiving testimony from Adm. William A. Owens, Vice Chairman, Joint
Chiefs of Staff.
WHITEWATER
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Development: Committee ordered
favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 227) to authorize the use
of additional funds for salaries and expenses of the Special Committee to
Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters.
GOVERNORS PROPOSAL ON WELFARE AND MEDICAID
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings on the bipartisan National
Governors' Association proposals to reform the Federal Medicaid and welfare
programs, focusing on the Administration's views, receiving testimony from
Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of
James E. Johnson, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for
Enforcement, and Stuart E. Eizenstat, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of
Commerce for International Trade.
Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Mr.
Johnson, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
UNITED STATES-EURATOM AGREEMENT FOR PEACEFUL NUCLEAR COOPERATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to review the
proposed United States-European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) Agreement
for peaceful nuclear cooperation, and to examine the ability of the United
States to track exported U.S. nuclear materials, receiving testimony from
Victor S. Rezendes, Director, Energy, Resources, and Science Issues,
Resources, Community and Economic Development Division, General Accounting
Office; Fred McGoldrick, Principal Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Energy
Affairs, Bureau of Political/Military Affairs, Department of State; Terry R.
Lash, Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science D 113and Technology,
Department of Energy; Norman A. Wulf, Deputy Assistant Director,
Non-Proliferation and Regional Arms Control Bureau, United States Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency; James Schlesinger, former Secretary of Energy; and
Marvin S. Fertel, Nuclear Energy Institute, and Paul Leventhal, Nuclear
Control Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Charles R. Stack, of Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Eleventh Circuit, Joseph A. Greenaway, to be United States District Judge for
New Jersey, Ann D. Montgomery, to be United States District Judge for
Minnesota, James P. Jones, to be United States District Judge for the Western
District of Virginia, and Gary A. Fenner, to be United States District Judge
for the Western District of Missouri, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Stack was introduced by Senator
Graham and Representative Meek, Mr. Greenaway was introduced by Senator
Lautenberg, Ms. Montgomery was introduced by Senators Grams and Wellstone, Mr.
Jones was introduced by Senator Robb and Representatives Boucher and Scott,
and Mr. Fenner was introduced by Senators Bond and Ashcroft and
Representatives Danner and McCarthy.
YOUTH VIOLENCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Youth Violence concluded hearings
to examine the current state of youth violence, focusing on its changing
nature and juvenile intervention programs designed to prevent increased
violence, after receiving testimony from James Alan Fox, Northeastern
University, and Eugene F. Rivers, III, Harvard Divinity School, both of
Boston, Massachusetts; Alfred Blumstein, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; John J. DiIulio, Jr., Brookings Institution,
Washington, D.C.; Illinois Circuit Court Judge Carol Kelly, Chicago; Tennessee
Juvenile Court Judge C. Van Deacon, Jr., Cleveland; Stephen Hare, Faith City
Baptist Church, Bear, Delaware; and Thomas P. Gordon, New Castle, Delaware.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee began consideration of S.
1423, to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to make
modifications to certain provisions, but did not complete action thereon, and
recessed subject to call.
SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCACY ACT/SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY FAIRNESS
ACT
Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded hearings on S. 917, to
facilitate small business involvement in the regulatory development processes
of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, and S. 942, to promote increased understanding of Federal
regulations and increased voluntary compliance with such regulations by
oversight boards to monitor the enforcement practices of certain Federal
agencies with respect to small business concerns, and to provide relief from
excessive and arbitrary regulatory enforcement actions against small entities,
after receiving testimony from Senator Feingold; Rosemary Reed, Double R
Productions, Washington, D.C., J. Scott George, Mid America Dental, Hearing,
and Vision Center, Mount Vernon, Missouri, and Scott Holman, Bay Cast, Inc.,
Bay City, Michigan, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, all on behalf
of the White House Conference on Small Business; Kent P. Swanson, Nurses
Available, Inc., Towson, Maryland, on behalf of the National Federation of
Independent Business; Victor N. Tucci, Three Rivers Health and Safety, Inc.,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on behalf of National Small Business United; H.
Daniel Pincus, HDP Industries, Hilton Head, South Carolina, on behalf of the
National Association of Home Builders; Wendy Lechner, Printing Industries of
America, Alexandria, Virginia, on behalf of the Small Business Legislative
Council; and James W. Morrison, National Association for the Self-Employed,
Washington, D.C.
ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded joint hearings with the
Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and
Government Information on proposed legislation to combat economic espionage,
after receiving testimony from Louis J. Freeh, Director, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice; Geoffrey S.L. Shaw, Global Commerce
Link, Boulder, Colorado; and Raymond Damadian, Fonar Corporation, Melville,
New York.
MENTAL DISORDERS IN THE ELDERLY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine mental
illness among the elderly and the potential savings to the overall health care
system that can result from prompt, accurate diagnosis and treatment of mental
diseases, after receiving testimony from Barry D. Lebowitz, Chief, Mental
Disorders of the Aging Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health
(Rockville, Maryland), Department of Health and Human Services; D 114Gene D.
Cohen and Frederick Goodwin, both of the George Washington University Medical
Center, and June Silverberg, all of Washington, D.C.; Ira R. Katz and Gary L.
Gottlieb, both of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,
Philadelphia; Dorothy P. Rice, University of California at San Francisco; Mike
Wallace, New York, New York; and Anne O. Emery, Baltimore, Maryland.
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Joint Meetings
VETERANS PROGRAMS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the legislative
recommendations of the Disabled American Veterans, after receiving testimony
from Thomas A. McMasters, III, on behalf of the Disabled American Veterans,
Washington, D.C., who was accompanied by several of his associates.
CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY ACT
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed
versions of H.R. 927, to seek international sanctions against the Castro
Government in Cuba, and to plan for support of a transition government leading
to a democratically elected government in Cuba.
1996/02/29
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 29, 1996; pages D120 - D130
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REFORM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings to review the status of recommendations made by the
National Academy of Public Administration on reforming the Environmental
Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from Frederic James Hansen,
Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Genevieve Matanowski,
Chair, Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board; Mary Gade,
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Springfield; Charles Williams,
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul; and William D. Ruckelshaus,
Browning-Ferris Industries, former Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, Timothy Mohin, Intel Corporation, and Randy Farmer, Amoco,
all of Washington, D.C.
GOVERNORS PROPOSAL ON WELFARE AND MEDICAID
Committee on Finance: Committee continued hearings on the bipartisan National
Governors' Association proposals to reform the Federal Medicaid and welfare
programs, receiving testimony from Robert B. Carleson, former U.S.
Commissioner of Welfare, Arlington, Virginia; Sheldon Danziger, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor; Fred Kammer, Catholic Charities USA, Alexandria,
Virginia; Heidi H. Stirrup, Christian Coalition, and Robert D. Reischauer, The
Brookings Institution, both of Washington, D.C.; John C. Goodman, National
Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas, Texas; Louis F. Rossiter, Virginia
Commonwealth University, Richmond; and James R. Tallon, Jr., Kaiser Commission
on the Future of Medicaid, New York, New York.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
The nomination of Barry R. McCaffrey, of Washington, to be Director of
National Drug Control Policy;
H.R. 782, to allow members of employee associations to represent their views
before the United States Government, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute; and
S. Res. 219, designating March 25, 1996 as "Greek Independence Day: A National
Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy".
Also, committee began consideration of S. 269, to increase control over
immigration to the United States by increasing border patrol and investigator
personnel, improving the verification system for employer sanctions,
increasing penalties for alien smuggling and for document fraud, reforming
asylum, exclusion, and deportation law and procedures, instituting a land
border user fee, and to reduce use of welfare by aliens, and S. 1394, to
reform the legal immigration of immigrants and nonimmigrants to the United
States, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Thursday,
March 7.
SECRETARY OF SENATE/SGT AT ARMS/ARCHITECT OPERATIONS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings to review the
fiscal year 1997 budget and operations of the Secretary of the Senate, Senate
Sergeant at Arms, and Architect of the Capitol, and on the establishment of a
criteria for the selection of a new Architect of the Capitol, receiving
testimony from Kelly D. Johnston, Secretary of the Senate; Howard O. Greene,
Jr., Senate Sergeant at Arms; William L. Ensign, Acting Architect of the
Capitol; Paul S. Rundquist, Specialist in Congressional Organization and
Operations, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; and Raj
Barr-Kumar, Raj Barr-Kumar Architects Engineers, on behalf of the American
Institute of Architects, Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee will meet again on Wednesday, March 6.
Joint Meetings
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CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY ACT
Conferees on Wednesday, February 28, agreed to file a conference report on
H.R. 927, to seek international sanctions against the Castro Government in
Cuba, and to plan for support of a transition government leading to a
democratically elected government in Cuba.
FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed
versions of H.R. 1561, to consolidate the foreign affairs agencies of the
United States; to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and
related agencies for fiscal years 1996 and 1997; and to responsibly reduce the
authorizations of appropriations for the United States foreign assistance
programs for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, but did not complete action thereon,
and will meet again on Tuesday, March 5.
1996/03/04
Daily Digest - Monday, March 4, 1996; pages D132 - D134
Committee Meetings
No committee hearings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/03/05
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 5, 1996; pages D135 - D142
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings on resolving the funding impasse for the
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and to examine
how these agencies would function without a budget agreement, after receiving
testimony from Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor; Donna E. Shalala,
Secretary of Health and Human Resources; and Richard W. Riley, Secretary of
Education.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of Defense and the
future years defense program, receiving testimony from William J. Perry,
Secretary of Defense; Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs
of Staff; and John J. Hamre, Comptroller, Department of Defense.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Thomas Paul Grumbly, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary, and
Alvin L. Alm, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Environmental
Management, both of the Department of Energy, and Charles William Burton, of
Texas, and Christopher M. Coburn, of Ohio, each to be a Member of the Board of
Directors of the United States Enrichment Corporation, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Coburn was
introduced by Senators Glenn and DeWine.
CORPORATE SUBSIDY REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 1376, to
terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal corporate subsidies, receiving
testimony from Senators McCain and Thompson; and Stephen Moore, CATO
Institute, Robert J. Shapiro, Progressive Policy Institute, Martha Phillips,
Concord Coalition Citizens Council, and Ann McBride, Common Cause, all of
Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
PHARMACEUTICAL PATENT PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the effects of the
Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 on generic
competition and drug innovation, after receiving testimony from Representative
Waxman; John Klein, on behalf of the Generic Pharmaceutical Industry
Association and the National Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers,
Gerald J. Mossinghoff, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America,
Daniel Perry, Alliance for Aging Research, and Dixie D. Horning, Gray
Panthers, all of Washington, D.C.; Bruce L. Downey, Barr Laboratories, Inc.,
Pamona, New York; David Beier, Genentech, San Francisco, California, on behalf
of the Biotechnology Industry Organization; and Henry G. Grabowski, Duke
University, Durham, North Carolina.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported
the following business items:
S. 1423, to make modifications to certain provisions of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970, with amendments; and
The nominations of Patricia Wentworth McNeil, of Massachusetts, to be
Assistant Secretary of Education for Vocational and Adult Education, Pascal D.
Forgione, of Delaware, to be Commissioner of Education Statistics, Department
of Labor, Mary Burrus Babson, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of
Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service, David Finn,
of New York, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities, Donna
Dearman Smith, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, LaVeeda
Morgan Battle, of Alabama, John N. Erlenborn, of Illinois, and Edna
Fairbanks-Williams, of Vermont, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors
of the Legal Services Corporation, Marca Bristo, of Illinois, and Kate Pew
Wolters, of Michigan, each to be a Member of the National Council D 137on
Disability, Patrick Davidson, of California, William P. Foster, of Florida,
Speight Jenkins, of Washington, Wallace D. McRae, of Montana, and Townsend D.
Wolfe, III, of Arkansas, each to be a Member of the National Council on the
Arts, and Norman I. Maldonado, of Puerto Rico, and Luis D. Rovira, of
Colorado, each to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman
Scholarship Foundation.
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WHITEWATER
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably reported
S.Res. 227, to authorize the use of additional funds for salaries and expenses
of the Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters.
Joint Meetings
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative
recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, after receiving testimony
from Paul Spera, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Washington,
D.C., who was accompanied by several of his associates.
FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT
Conferees continued to resolve the differences between the Senate- and
House-passed versions of H.R. 1561, to consolidate the foreign affairs
agencies of the United States; to authorize appropriations for the Department
of State and related agencies for fiscal years 1996 and 1997; and to
responsibly reduce the authorizations of appropriations for the United States
foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, but did not
complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
1996/03/06
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 6, 1996; pages D144 - D152
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
bill (S. 1594) making omnibus consolidated rescissions and appropriations for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996.
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APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of Defense, receiving
testimony from John J. Hamre, Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller/Chief
Financial Officer.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 20.
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to review the
current status of the ballistic missile defense program, after receiving
testimony from Paul G. Kaminski, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
and Technology.
DOE DEFENSE PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded
hearings to examine the status of the Department of Energy Environmental
Management Program and the activities of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety
Board, after receiving testimony from Thomas P. Grumbly, Assistant Secretary
of Energy for Environmental Management; John T. Conway, Chairman, Defense
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; Ambrose L. Schwallie, Westinghouse/Savannah
River Co., Aiken, South Carolina; Lincoln E. Hall, Lockheed Martin Energy
Systems, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; W. John Denson, Lockheed Martin Idaho
Technologies, Idaho Falls; William C. Moffitt, Westinghouse/Hanford Co.,
Hanford, Washington; Robert G. Card, Kaiser Hill Co., Golden, Colorado; and
Donald Ofte, Fernald Environmental Restoration Management Corp., Fernald,
Ohio.
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the state of
the United States economy, economic impact of deficit reduction, and the role
of fiscal policy in enhancing long-term prospects, after receiving testimony
from Martin N. Baily, Member, Council of Economic Advisors; James R. Capra,
Capra Asset Management, Inc., Rye, New York; and Mickey D. Levy, NationsBanc
Capital Markets, Inc., New York, New York.
ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held oversight hearings
on issues relating to competitive change in the electric power industry, and
on S. 1526, to provide for retail competition among electric energy suppliers,
and to provide for recovery of stranded costs attributable to an open access
electricity market, receiving testimony from Charles B. Curtis, Deputy
Secretary, and Elizabeth A. Moler, Chair, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, both of the Department of Energy; Cheryl L. Parrino, Wisconsin
Public Service Commission, Madison, on behalf of the National Association of
Regulatory Utility Commissioners; Daniel W. Fessler, California Public
Utilities Commission, San Francisco; Lisa Crutchfield, Pennsylvania Public
Utility Commission, Harrisburg; Richard H. Cowart, Vermont Public Service
Board, Montpelier; and Robert W. Gee, Texas Public Utility Commission, Austin.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Rita Derrick Hayes, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during her
tenure of service as Chief Textile Negotiator, Department of State, after the
nominee, who was introduced by Senators Thurmond and Hollings, testified and
answered questions in her own behalf.
MINORITIES IN SOUTH ASIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near East and South Asia
concluded hearings to examine the treatment of minorities in South Asia, after
receiving testimony from Robin Raphel, Assistant Secretary of State for South
Asia; David Forte, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio; Anne Buwalda,
The Jubilee Campaign, Vienna, Virginia; Patricia Gossman, Human Rights Watch
Asia, Washington, D.C.; and Kristen Obadal, Obadal & McLeod, Alexandria,
Virginia.
INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF HUMAN PATHOGENS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues
relating to the interstate transportation of human pathogens, after receiving
testimony from Representatives Markey and Joseph Kennedy; Mark M. Richard,
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice;
James M. Hughes, Director, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services;
David N. Sundwall, American Clinical Laboratory Association, Washington, D.C.;
Kenneth I. Berns, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York, on
behalf of the American Society of Microbiology; and L. Barth Reller, Duke
University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, on behalf of the American
Type Culture Collection.
NIH
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held oversight hearings on
activities of the National Institutes of Health, receiving testimony from
Harold E. Varmus, Director, Francis S. Collins, Director, National Center for
Human Genome Research, Richard D. Klausner, Director, National Cancer
Institute, D 146Kenneth Olden, Director, National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences, Zach W. Hall, Director, National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke, Carl Kupfer, Director, National Eye Institute, and Alan
I. Leshner, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, all of the National
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services.
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Hearings continue tomorrow.
SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY FAIRNESS ACT
Committee on Small Business: Committee ordered favorably reported, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 942, to promote increased
understanding of Federal regulations and increased voluntary compliance with
such regulations by small entities, to provide for the designation of regional
ombudsmen and oversight boards to monitor the enforcement practices of certain
Federal agencies with respect to small business concerns, and to provide
relief from excessive and arbitrary regulatory enforcement actions against
small entities.
U.S. INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded hearings on the future
of United States intelligence, after receiving testimony from former Senator
Rudman and former Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, both on behalf of the
Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the United States Intelligence
Community; former Senator Baker; Richard N. Haass, Director, National Security
Programs and Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; and Richard K.
Betts, Columbia University, New York, New York.
TELEMARKETING FRAUD
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the scope
and trends of telemarketing fraud operations that target the elderly, after
receiving testimony from Kathryn E. Landreth, United States Attorney, District
of Nevada, and Charles L. Owens, Section Chief, Financial Crimes Section,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, both of the Department of Justice; Jodie
Bernstein, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission;
Agnes Johnson, Biddeford, Maine, on behalf of the American Association of
Retired Persons; John F. Barker, National Fraud Information Center, and Peder
Anderson, both of Washington, D.C.; Edward B. Gould, Jr., Las Vegas, Nevada;
and Mary Ann Downs, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Joint Meetings
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs held joint oversight
hearings with the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight on the
implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993,
receiving testimony from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United
States, General Accounting Office; Malcolm Holmes, Senior Public Sector
Management Specialist, World Bank, former Australia Senior Official Ministry
of Finance; Donald F. Ketti, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Robert W.
Lauterberg, Virginia Department of Planning and Budget, Richmond; and Frank
Fairbanks, Phoenix, Arizona.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
CHECHEN CONFLICT
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission held hearings to examine issues relating to the Chechen conflict
and Russian democratic development, receiving testimony from Anatol Lieven,
Senior Fellow, United States Institute of Peace; Jack F. Matlock, Jr.,
Columbia University, New York, New York, former United States Ambassador to
the Soviet Union; and Sergei Kovalev, Moscow, Russia.
Commission recessed subject to call.
1996/03/07
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 7, 1996; pages D153 - D164
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations
of Kenneth H. Bacon, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Public Affairs, Franklin D. Kramer, of D 154the District of
Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Affairs, and Alvin L. Alm, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy
for Environmental Management, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf.
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Also, committee met in closed session to consider pending military
nominations, but made no announcements and recessed subject to call.
AIR BAG SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the performance of passenger air bags and other related
safety issues, after receiving testimony from Ricardo Martinez, Administrator,
Barry Felrice, Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards,
William Boehly, Associate Administrator for Research and Development, Jim
Headlund, Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety Programs, and Sam Dubbin,
Chief Counsel, all of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
Department of Transportation; Richard Klimisch and Vann Wilber, both of the
American Automobile Manufacturing Association, Washington, D.C.; and Brian
O'Neill, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, and George Parker,
Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, both of Arlington,
Virginia.
NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Parks, Historic
Preservation and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 745, to require the
National Park Service to eradicate brucellosis afflicting the bison in
Yellowstone National Park, S. 796 and H.R. 238, bills to provide for the
protection of wild horses within the Ozark National Scenic Riverways,
Missouri, and prohibit the removal of such horses, and S. 1451, to authorize
an agreement between the Secretary of the Interior and a State providing for
the continued operation by State employees of national parks in the State
during any period in which the National Park Service is unable to maintain the
normal level of park operations, after receiving testimony from Senators
McCain and Bond; John J. Reynolds, Deputy Director, National Park Service,
Department of the Interior; Donald Luchsinger, Deputy Administrator for
Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of
Agriculture; Bob R. Hillman, Idaho Department of Agriculture, Boise; Douglas
R. Kennedy, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and Jim Smith, Eminence, Missouri, both on
behalf of the Missouri Wild Horse League; Philip H. Voorhees, National Parks
and Conservation Association, D.J. Schubert, Meyer and Glitzenstein, on behalf
of the Fund for Animals, both of Washington, D.C.; Clarence J. Siroky, Montana
Department of Livestock, Helena; Paul Nicoletti, University of Florida College
of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville; Art Reese, Wyoming Game and Fish
Department, Cheyenne; Del Hensel, National Bison Association, Denver,
Colorado; and Mike Fox, InterTribal Bison Cooperative, Rapid City, South
Dakota.
NATIONAL FORESTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Public
Land Management concluded hearings on S. 393 and H.R. 924, bills to prohibit
the Secretary of Agriculture from transferring any national forest system
lands in the Angeles National Forest in California out of Federal ownership
for use as a solid waste landfill, after receiving testimony from
Representatives McKeon and Moorhead; Gray Reynolds, Deputy Chief, Forest
Service, Department of Agriculture; Mayor Carl Boyer, Santa Clarita,
California; Harry Grossman, Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, California; Frank
Bernheisel, Gershman, Brickner and Bratton, Falls Church, Virginia; Kenneth
Kazarian, BKK Corporation, Torrance, California; Jack R. Michael, Waste
Management Programs, Modesto, California; Dean Hargos, Dames & Moore, Las
Vegas, Nevada; and Harriet Burgess, American Land Conservancy, San Francisco,
California.
LANGUAGE OF GOVERNMENT ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 356, to
declare English as the official language of the Government of the United
States, receiving testimony from Senators Simon and Bingaman; Representatives
Mink, Velazquez, and Underwood; Iliodor Philemonof, St. George Tanaq
Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska; Kauanoe Kamana and Namaka Rawlins, both on
behalf of the Punana Leo Project, Hilo, Hawaii; Leonard Chee, Navajo Nation
Council, Window Rock, Arizona; Joanne Chase, National Congress of American
Indians, and Karen K. Narasaki, National Asian Pacific American Legal
Consortium, both of Washington, D.C.; and Juan F. Perea, University of Florida
College of Law, Gainesville.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
IMMIGRATION REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed markup of S. 269, to increase
control over immigration to the United States by increasing border patrol and
investigator personnel, improving the verification system for employer
sanctions, increasing penalties for alien smuggling and for document fraud,
reforming asylum, exclusion, and deportation law and procedures, instituting a
land border user fee, and reducing the use of welfare by aliens, and S. 1394,
to D 155reform the legal immigration of immigrants and nonimmigrants to the
United States, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on
Wednesday, March 13.
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NIH
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded oversight hearings
on activities of the National Institutes of Health, after receiving testimony
from Ruth Kirschstein, Deputy Director, Judith Vaitukaitis, Director, National
Center for Research Resources, Donald Lindberg, Director, National Library of
Medicine, Claude Lenfant, Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,
Stephen I. Katz, Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal
and Skin Diseases, Richard J. Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging,
William Paul, Director, Office of AIDS Research, Anthony Fauci, Director,
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Duane F. Alexander,
Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, all of the
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services.
Joint Meetings
U.S./SINO RELATIONS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations' Subcommittee on East
Asian and Pacific Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House Committee on
International Relations' Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific to examine
United States-Sino relations, focusing on the intellectual property rights
agreement and related trade issues, after receiving testimony from Michael
Kantor, United States Trade Representative; and Jason Berman, Recording
Industry Association of America, Robert Holleyman, Business Software Alliance,
and Eric Smith, International Intellectual Property Alliance, all of
Washington, D.C.
FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the
Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 1561, to consolidate the foreign
affairs agencies of the United States, to authorize funds for fiscal years
1996 and 1997 for the Department of State and related agencies, and to
responsibly reduce the authorizations of appropriations for United States
foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 1996 and 1997.
1996/03/08
Daily Digest - Friday, March 8, 1996; pages D166 - D172
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
VA REORGANIZATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
held hearings to examine the status of the reorganization of the Veterans
Health Administration and related initiatives to improve VA health care
delivery methods, receiving testimony from Kenneth Kizer, Under Secretary for
Health, and William Merriman, Acting Inspector General, both of the Department
of Veterans Affairs; David Baine, Associate Director, Human Resources
Division, General Accounting Office; and Richard Schultz, Disabled American
Veterans, Washington, D.C.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
GOVERNMENT TRAVEL MANAGEMENT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management and the District of Columbia held oversight hearings to examine
certain recommendations to improve travel management throughout the federal
government, receiving testimony from Christopher W. Hoenig, Director, Edith A.
Pyles, Assistant Director, and Shane D. Hartzler, Communications Analyst, all
of the Information Resources Management, Policies and Issues, Accounting and
Information Management Division, General Accounting Office; John J. Hamre,
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller); G. Martin Wagner, Associate
Administrator, Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, General Services
Administration; Tony Musick, Chief Financial Officer, Internal Revenue
Service, Department of the Treasury; and Donald K. Charney, Director of
Finance (Chief Financial Officer), U.S. Agency for International Development,
on behalf of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S. 553
and H.R. 849, bills to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
to reinstate an exemption for certain bona fide hiring and retirement plans
applicable to State and local firefighters and law enforcement officers, after
receiving testimony from Senator Moseley-Braun; Terrance W. Gainer, Illinois
State Police, Springfield, on behalf of the International Association of
Chiefs of Police; Robert M. O'Neil, University of Virginia, Charlottesville;
Christopher Mackaronis, Bell, Boyd, and Lloyd, Washington, D.C.; Thomas
Miller, Indiana Fire Department, on behalf of the International Association of
Fire Fighters, and William H. Smith, Indiana State Police, on behalf of the
American Association of Retired Persons, both of Indianapolis, Indiana; Frank
J. Landy, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, on behalf of the
American Psychological Association; and Loren G. Myhre, Biomedical Computer
Systems, San Antonio, Texas.
Joint Meetings
EMPLOYMENT--UNEMPLOYMENT
Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to examine the
employment-unemployment situation for February, receiving testimony from
Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of
Labor.
Committee recessed subject to call.
1996/03/11
Daily Digest - Monday, March 11, 1996; pages D173 - D176
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy held
hearings on the future of Social Security, focusing on the original intent of
the program, expectations of different generations, and changes necessary to
ensure that retirees born after 1946 will be treated fairly relative to
current and past retirees, receiving testimony from Shirley S. Chater,
Commissioner, and Harry Ballantyne, Chief Actuary, both of the Social Security
Administration; Alden Levy, Third Millennium, New York, New York; Matthew
Miller, The New Republic, Los Angeles, California; and Neil Howe, Great Falls,
Virginia.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Thomas A. Fink, of Alaska, to be a Member of the Federal
Retirement Thrift Investment Board, after the nominee testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/03/12
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 12, 1996; pages D177 - D184
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
INTERNATIONAL CRIME
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations concluded
hearings to assess the costs associated with law enforcement training
initiatives to combat international crime, terrorism, and narcotics, after
receiving testimony from Louis J. Freeh, Director, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Maj. Gen. Richard C. Bethurem, USAF, to the grade of lieutenant
general, Lt. Gen. Michael E. Ryan, USAF, to the grade of general, Gen. Richard
E. Hawley, USAF, to the grade of general, Alvin L. Alm, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management, and 131 routine
military nominations in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of
Defense, and the future years defense plan, receiving testimony from John H.
Dalton, Secretary of the Navy; Adm. Jeremy M. Boorda, USN, Chief of Naval
Operations; and Gen. Charles C. Krulak, Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
WELFARE FOR IMMIGRANTS
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine Federal
welfare benefits for immigrants, focusing on the public charge exclusion in
immigration law and the enforcement of a sponsor's support affidavits, after
receiving testimony from David A. Martin, General Counsel, Immigration and
Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; Virginia State Delegate Karen
Darner, Arlington, on behalf of the National Conference of State Legislatures;
George J. Borjas, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Mark
Tajima, Los Angeles County Chief Administrative Office, Los Angeles,
California.
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ANGOLA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded
hearings to examine prospects for peace and democracy in Angola, after
receiving testimony from J. Brian Atwood, Administrator, Agency for
International Development; George E. Moose, Assistant Secretary of State for
African Affairs; Paul Hare, U.S. Special Representative to the Angolan Peace
Process; Gerald J. Bender, University of Southern California, Culver City; R.
Bruce McColm, Institute for Democratic Strategies, Alexandria, Virginia; and
Edward DeJarnette, United States-Angola Chamber of Commerce, and Edmond
Corthesy, International Committee of the Red Cross, both of Washington, D.C.
HUMAN RADIATION EXPERIMENTS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine human
radiation experiment issues, focusing on initiatives to protect human subjects
in research, receiving testimony from Sarah F. Jaggar, Director, Health
Financing and Public Health Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services
Division, and Bernice Steinhardt, Associate Director, Energy, Resources, and
Science, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, both of the
General Accounting Office; Gary B. Ellis, Director, Office for Protection from
Research Risks, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human
Services; Tara O'Toole, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environment, Safety
and Health; Gordon K. Soper, Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs; Mayor George
N. Ahmaogak, Sr., North Slope Borough, Alaska; Phillip Muller and Tony de
Brum, both representing the Government of the Republic of the Marshall
Islands; E. Cooper Brown, Task Force on Radiation and Human Rights,
Washington, D.C.; Gwendon Plair, Concerned Relatives of Cancer Study Patients,
Cincinnati, Ohio; and James Nageak, Wainwright, Alaska.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
YOUTH VIOLENCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Youth Violence concluded hearings
on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention Act, after receiving testimony from Senator
Grassley; Ray Luick, Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance, Madison; William
R. Woodward, Colorado Department of Public Safety, Denver; S. Camille Anthony,
Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, Salt Lake City; Jerry
Regier, Oklahoma Department of Juvenile Justice, Oklahoma City; Patricia West,
Virginia Department of Youth and Family Services, Richmond; Robert G.
Schwartz, Pennsylvania State Advisory Group on Juvenile Justice, Philadelphia,
on behalf of the American Bar Association; Steve A. Carson, LaFollette Police
Department, LaFollette, Tennessee; and Byron F. Oedekoven, Gillette Police
Department, Gillette, Wyoming.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/03/13
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 13, 1996; pages D186 - D194
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of
Defense and the future years defense plan, receiving testimony from Togo D.
West, Jr., Secretary of the Army; and Gen. Dennis J. Reimer, USA, Chief of
Staff of the Army.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel held hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the Department
of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on manpower,
personnel, and compensation programs, receiving testimony from Edwin Dorn,
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; Sara E. Lister,
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs; Bernard
Rostker, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs; and
Rodney A. Coleman, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and
Reserve Affairs, Installations and Environment.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 20.
ENERGY DEFENSE PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held hearings to
examine Department of Energy atomic energy defense programs, focusing on
nuclear stockpile stewardship and management, receiving testimony from Charles
B. Curtis, Deputy Secretary of Energy; Victor H. Reis, Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Defense Programs; Harold P. Smith, Assistant to the Secretary of
Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense; Victor S. Rezendes,
Director, Energy, Resources and Science Issues, General Accounting Office;
Joan B. Rohlfing, Director, Office of Non-Proliferation and National Security;
Siegfried S. Hecker, Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory, C. Bruce
Tarter, Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and C. Paul
Robinson, President, Sandia National Laboratories, all of the Department of
Energy; Ambrose L. Schwallie, Westinghouse/Savannah River Co., Aiken, South
Carolina; Karen K. Clegg, Allied Signal, Kansas City, Missouri; F.P.
Gustavson, Lockheed Martin Energy System, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and William A.
Weinreich, Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items:
S. 1271, to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to direct the Secretary
of Energy to develop an integrated management system for spent nuclear fuel
and high-level nuclear waste, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1596, to convey to the State of California certain land specified for the
Ward Valley Low level Radioactive Waste facility;
S. 1467, authorizing funds for the Federal portion of a rural water supply
system within the service area of the Fort Peck Rural Water County District in
Montana; and
The nominations of Thomas Paul Grumbly, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of
Energy, Alvin L. Alm, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for
Environmental Management, and Charles William Burton, of Texas, and
Christopher M. Coburn, of Ohio, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors
of the United States Enrichment Corporation.
CONVENTION ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings on the Convention
on the Prohibition of Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical
Weapons and on Their Destruction, opened for signature and signed by the
United States at Paris on January 13, 1993 (Treaty Doc. 103-21), receiving
testimony from Amoretta Hoeber, former Deputy Under Secretary of the Army,
Arlington, Virginia; Baker Spring, Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; J.D.
Crouch, Southwest Missouri State, Branson, former Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy; and Michael L. Moodie,
Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute, Alexandria, Virginia.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
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WEAPONS PROLIFERATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
held hearings to examine the status of United States efforts to improve
nuclear material controls in the Newly Independent States, receiving testimony
from John F. Sopko, Deputy Chief Counsel to the Minority, and Alan Edelman,
Counsel to the Minority, both of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations;
Harold J. Johnson, Associate Director, International Relations and Trade
Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division, General
Accounting Office; Glenn E. Schweitzer, Director, Office for Central Europe
and Eurasia, National Research Council; Graham Allison, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts; William C. Potter, Monterey Institute of
International Studies, Monterey, California; Sarah A. Mullen, Center for
Strategic and International Studies, and Joshua Handler, Greenpeace, both of
Washington, D.C.; Gary Bertsch, University of Georgia, Athens; and Andrei Y.
Glukhov, Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington.
Hearings continue on Wednesday, March 20.
IMMIGRATION REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Joseph A. Greenaway, to be United States District Judge for the
District of New Jersey, Ann D. Montgomery, to be United States District Judge
for the District of Minnesota, James P. Jones, to be United States District
Judge for the Western District of Virginia, and Gary A. Fenner, to be United
States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.
Also, committee resumed markup of S. 269, to increase control over immigration
to the United States by increasing border patrol and investigator personnel,
improving the verification system for employer sanctions, increasing penalties
for alien smuggling and for document fraud, reforming asylum, exclusion, and
deportation law and procedures, instituting a land border user fee, and
reducing the use of welfare by aliens, and S. 1394, to reform the legal
immigration of immigrants and nonimmigrants to the United States, but did not
complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee resumed hearings on proposals
to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a voluntary
system of spending limits and partial public financing of Senate primary and
general election campaigns, to limit contributions by multicandidate political
committees, and to reform the financing of Federal elections and Senate
campaigns, receiving testimony from Representatives Shays, Meehan, and Linda
Smith; David N. O'Steen, National Right to Life Committee, and Becky Cain,
League of Women Voters of the United States, both of Washington, D.C.; John
Dye, Lebanon, Virginia, on behalf of the Virginia Rural Letter Carriers'
Association; James Bopp, Jr., Terre Haute, Indiana, on behalf of the Free
Speech Coalition; Charles R. Serio, Linthicum Heights, Maryland; Col. Billie
M. Bobbitt, USAF (Ret.), Sidney, Ohio; and Linda DeVries, Louisville,
Kentucky.
Hearings continue on Wednesday, April 17.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/03/14
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 14, 1996; pages D196 - D206
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of
Defense and the future years defense program, receiving testimony from Shelia
E. Widnall, Secretary of the Air Force; and Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman, Chief of
Air Force Staff.
Committee will meet again on Tuesday, March 19.
MILITARY READINESS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held hearings to
examine current and future military readiness as the Armed Forces prepare for
the 21st Century, receiving testimony from Gen. Dennis J. Reimer, USA, Chief
of Army Staff; Adm. Jeremy M. Boorda, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; Gen.
Ronald R. Fogleman, USAF, Chief of Air Force Staff; and Gen. Charles C.
Krulak, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 21.
IMPACT OF SPECTRUM ESTIMATES ON BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine budgetary and
economic implications of certain proposals to auction the electromagnetic
radio frequency spectrum, focusing on the current plan at the Federal
Communications Commission to manage a transition from existing broadcast
television technology to a new technology, after receiving testimony from
David H. Moore, Senior Analyst, Natural Resources and Commerce Division,
Congressional Budget Office; Larry Irving, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Communications and Information; Mike Burgess, KOB-TV, Albuquerque, New Mexico;
Howard Shrier, Nebraska Broadcasters Association, Lincoln; Jerry A. Hausman,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; and Tom Hazlett, University
of California, Davis, on behalf of the American Enterprise Institute.
INTERNATIONAL AVIATION RELATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
held hearings to examine United States policy with regard to international
aviation relations, receiving testimony from Charles A. Hunnicutt, Assistant
Secretary for Aviation and International Aviation, and Patrick Murphy, Deputy
D200Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, both of the
Department of Transportation; John Anderson, Director, Transportation Issues,
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting
Office; Frederick W. Smith, Federal Express Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee;
Dan Kasper, Coopers & Lybrand, Boston, Massachusetts; and Joseph Schwieterman,
Chaddick Aviation Institute/DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
RIGHT-OF-WAY CLAIMS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S.
1425, to recognize the validity of rights-of-way for the construction of
highways over public lands, not reserved for public uses, granted under
section 2477 of the Revised Statutes, after receiving testimony from Senator
Stevens; John D. Leshy, Solicitor, Department of the Interior; Alaska
Assistant Attorney General Elizabeth J. Barry, and Alaska State Senator Loren
Leman, both of Juneau; Chip Dennerlien, National Parks and Conservation
Association, Anchorage, Alaska; Scott Groene, Southern Utah Wilderness
Alliance, Cedar City; and Barbara Hjelle, Washington County, Utah.
WETLAND MITIGATION BANKING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded oversight
hearings to examine basic concepts underlying wetland mitigation banking,
current practice and trends, Administration's recent Federal Guidance for the
Establishment, Use and Operation of Mitigation Banks, and related proposals,
including H.R. 961, Clean Water Amendments/Comprehensive Wetlands Conservation
and Management Act, after receiving testimony from H. Martin Lancaster,
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Robert Perciasepe, Assistant
Administrator for Water, Environmental Protection Agency; Thomas R. Hebert,
Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and the
Environment; John R. Dorney, North Carolina Department of Environment, Health
and Natural Resources, Raleigh; Steve Gordon, Lane Council of Governments,
Eugene, Oregon; John H. Ryan, Land and Water Resources, Inc., Rosemont,
Illinois; Denver J. Stutler, Jr., ECOBANK, Winterpark, Florida; Robert D.
Sokolove, U.S. Wetland Services, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland; William J. Mitsch,
Ohio State University, and Charles J. Ruma, on behalf of the National
Association of Home Builders, both of Columbus, Ohio; Leonard Shabman,
Virginia Water Resources Research Center/Virginia Tech, Blacksburg; Jan
Goldman-Carter, National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C.; and Curtis C.
Bohlen, Center for Estuarine and Environmental Studies/University of Maryland,
Solomons, Maryland.
POSTAL SERVICE REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Post Office and Civil
Service held hearings on proposals to reform the United States Postal Service,
receiving testimony from Ian D. Volner, Advertising Mail Marketing
Association, John F. Sturm, Newspaper Association of America, and Tonda F.
Rush, National Newspaper Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Cary Baer,
Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, New York, Christopher
McCormick, L.L. Bean, Inc., Freeport, Maine, and Jonah Gitlitz, Washington,
D.C., all on behalf of the Direct Marketing Association; Hamilton Davison,
Paramount Cards, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Jack Mayer, Hallmark Cards, Kansas
City, Missouri, and Jeff Weiss, American Greetings Corporation, Cleveland,
Ohio, all on behalf of the Greeting Card Association; and Timothy J. May,
Patton, Boggs, and Blow, Washington, D.C., M. Jerome Jensen, Jr., Fingerhut
Companies, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Chris Rebello, Current, Inc.,
Colorado Springs, Colorado, all on behalf of the Parcel Shippers Association.
Hearings continue on Monday, March 18.
IMMIGRATION REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee continued markup of S. 269, to increase
control over immigration to the United States by increasing border patrol and
investigator personnel, improving the verification system for employer
sanctions, increasing penalties for alien smuggling and for document fraud,
reforming asylum, exclusion, and deportation law and procedures, instituting a
land border user fee, and reducing the use of welfare by aliens, and S. 1394,
to reform the legal immigration of immigrants and nonimmigrants to the United
States, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Wednesday,
March 20.
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Joint Meetings
VETERANS PROGRAMS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on legislative recommendations
of certain veterans organizations, after receiving testimony from Richard
Grant, Paralyzed Veterans of D205America, Richard G. Fazakerley, Blinded
Veterans of America, Virginia M. Torsch, Retired Officers Association, Charles
R. Jackson, Non-Commissioned Officers Association of the United States, and
Neil Goldman, Jewish War Veterans of the United States, all of Washington,
D.C.
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PRODUCT LIABILITY
Conferees on Wednesday, March 13, agreed to file a conference report on the
differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 956, to
establish legal standards and procedures for product liability litigation.
ALBANIA
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission held hearings to examine the challenges to democracy in Albania,
receiving testimony from Elez Biberaj, Director of the Albanian Service, Voice
of America; and Fred Abrahams, Human Rights Watch/Helsinki, and Kathleen
Imholz, both of New York, New York.
Commission recessed subject to call.
1996/03/15
Daily Digest - Friday, March 15, 1996; pages D208 - D216
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology held
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 and
the future years defense programs, focusing on emerging battlefield concepts
for the 21st century and the implications of these concepts for technology
investment decisions, receiving testimony from Gen. Charles C. Krulak, USMC,
Commandant, and Lt. Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, USMC, Commanding General Marine
Expeditionary Force, both of the United States Marine Corps; Adm. Jay L.
Johnson, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations; Lt. Gen. Ronald V. Hite, USA,
Military Deputy to the Assistant of the Army (Research, Development, and
Acquisition); Gen. Thomas S. Moorman, Jr., USAF, Vice Chief of Staff for the
Air Force; Maj. Gen. Edward G. Anderson III, USA, Assistant Deputy Chief of
Staff of the Army, Operations, Plans and Force Development; and George R.
Schneiter, Director, Strategic and Tactical Systems, Department of Defense.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 20.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland Forces held hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the Department
of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on tactical aviation
issues, receiving testimony from Brig. Gen. Robert Magnus, USMC, Assistant
Deputy Chief of Marine Crops Staff for Aviation; Lt. Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart,
USAF, Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff for Plans and Operations; Rear Adm.
Dennis V. McGinn, USN, Director, Air Warfare Division, Office of the Chief of
Naval Operations; and Rear Adm. Craig E. Steidle, USN, Director, Advanced
Strike Technology Program.
Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, March 22.
NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearing on S. 581,
to repeal those provisions of Federal law that require employees to pay union
dues or fees as a condition of employment, after receiving testimony from
Senator Faircloth; Representative Goodlatte; Reed Larson, National Right to
Work Committee, Springfield, Virginia; Don Judge, Montana State AFL-CIO,
Helena; and John Willson, Neosho, Missouri.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/03/18
Daily Digest - Monday, March 18, 1996; pages D217 - D222
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
POSTAL SERVICE REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Post Office and Civil
Service concluded hearings on proposals to reform the United States Postal
Service, after receiving testimony from John T. Estes, Main Street Coalition
for Postal Fairness, Lee M. Cassidy, National Federation of Nonprofits, Gene
A. Del Polito, Advertising Mail Marketing Association, Jerry Cerasale, Direct
Marketing Association, Inc., Arthur B. Sackler, Time Warner Inc., and Robert
J. Brinkmann, Newspaper Association of America, all of Washington, D.C.; and
Guy H. Wendler, Stamats Communication, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on behalf of
American Business Press.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/03/19
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 19, 1996; pages D224 - D232
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of
Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on the military
strategies and operational requirements of the unified commands, receiving
testimony from Gen. George A. Joulwan, USA, Commander in Chief, United States
European Command; Gen. J.H. Binford Peay III, USA, Commander in Chief, United
States Central Command; Gen. John J. Sheehan, USMC, Commander in Chief, United
States Atlantic Command; and Rear Adm. James B. Perkins III, USN, Acting
Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command.
Hearings will continue on Thursday, March 21.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower held hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 and the future
years defense program, focusing on Department of the Navy Expeditionary
Warfare Programs, receiving testimony from Maj. Gen. J.L. Jones, USMC,
Director Expeditionary Warfare, Rear Adm. John O. Pearson, USN, Commander,
Mine Warfare Command, and Rear Adm. Richard D. Williams III, USN, Program
Executive officer for Mine Warfare, all of the Department of the Navy.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 21.
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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nominations of Stuart E. Eizenstat, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary
of Commerce for International Trade, and Gaston L. Gianni Jr., of Virginia, to
be Inspector General, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Eizenstat
was introduced by Senator Coverdell.
FCC REFORM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held oversight
hearings on activities of the Federal Communications Commission, receiving
testimony from Dennis R. Patrick, Time Warner, Inc., Kenneth Gordon, National
Economic Research Associates, Albert Halprin, Halprin, Temple, Goodman &
Sugrue, and Kenneth Robinson, all of Washington, D.C.; Cheryl L. Parrino,
Wisconsin Public Utilities Commission, Madison, on behalf of the National
Association of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners; and Harry M. Shooshan,
Strategic Policy Research, Bethesda, Maryland.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs held hearings to examine the threat of terrorism and its impact on the
Middle East peace process, receiving testimony from L. Paul Bremer III,
Kissinger Associates, Inc., New York, New York; Michael Eisenstadt, Washington
Institute for Near East Policy, and Steven Emerson, both of Washington, D.C.;
Seif Ashmawy, Voice of Peace, Newark, New Jersey; and Vincent M. Cannistraro,
McLean, Virginia.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ASSET FORFEITURE PROGRAM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
held hearings to examine activities involving mismanagement of the Federal
Asset Forfeiture Program which authorizes certain government agencies to seize
property related to criminal conduct, focusing on United States Marshals
Service operation of the Bicycle Club Casino in Bell Gardens, California under
the Federal Asset Forfeiture Program, receiving testimony from Laurie E.
Ekstrand, Associate Director, Administration of Justice Issues, and James M.
Blume, Assistant Director, both of the General Government Division, and Gary
T. Engel, Assistant Director, Accounting and Information Management Division,
all of the General Accounting Office; Eduardo Gonzalez, Director, and Kenneth
Holecko, Assistant Director, both of the United States Marshals Service, and
Gerald E. McDowell, Chief, Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section,
Criminal Division, all of the Department of Justice; James F. Lisowski, Sr.,
Lisowski Law Firm, Chtd., Las Vegas, Nevada; Thomas Atherton and Douglas
Sparkes, both of Los Angeles, California, and Harry J. Richard, Bell Gardens,
California, all on behalf of the Bicycle Club Casino; and Hollman Cheung, an
incarcerated witness.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--HATE CRIME STATISTICS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on S. 1624, to permanently
authorize funds for programs of the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990,
receiving testimony from Charles W. Archer, Assistant Director, Criminal
Justice Information Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Department of Justice; Mayor Emanuel Cleaver II, Kansas City, Missouri, on
behalf of the United States Conference of Mayors; Bobby Moody, Covington,
Georgia, on behalf of the International Association of Chiefs of Police; Steve
Arent, Anti-Defamation League, New York, New York; and Karen McGill Lawson,
Leadership Conference Education Fund, Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE REFORM
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded hearings to examine
proposals for the renewal and reform of the United States intelligence
community, after receiving testimony from Stansfield Turner, William Webster,
and R. James Woolsey, all former Directors of Central Intelligence.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/03/20
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 20, 1996; pages D234 - D242
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 1997 for the Department of Defense, focusing
on Ballistic Missile Defense, receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. Malcolm R.
O'Neill, USA, Director, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, Department of
Defense.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 27.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for foreign assistance
programs, receiving testimony from J. Brian Atwood, Administrator, Agency for
International Development.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology
resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year
1997 and the future years defense program, focusing on technology base
programs, receiving testimony from Paul G. Kaminski, Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Technology; Gilbert F. Decker, Assistant Secretary
of the Army for Research, Development, and Technology; John W. Douglass,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Technology;
Arthur L. Money, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition; and
Larry Lynn, Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of
Defense.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel resumed hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the Department
of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on manpower,
personnel, and compensation programs, receiving testimony from Frederick F.Y.
Pang, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy; Lt. Gen.
Theodore G. Stroup, Jr., USA, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army for Personnel;
Vice Adm. Frank L. Bowman, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel; Lt. Gen.
Michael D. McGinty, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force for Personnel; and
Lt. Gen. George R. Christmas, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Marine Corps
for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces resumed hearings
on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on space
programs and related issues, receiving testimony from Gen. Joseph W. Ashy,
USAF, Commander in Chief, United States Space Command; Robert Davis, Deputy
Under Secretary of Defense for Space; Maj. Gen. Robert F. Dickman, USAF, Space
Architect, Department of Defense; and Keith Hall, Acting Director, National
Reconnaissance Office.
Subcommittee will meet again on Monday, March 25.
1997 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings on the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 1997 for the Federal Government, after
receiving testimony from Alice M. Rivlin, Director, Office of Management and
Budget.
HYDROGEN RESEARCH
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Development concluded hearings on S. 1077, S. 1153, and H.R. 655, bills to
direct the Secretary of Energy to provide for a hydrogen energy research,
development and demonstration program relating to production, D236storage,
transportation, and use of hydrogen, after receiving testimony from Senator
Harkin; Representative Walker; Allan Hoffman, Acting Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Energy for Utility Technologies; Richard E. Rocheleau, University
of Hawaii, Manoa; Jerry Thomas, Montana Tradeport Authority, Helena; and
Robert Gurule, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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TRADE DEFICIT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy,
Export and Trade Promotion held hearings to examine the impact of balancing
the Federal budget on the United States trade deficit, receiving testimony
from Paul Wonnacott, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont; Rudolph G.
Penner, Barents Group/KPMG Peat Marwick, Claude Barfield, American Enterprise
Institute, and Robert A. Blecker, American University, all of Washington,
D.C.; and I.M. Destler and Robert E. Scott, both of the University of
Maryland, College Park.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
WEST BANK/GAZA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs concluded hearings to examine the economic development situation in
the West Bank and Gaza Strip, after receiving testimony from Richard A. Roth,
Director, Office of Israel and Arab-Israeli Affairs, Department of State;
Terrence J. Brown, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia and the
Near East, U.S. Agency for International Development; Ruth R. Harkin,
President and CEO, Overseas Private Investment Corporation; Ziad Karram, GRdG,
Inc., Fairfax, Virginia; Omar M. Kader, PaL-Tech, Inc., Arlington, Virginia;
and Peter Gubser, American Near East Refugee Aid, Washington, D.C., on behalf
of InterAction West Bank/Gaza Committee.
WEAPONS PROLIFERATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
resumed hearings to examine the status of United States efforts to improve
nuclear material control in the Newly Independent States, receiving testimony
from John Deutch, Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Rolf Ekeus, United
Nations Special Commission, New York, New York; Gary Milhollin, Wisconsin
Project on Nuclear Arms Control, Washington, D.C.; and David Kay, Hicks and
Associates, Inc., McLean, Virginia.
Hearings will continue on Friday, March 22.
IMMIGRATION REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed markup on S. 269, to increase
control over immigration to the United States by increasing border patrol and
investigator personnel, improving the verification system for employer
sanctions, increasing penalties for alien smuggling and for document fraud,
reforming asylum, exclusion, and deportation law and procedures, instituting a
land border user fee, and reducing the use of welfare by aliens, and S. 1394,
to reform the legal immigration of immigrants and nonimmigrants to the United
States, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on tomorrow.
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded oversight hearings
to examine certain activities of the Congressional Research Service, after
receiving testimony from Daniel P. Mulhollan, Director, Richard Price,
Jennifer O'Sullivan, and Melvina Ford, each a Specialist in Social
Legislation, Education and Public Welfare Division, Heidi Yacker, Information
and Technical Research Specialist, Congressional Reference Division, Kathleen
S. Swendiman, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division, Jean Yavis Jones,
Specialist in Food and Agriculture, and Section Head, Food and Agriculture
Section, Charles Hanrahan, Senior Specialist in Agricultural Policy, Ralph
Chite, Specialist in Agricultural Policy, Diane T. Duffy, Legislative
Attorney, and Sandra S. Osbourn, Specialist in American National Government,
all of the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
VA ELIGIBILITY REFORM
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee held hearings on proposals to reform
eligibility rules for Department of Veterans Affairs health care benefits,
focusing on the effects of veterans' health care eligibility priorities which
govern all veterans' access to VA care and programs, including related
measures S. 1345, S. 1359, S. 1563, and provisions of H.R. 1385, receiving
testimony from David P. Baine, Director, Health Care Delivery and Quality
Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division, Jim Linz, Assistant
Director, Veterans Health Programs, and Terry Saiki, Senior Evaluator
(Seattle, Washington), all of the General Accounting Office; John R. Vitikacs,
The American Legion, James R. Currieo, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
States, David W. Gorman, Disabled American Veterans, Gordon H. Mansfield,
Paralyzed Veterans of America, and Kelli R. Willard West and William L.
Warfield, both of the Vietnam Veterans of America, all of Washington, D.C.;
James J. Kenney, AMVETS, Lanham, Maryland; and Larry D. Rhea, Non Commissioned
Officers Association of the United States of America, Alexandria, Virginia.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
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Joint Meetings
1996 FARM BILL
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed
versions of H.R. 2854, to modify the operation of certain agricultural
programs, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.
1996/03/21
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 21, 1996; pages D243 - D252
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for Army and Navy
military construction programs, receiving testimony from Robert M. Walker,
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Logistics and Environment;
and Robert B. Pirie, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installation and
Environment.
Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 16.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of
Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on military strategies,
operational requirements of the unified commands, receiving testimony from
Gen. Joseph W. Ashy, USAF, Commander in Chief, United States Space Command;
Gen. Eugene E. Habiger, USAF, Commander in Chief, United States Strategic
Command; Gen. Robert L. Rutherford, USAF, Commander in Chief, United States
Transportation Command; and Gen. Henry H. Shelton, Commander in Chief, United
States Special Operations Command.
Committee will meet again on Thursday, March 28.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower resumed hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the Department
of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on Department of the
Navy Shipbuilding programs, receiving testimony from John W. Douglass,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition; and
Vice Adm. Thomas J. Lopez, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for
Resources, Warfare Requirements and Assessments.
Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 26.
GUARD AND RESERVE READINESS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held hearings to
examine the readiness of the Guard and Reserve to support the National
Military Strategy, receiving testimony from Richard Davis, Director, and
Robert Pelletler, Assistant Director, both of the National Security Analysis,
General Accounting Office; and Deborah Lee, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Reserve Affairs.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
FANNIE MAE/FREDDIE MAC
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on HUD
Oversight and Structure held oversight hearings on the implementation of the
Federal Housing Enterprises Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 and its impact on
the role the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) have on the Nation's
mortgage finance system, receiving testimony from Franklin D. Raines, Fannie
Mae, and Leland C. Brendsel, Freddie Mac, both of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
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PARKS/BATTLEFIELDS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Parks, Historic
Preservation and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 305, to establish the
Shenandoah Valley National Battlefields and Commission in the Commonwealth of
Virginia, H.R. 1091, to improve the National Park System in the Commonwealth
of Virginia, S. 1225, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an
inventory of historic sites, buildings, and artifacts in the Champlain Valley
and the Upper Hudson River Valley in Vermont, including the Lake George area,
S. 1226, to require the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a study of
battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and to establish an
American Battlefield Protection Program, and S.J. Res. 42, designating the
Civil War Center at Louisiana State University as the United States Civil War
Center, making the center the flagship institution for planning the
sesquicentennial commemoration of the Civil War, after receiving testimony
from Senators Breaux and Warner; Representatives Wolf and Bliley; Katherine H.
Stevenson, Associate Director, Cultural Resource Stewardship and Partnerships,
and Ed Bearss, Historian Emeritus, both of the National Park Service,
Department of the Interior; Townsend H. Anderson, Vermont State Agency of
Development and Community Affairs, Montpelier; Ann Sullivan Cousins, Lake
Champlain Basin Program, Grand Isle, Vermont; Louise Ransom, Mount
Independence Coalition, Williston, Vermont; David Madden, United States Civil
War Center/Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Gabor Boritt, Civil War
Institute/Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Dennis E. Frye,
Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites, Fredericksburg, Virginia;
and James B. Donati, Jr., Henrico County Board of Supervisors, Richmond,
Virginia; and Eileen Woodford, National Parks and Conservation Association,
Washington, D.C.
CHEMICAL WEAPONS TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings on the Convention
on the Prohibition of Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical
Weapons and on Their Destruction, opened for signature and signed by the
United States at Paris on January 13, 1993 (Treaty Doc. 103-21), receiving
testimony from Douglas J. Feith, Feith and Zell, Washington, D.C.; Kathleen C.
Bailey, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California; Brad
Roberts, Institute for Defense Analysis, Alexandria, Virginia; and Frederick
L. Webber, Chemical Manufacturers Association, Arlington, Virginia.
Hearings will continue on Thursday, March 28.
TENTH AMENDMENT ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 1629, to
protect the rights of the States and the people from abuse by the Federal
Government, to strengthen the partnership and the intergovernmental
relationship between State and Federal governments, to restrain Federal
agencies from exceeding their authority, and to enforce the Tenth Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution, receiving testimony from Senators Dole, Hatch, and
Nickles; Virginia Attorney General James S. Gilmore III, Richmond; South
Carolina Attorney General Charles Molony Condon, Columbia; Colorado Solicitor
General Timothy M. Tymkovich, Denver; Alaska State Representative Eldon
Mulder, Juneau; Ohio State Representative Patrick Sweeney, Columbus; New York
State Senator James Lack, Albany; Nelson Lund, George Mason University School
of Law, Fairfax, Virginia; and John Kincaid, Lafayette College, Easton,
Pennsylvania.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
IMMIGRATION REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
bill to increase control over immigration to the United States by increasing
border patrol and investigator personnel, improving the verification system
for employer sanctions, increasing penalties for alien smuggling and for
document fraud, reforming asylum, exclusion, and deportation law and
procedures, instituting a land border user fee, and reducing the use of
welfare by aliens. (As approved by the committee, the bill incorporates the
text of S. 269.)
AUTHORIZATION--INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported,
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 1578, to authorize funds
for programs of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act.
HUBZONE ACT
Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings on S. 1574, to create new
opportunities for growth and jobs in economically distressed urban and rural
communities, receiving testimony from C. Austin Fitts, Hamilton Securities
Group, Inc., and Marvin G. Harris, Bridget J.C. McLaurin, and Wanda Riddick,
all of Edgewood Technology Services Inc., all on behalf of e.villages, and Raj
Barr-Kumar, American Institute of Architects, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
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Joint Meetings
CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed
versions of H.R. 3019, making appropriations for fiscal year 1996 to make a
further downpayment toward a balanced budget, but did not complete action
thereon, and recessed subject to call.
1996 FARM BILL
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the
Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2854, to modify the operation of
certain agricultural programs.
1996/03/22
Daily Digest - Friday, March 22, 1996; pages D254 - D260
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
WEAPONS PROLIFERATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
resumed hearings to examine the status of United States efforts to improve
nuclear material control in the Newly Independent States, receiving testimony
from John F. Sopko, Deputy Chief of Counsel to the Minority, and Alan Edelman,
Counsel to the Minority, both of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations,
Governmental Affairs Committee; Frank Miller, Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy; Charles B. Curtis,
Deputy Secretary of Energy; Thomas E. McNamara, Assistant Secretary of State
for Political-Military Affairs; Gordon Oehler, Director, NonProliferation
Center, Central Intelligence Agency; Robert M. Blitzer, Chief, Domestic
Terrorism/Counterterrorism Planning Section, National Security Division,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; and Connie J. Fenchel,
Chief, Strategic Investigations, Office of Investigations, U.S. Customs
Service; Department of the Treasury.
Hearings will continue on Wednesday, March 27.
Joint Meetings
STATE OF THE ECONOMY
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the economic
state of the United States, after receiving testimony from Joseph E. Stiglitz,
Chairman, Michael J. Boskin and Murray L. Weidenbaum, each a former Chair, and
William A. Niskanen and Alan Blinder, each a former Member, all of the Council
of Economic Advisers.
1996/03/25
Daily Digest - Monday, March 25, 1996; pages D261 - D264
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces resumed hearings
on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on
ballistic missile defense programs and related issues, receiving testimony
from Lt. Gen. Malcolm R. O'Neill, USA, Director, Ballistic Missile Defense
Organization, Department of Defense.
Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, March 29.
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SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy held
hearings to examine the status and future of the Social Security system,
focusing on the current and projected financial status of Social Security,
trends in income and retirements savings, and personal security accounts,
receiving testimony from Henry J. Aaron, Brookings Institution, Washington,
D.C.; and Olivia S. Mitchell, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Howard
Young, University of Michigan, Livonia, Edith U. Fierst, Fierst and Moss, and
Sylvester J. Schieber, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, both of Washington, D.C., and
Edward M. Gramlich, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, all on behalf of the
Advisory Council on Social Security.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Robert E. Morin, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court
of the District of Columbia, after the nominee testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/03/26
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 26, 1996; pages D265 - D270
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 1997 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony from Daniel
R. Glickman, Secretary, Richard E. Rominger, Deputy Secretary, Keith Collins,
Chief Economist, and Stephen B. Dewhurst, Director, Office of Budget and
Program Analysis, all of the Department of Agriculture.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 28.
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for energy and
water development programs, receiving testimony on behalf of funds for their
respective activities from Patricia Beneke, Assistant Secretary for Land and
Water, and Eluid Martinez, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, both of the
Department of the Interior; H. Martin Lancaster, Assistant Secretary of the
Army for Civil Works; and Lt. Gen. Arthur Williams, Chief, and Maj. Gen.
Stanley G. Genega, Director of Civil Works, both of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine
Department of Energy atomic energy defense activities, after receiving
testimony from Thomas P. Grumbly, Assistant Secretary of Energy for
Environmental Management.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower resumed hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the Department
of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on the Department of
the Navy Marine Corps programs, receiving testimony from John W. Douglass,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition; and
Gen. Charles C. Krulak, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nominations of Alan Greenspan, of New York, to be Chairman, and Alice
M. Rivlin, of Pennsylvania, and Laurence H. Meyer, of Missouri, both to be
Members, all of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, after
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Testimony
was also received from Ralph Nader, Washington, D.C.
NASA BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings on the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration budget request for fiscal year 1997 and on recent developments
in the space station program, after receiving testimony from Daniel S. Goldin,
Administrator, Malcolm Peterson, Comptroller, Franze Cordova, Chief Scientist,
and Charles Kennell, Associate Administration, all of the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration; Marcia Smith, Specialist in Aerospace and
Telecommunications Policy, Congressional Research Service, Library of
Congress; Lori Garver, National Space Society, Washington, D.C.; Nicholas L.
Johnson, Kaman Sciences Corporation, Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Louis
Friedman, Planetary Society, Pasadena, California.
CHEMICAL WEAPONS TREATY VERIFIABILITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the verifiability of the Convention on Chemical Weapons (Treaty
Doc. 103-21) from John Lauder, Chief, Arms Control Intelligence Staff for the
Director of Central Intelligence; and Maj. Gen. John Landry, National
Intelligence Officer for General Purpose Forces, National Intelligence
Council.
Committee recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Henry McKoy, of North Carolina, and Ernest G. Green, of the
District of Columbia, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the
African Development Foundation, Lawrence Neal Benedict, of California, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Cape Verde, Harold Walter Geisel, of Illinois,
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius and to serve concurrently and
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Federal and Islamic
Republic of The Comoros, Aubrey Hooks, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of the Congo, Robert Krueger, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Botswana, and David D267H. Shinn, of Washington, to be Ambassador
to Ethiopia, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Mr. McKoy was introduced by Senator Helms.
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IRS MODERNIZATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine the
status of the modernization of the Internal Revenue Service tax information
system, receiving testimony from Gene L. Dodaro, Assistant Comptroller
General, Accounting and Information Management Division, General Accounting
Office; Margaret Milner Richardson, Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
Department of the Treasury; Robert P. Clagett, Chairman, and Al Irvine,
Member, both of the Committee on Continued Review of the Tax Systems
Modernization of the Internal Revenue Service, National Research Council; and
Stephen S. Street, Alaska Business Development Center, and Susan D. Anderson,
Lower Yukon Economic Development Council, both of Anchorage, Alaska.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
FUNDING OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children and Families
concluded hearings to examine the capacity of American charitable
organizations to fill the gap in the funding of certain social programs, after
receiving testimony from Rev. Fred Kammer, Catholic Charities USA, Alexandria,
Virginia; John C. Goodman, National Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas, Texas;
Rev. Lee Earl, National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, and Sara E.
Melendez, Independent Sector, both of Washington, D.C.; and David Tuerck,
Beacon Hill Institute/Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/03/27
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 27, 1996; pages D271 - D282
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 1997 for the Department of Defense, focusing
on Navy and Marine Corps programs, receiving testimony from John H. Dalton,
Secretary of the Navy; Adm. Jeremy M. Boorda, USN, Chief of Naval Operations;
and Gen. Charles C. Krulak, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 17.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Kenneth H. Bacon, of the District of Columbia, to be an
Assistant Secretary of Defense, Joseph J. DiNunno, of Maryland, to be a Member
of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Franklin D. Kramer, of the
District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, and 2,700
military nominations in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
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AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology
resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year
1997 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program,
focusing on proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the impact of
export controls on national security, receiving testimony from Mitchel B.
Wallerstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Counter Proliferation Policy), and
Theodore Prociv, Deputy Assistant to the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
(Atomic Energy), both of the Department of Defense; Gordon Oehler, Director,
Non-Proliferation Center, Central Intelligence Agency; Rear Adm. Scott A. Fry,
Deputy Director, Strategy Policy, J-5, Joint Staff; Col. Ellen Pawlakowski,
Deputy for Counter-proliferation, Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of
Defense for Atomic Energy; and Stephen B. Bryen, Delta Tech, Inc., and Henry
D. Sokolski, Non-Proliferation Policy Education Center, both of Washington,
D.C.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower continued hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the Department
of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on the Department of
the Navy's Submarine Development and Procurement programs, receiving testimony
from John W. Douglass, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research,
Development and Acquisition; Vice Adm. Thomas J. Lopez, USN, Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations; Vice Adm. Albert J. Baciocco, Jr., USN (Ret.), Submarine
Technology Assessment Panel, Department of the Navy; Norman Polmar,
Techmatics, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; Lowell Wood, Stanford University,
Stanford, California; and Tony Battista, Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nominations of Alan Greenspan, of New York, to be Chairman, and
Alice M. Rivlin, of Pennsylvania, and Laurence H. Meyer, of Missouri, both to
be Members, all of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
Stuart E. Eizenstat, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for
International Trade, and Gaston L. Gianni, Jr., of Virginia, to be Inspector
General, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
SPECTRUM USE AND MANAGEMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine Federal policies with regard to the use and management of the
electromagnetic radio frequency spectrum, receiving testimony from Thomas E.
Wheeler, Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, Leonard S. Kolsky,
Motorola, and James Gattuso, Citizens for a Sound Economy, all of Washington,
D.C.; Ronald T. LeMay, Sprint Spectrum, Kansas City, Missouri; Thomas W.
Hazlett, University of California, Davis, on behalf of the American Enterprise
Institute; Larsh M. Johnson, CellNet Data Systems, San Carlos, California;
Mark E. Crosby, Industrial Telecommunications Association, Arlington,
Virginia; and Mitchell S. Rouse, Taxi Systems, Gardena, California, on behalf
of the International Taxicab and Livery Association.
Hearings continue on Thursday, April 18.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S.
1605, to amend and extend to September 30, 2001 certain authorities of the
Energy Policy and Conservation Act to manage the Strategic Petroleum Reserve,
and S. 186, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to guarantee
Hawaii access to the strategic petroleum reserve during an oil supply
disruption, after receiving testimony from C. Kyle Simpson, Associate Deputy
Secretary of Energy for Energy Programs.
OIL SPILL PREVENTION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held hearings on
proposals to improve the prevention of, and response to, oil spills in light
of the recent North Cape spill off the coast of Rhode Island, receiving
testimony from Rear Adm. James C. Card, Chief, Office of Marine Safety,
Security, and Environmental Protection, United States Coast Guard, Department
of Transportation; Douglas K. Hall, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans
and Atmosphere/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Daniel
Sheehan, National Pollution Funds Center, and Thomas A. Allegretti, American
Waterways Operators, both of Arlington, Virginia; Timothy R.E. Keeney, Rhode
Island Department of Environmental Management, Providence; George C. Blake,
Maritime Overseas Corporation, and Richard H. Hobbie III, on behalf of the
Water Quality Insurance Syndicate and the American Institute of Marine
Underwriters, both of New York, New York; Sally Ann Lentz, Ocean Advocates,
Columbia, Maryland; Barry Hartman, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Washington, D.C.,
on behalf of the Rhode Island D274Lobstermen's Association, Inc.; Mark Miller,
National Response Corporation, Calverton, New York; and William R. Gordon,
Jr., University of Rhode Island, Kingston.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
S. Con. Res. 42, concerning the emancipation of the Iranian Baha'i community;
The nominations of Alfred C. DeCotiis, of New Jersey, to be a Representative
of the United States of America to the Fiftieth Session of the General
Assembly of the United Nations, J. Stapleton Roy, of Pennsylvania, for
personal rank of Career Ambassador in recognition of especially distinguished
service over a sustained period, Lottie Lee Shackelford, of Arkansas, to be a
Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation, Henry McKoy, of North Carolina, and Ernest G. Green, of the
District of Columbia, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the
African Development Foundation, Lawrence Neal Benedict, of California, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Cape Verde, Harold Walter Geisel, of Illinois,
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius and to serve concurrently and
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Federal and Islamic
Republic of The Comoros, Aubrey Hooks, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of the Congo, Robert Krueger, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Botswana, and David H. Shinn, of Washington, to be Ambassador to
Ethiopia, and two Foreign Service Officer Promotion lists;
The Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the Republic of Albania Concerning the Encouragement and
Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annex and Protocol, signed at
Washington on January 11, 1995 (Treaty Doc. 104-19);
The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Republic of Belarus
Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with
Annex, Protocol, and Related Exchange of Letters, signed at Minsk on January
15, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 103-36), with a declaration;
The Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the Republic of Estonia Concerning the Encouragement and
Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annex, done at Washington on April
19, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 103-38);
The Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the Republic of Georgia Concerning the Encouragement and
Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annex, signed at Washington on March
7, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 104-13);
The Treaty Between the United States of America and Jamaica Concerning the
Reciprocal Encouragement and Protection of Investment, with Annex and
Protocol, signed at Washington on February 4, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 103-35);
The Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the Republic of Latvia Concerning the Encouragement and
Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annex and Protocol, signed at
Washington on January 13, 1995 (Treaty Doc. 104-12);
The Treaty Between the United States of America and Mongolia Concerning the
Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annex and
Protocol, signed at Washington on October 6, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 104-10);
The Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Concerning the Encouragement
and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annex and Protocol, signed at
Washington on September 26, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 104-14); and
The Treaty Between the United States of America and Ukraine Concerning the
Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annex, and Related
Exchange of Letters, done at Washington on March 4, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 103-37).
WEAPONS PROLIFERATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
resumed hearings to examine the status of United States efforts to improve
nuclear material control in the Newly Independent States, receiving testimony
from John F. Sopko, Deputy Chief Counsel to the Minority, and Alan Edelman,
Counsel to the Minority, both of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations;
G. Clay Hollister, Deputy Associate Director, Response and Recovery
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Robert M. Blitzer, Chief,
Domestic Terrorism/Counterterrorism Planning Section, National Security
Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Victor H.
Reis, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs; H. Allen Holmes,
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity
Conflict; Morris D. Busby, former Counter Terrorism Coordinator for the United
States Government and former U.S. Ambassador to Colombia; Duane C. Sewell,
former Assistant Secretary of Energy; Billy Richardson, former Deputy
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense; P. Lamont Ewell, Oakland, California,
on behalf of D275the International Association of Fire Chiefs; and Gary Marrs,
Oklahoma City Fire Department, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Eric L. Clay, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth
Circuit, Charles N. Clevert, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Wisconsin, Nanette K. Laughrey, to be United States
District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri, Donald W.
Molloy, to be United States District Judge for the District of Montana, and
Susan Oki Mollway, to be United States District Judge for the District of
Hawaii, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Mr. Clay was introduced by Senators Abraham and Levin, Mr. Clevert was
introduced by Senators Kohl and Feingold, Ms. Laughrey was introduced by
Senators Bond and Ashcroft, Mr. Molloy was introduced by Senator Baucus and
Representative McCarthy, and Ms. Mollway was introduced by Senators Inouye and
Akaka.
FDA REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee began markup of S. 1477, to
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service
Act to improve the regulation of food, drugs, devices and biological products,
but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee resumed hearings on proposals
to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a voluntary
system of spending limits and partial public financing of Senate primary and
general election campaigns, to limit contributions by multicandidate political
committees, and to reform the financing of Federal elections and Senate
campaigns, including related measures S. 46, S. 1219, and S. 1389, receiving
testimony from Jeffrey Zelkowitz, Attorney, United States Postal Service;
Richard A. Barton, Direct Marketing Association, and Thomas E. Mann, Brookings
Institution, both of Washington, D.C.; and Michael J. Malbin, State University
of New York, Albany.
Hearings continue on Wednesday, April 17.
BOSNIA/ROLE OF UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held hearings on intelligence
related issues with regard to Bosnia, receiving testimony from Lt. Gen.
Patrick Hughes, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of
Defense.
Committee also resumed hearings on the roles and capabilities of the United
States intelligence community, receiving testimony from Senator Moynihan; and
former Senators DeConcini and Durenberger.
Also, committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on intelligence
matters from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee will meet again tomorrow.
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 1997 for the Department of Defense, focusing
on Navy and Marine Corps programs, receiving testimony from John H. Dalton,
Secretary of the Navy; Adm. Jeremy M. Boorda, USN, Chief of Naval Operations;
and Gen. Charles C. Krulak, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 17.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Kenneth H. Bacon, of the District of Columbia, to be an
Assistant Secretary of Defense, Joseph J. DiNunno, of Maryland, to be a Member
of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Franklin D. Kramer, of the
District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, and 2,700
military nominations in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
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AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology
resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year
1997 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program,
focusing on proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the impact of
export controls on national security, receiving testimony from Mitchel B.
Wallerstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Counter Proliferation Policy), and
Theodore Prociv, Deputy Assistant to the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
(Atomic Energy), both of the Department of Defense; Gordon Oehler, Director,
Non-Proliferation Center, Central Intelligence Agency; Rear Adm. Scott A. Fry,
Deputy Director, Strategy Policy, J-5, Joint Staff; Col. Ellen Pawlakowski,
Deputy for Counter-proliferation, Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of
Defense for Atomic Energy; and Stephen B. Bryen, Delta Tech, Inc., and Henry
D. Sokolski, Non-Proliferation Policy Education Center, both of Washington,
D.C.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower continued hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the Department
of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on the Department of
the Navy's Submarine Development and Procurement programs, receiving testimony
from John W. Douglass, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research,
Development and Acquisition; Vice Adm. Thomas J. Lopez, USN, Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations; Vice Adm. Albert J. Baciocco, Jr., USN (Ret.), Submarine
Technology Assessment Panel, Department of the Navy; Norman Polmar,
Techmatics, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; Lowell Wood, Stanford University,
Stanford, California; and Tony Battista, Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nominations of Alan Greenspan, of New York, to be Chairman, and
Alice M. Rivlin, of Pennsylvania, and Laurence H. Meyer, of Missouri, both to
be Members, all of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
Stuart E. Eizenstat, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for
International Trade, and Gaston L. Gianni, Jr., of Virginia, to be Inspector
General, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
SPECTRUM USE AND MANAGEMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine Federal policies with regard to the use and management of the
electromagnetic radio frequency spectrum, receiving testimony from Thomas E.
Wheeler, Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, Leonard S. Kolsky,
Motorola, and James Gattuso, Citizens for a Sound Economy, all of Washington,
D.C.; Ronald T. LeMay, Sprint Spectrum, Kansas City, Missouri; Thomas W.
Hazlett, University of California, Davis, on behalf of the American Enterprise
Institute; Larsh M. Johnson, CellNet Data Systems, San Carlos, California;
Mark E. Crosby, Industrial Telecommunications Association, Arlington,
Virginia; and Mitchell S. Rouse, Taxi Systems, Gardena, California, on behalf
of the International Taxicab and Livery Association.
Hearings continue on Thursday, April 18.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S.
1605, to amend and extend to September 30, 2001 certain authorities of the
Energy Policy and Conservation Act to manage the Strategic Petroleum Reserve,
and S. 186, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to guarantee
Hawaii access to the strategic petroleum reserve during an oil supply
disruption, after receiving testimony from C. Kyle Simpson, Associate Deputy
Secretary of Energy for Energy Programs.
OIL SPILL PREVENTION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held hearings on
proposals to improve the prevention of, and response to, oil spills in light
of the recent North Cape spill off the coast of Rhode Island, receiving
testimony from Rear Adm. James C. Card, Chief, Office of Marine Safety,
Security, and Environmental Protection, United States Coast Guard, Department
of Transportation; Douglas K. Hall, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans
and Atmosphere/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Daniel
Sheehan, National Pollution Funds Center, and Thomas A. Allegretti, American
Waterways Operators, both of Arlington, Virginia; Timothy R.E. Keeney, Rhode
Island Department of Environmental Management, Providence; George C. Blake,
Maritime Overseas Corporation, and Richard H. Hobbie III, on behalf of the
Water Quality Insurance Syndicate and the American Institute of Marine
Underwriters, both of New York, New York; Sally Ann Lentz, Ocean Advocates,
Columbia, Maryland; Barry Hartman, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Washington, D.C.,
on behalf of the Rhode Island D274Lobstermen's Association, Inc.; Mark Miller,
National Response Corporation, Calverton, New York; and William R. Gordon,
Jr., University of Rhode Island, Kingston.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
S. Con. Res. 42, concerning the emancipation of the Iranian Baha'i community;
The nominations of Alfred C. DeCotiis, of New Jersey, to be a Representative
of the United States of America to the Fiftieth Session of the General
Assembly of the United Nations, J. Stapleton Roy, of Pennsylvania, for
personal rank of Career Ambassador in recognition of especially distinguished
service over a sustained period, Lottie Lee Shackelford, of Arkansas, to be a
Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation, Henry McKoy, of North Carolina, and Ernest G. Green, of the
District of Columbia, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the
African Development Foundation, Lawrence Neal Benedict, of California, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Cape Verde, Harold Walter Geisel, of Illinois,
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius and to serve concurrently and
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Federal and Islamic
Republic of The Comoros, Aubrey Hooks, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of the Congo, Robert Krueger, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Botswana, and David H. Shinn, of Washington, to be Ambassador to
Ethiopia, and two Foreign Service Officer Promotion lists;
The Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the Republic of Albania Concerning the Encouragement and
Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annex and Protocol, signed at
Washington on January 11, 1995 (Treaty Doc. 104-19);
The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Republic of Belarus
Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with
Annex, Protocol, and Related Exchange of Letters, signed at Minsk on January
15, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 103-36), with a declaration;
The Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the Republic of Estonia Concerning the Encouragement and
Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annex, done at Washington on April
19, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 103-38);
The Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the Republic of Georgia Concerning the Encouragement and
Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annex, signed at Washington on March
7, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 104-13);
The Treaty Between the United States of America and Jamaica Concerning the
Reciprocal Encouragement and Protection of Investment, with Annex and
Protocol, signed at Washington on February 4, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 103-35);
The Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the Republic of Latvia Concerning the Encouragement and
Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annex and Protocol, signed at
Washington on January 13, 1995 (Treaty Doc. 104-12);
The Treaty Between the United States of America and Mongolia Concerning the
Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annex and
Protocol, signed at Washington on October 6, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 104-10);
The Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Concerning the Encouragement
and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annex and Protocol, signed at
Washington on September 26, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 104-14); and
The Treaty Between the United States of America and Ukraine Concerning the
Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annex, and Related
Exchange of Letters, done at Washington on March 4, 1994 (Treaty Doc. 103-37).
WEAPONS PROLIFERATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
resumed hearings to examine the status of United States efforts to improve
nuclear material control in the Newly Independent States, receiving testimony
from John F. Sopko, Deputy Chief Counsel to the Minority, and Alan Edelman,
Counsel to the Minority, both of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations;
G. Clay Hollister, Deputy Associate Director, Response and Recovery
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Robert M. Blitzer, Chief,
Domestic Terrorism/Counterterrorism Planning Section, National Security
Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Victor H.
Reis, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs; H. Allen Holmes,
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity
Conflict; Morris D. Busby, former Counter Terrorism Coordinator for the United
States Government and former U.S. Ambassador to Colombia; Duane C. Sewell,
former Assistant Secretary of Energy; Billy Richardson, former Deputy
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense; P. Lamont Ewell, Oakland, California,
on behalf of D275the International Association of Fire Chiefs; and Gary Marrs,
Oklahoma City Fire Department, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Eric L. Clay, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth
Circuit, Charles N. Clevert, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Wisconsin, Nanette K. Laughrey, to be United States
District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri, Donald W.
Molloy, to be United States District Judge for the District of Montana, and
Susan Oki Mollway, to be United States District Judge for the District of
Hawaii, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Mr. Clay was introduced by Senators Abraham and Levin, Mr. Clevert was
introduced by Senators Kohl and Feingold, Ms. Laughrey was introduced by
Senators Bond and Ashcroft, Mr. Molloy was introduced by Senator Baucus and
Representative McCarthy, and Ms. Mollway was introduced by Senators Inouye and
Akaka.
FDA REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee began markup of S. 1477, to
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service
Act to improve the regulation of food, drugs, devices and biological products,
but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee resumed hearings on proposals
to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a voluntary
system of spending limits and partial public financing of Senate primary and
general election campaigns, to limit contributions by multicandidate political
committees, and to reform the financing of Federal elections and Senate
campaigns, including related measures S. 46, S. 1219, and S. 1389, receiving
testimony from Jeffrey Zelkowitz, Attorney, United States Postal Service;
Richard A. Barton, Direct Marketing Association, and Thomas E. Mann, Brookings
Institution, both of Washington, D.C.; and Michael J. Malbin, State University
of New York, Albany.
Hearings continue on Wednesday, April 17.
BOSNIA/ROLE OF UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held hearings on intelligence
related issues with regard to Bosnia, receiving testimony from Lt. Gen.
Patrick Hughes, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of
Defense.
Committee also resumed hearings on the roles and capabilities of the United
States intelligence community, receiving testimony from Senator Moynihan; and
former Senators DeConcini and Durenberger.
Also, committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on intelligence
matters from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee will meet again tomorrow.
1996/03/28
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 28, 1996; pages D284 - D294
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 1997 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony in behalf of
funds for their respective activities from Michael Taylor, Acting Under
Secretary for Food Safety, Michael Dunn, Assistant Secretary for Marketing and
Regulatory Programs, Lonnie J. King, Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, Lon S. Hatamiya, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service, James R. Baker, Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration, and Dennis L. Kaplan, Deputy Director for Budget,
Legislative, and Regulatory Systems, all of the Department of Agriculture.
Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 16.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for D286fiscal year 1997 for the Department of
Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on the military
strategies and operational requirements of the unified commands, receiving
testimony from Adm. Joseph W. Prueher, USN, Commander in Chief, United States
Pacific Command; and Gen. Gary E. Luck, USA, Commander in Chief, United
Nations Command, Commander in Chief, Combined Forces Command, and Commander,
United States Forces Korea.
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Committee recessed subject to call.
C-17 PROCUREMENT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower held hearings on the
multiyear procurement proposal for the C-17 strategic airlifter, receiving
testimony from Paul G. Kaminski, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Technology; and Louis J. Rodrigues, Director, Defense
Acquisition Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division,
General Accounting Office; and Donald R. Kozlowski, C-17, McDonnell Douglas
Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO MEXICO
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held hearings on
S. 1547, to limit
the provision of assistance to the Government of Mexico using the exchange
stabilization fund
established pursuant to section 5302 of title 31, United States Code,
receiving testimony from
Lawrence H. Summers, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; Peter Tarnoff, Under
Secretary of State
for Political Affairs; Thomas A. Constantine, Administrator, Drug Enforcement
Administration, and
James E. Moody, Deputy Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
both of the Department of Justice; California Deputy Attorney General James D.
Dutton, and George J. Doane, California Department of Justice/Bureau of
Narcotic Enforcement, both of Sacramento; Les Weidman, Stanislaus County
Sheriff Department, Modesto, California; T.J. Bonner, National Border Patrol
Council/AFL-CIO, Imperial Beach, California; and Charles Hill, San Diego Drug
Enforcement Agency, San Diego, California.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the following business items:
The nominations of Barry M. Goldwater Sr., of Arizona, to be a Member of the
Board of Directors of the Communications Satellite Corporation until the date
of the annual meeting of the Corporation in 1998, Peter S. Knight, of the
District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the
Communications Satellite Corporation until the date of the annual meeting of
the Corporation in 1999, William L. Wilson, of Minnesota, to be a Member of
the Advisory Board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, Vice
Adm. Richard D. Herr, USCG, to be Vice Commandant, United States Coast Guard,
with the grade of admiral while so serving, and certain U.S. Coast Guard
promotion lists;
S. 39, to authorize funds through fiscal year 2000 for programs of the
Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act, with an amendment in the
nature of a substitute;
S. 1149, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Babs;
S. 1272, to issue a certificate of documentation and coastwise trade
endorsement for the vessel Billy Buck;
S. 1281, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Sarah-Christen;
S. 1282, to issue a certificate of documentation with the appropriate
endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Triad;
S. 1298, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Shooter;
S. 1319, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Too Much Fun;
S. 1347, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for the vessel Captain Daryl;
S. 1348, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for the vessel Alpha Tango;
S. 1349, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for the vessel Old Hat;
S. 1358, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Carolyn;
S. 1362, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Focus;
S. 1383, to issue a certificate of documentation and coastwise trade
endorsement for the vessel Westfjord;
S. 1384, to issue a certificate of documentation and coastwise trade
endorsement for the vessel God's Grace II;
S. 1454, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for employment in the coastwise trade and fisheries for the vessel Joan Marie;
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S. 1455, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Movin On;
S. 1456, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Play Hard;
S. 1457, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Shogun;
S. 1545, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Moonraker;
S. 1566, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Marsh Grass Too;
S. 1588, to issue a certificate of documentation and coastwise trade
endorsement for the vessel Kalypso; and
S. 1631, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel Extreme.
ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed oversight
hearings on issues relating to competitive change in the electric power
industry, and on S. 1526, to provide for retail competition among electric
energy suppliers, and to provide for recovery of stranded costs attributable
to an open access electricity market, receiving testimony from Marc D.
Christensen, Public Service Company of New Mexico, Albuquerque; Pradeep Mehra,
Dearborn, Michigan, on behalf of the Ford Motor Company and ELCON; Jerry
Jackson, Entergy Corporation, New Orleans, Louisiana; Daniel W. Waters,
Southern California Public Power Authority, Pasadena, on behalf of the
American Public Power Association; Bruce L. Levy, Energy Initiatives, Inc.,
Parsippany, New Jersey, on behalf of the Electric Generation Association; John
P. Galles, National Small Business United, Washington, D.C.; Roger F. Naill,
AES Corporation, on behalf of the National Independent Energy Producers, and
Glenn English, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, both of
Arlington, Virginia; and R. Steve Letbetter, Houston Lighting and Power
Company, Houston, Texas.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following bills:
H.R. 255, to designate the Federal Justice Building in Miami, Florida, as the
"James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building";
H.R. 869, to designate the Federal building and U.S. Courthouse located at 125
Market Street in Youngstown, Ohio, as the "Thomas D. Lambros Federal Building
and U.S. Courthouse";
H.R. 1804, to designate the United States Post Office-Courthouse located at
South 6th and Rogers Avenue, Fort Smith, Arkansas, as the "Judge Isaac C.
Parker Federal Building";
H.R. 2415, to designate the United States Customs Administration Building at
the Ysleta/Zaragosa Port of Entry located at 797 South Ysleta in El Paso,
Texas, as the "Timothy C. McCaghren Customs Administration Building";
H.R. 2556, to redesignate the Federal building located at 345 Middlefield Road
in Menlo Park, California, and known as the Earth Sciences and Library
Building, as the "Vincent E. McKelvey Federal Building";
H.R. 1743, to authorize funds for fiscal years 1996 through 2000 for programs
of the Water Resources Research Act, with an amendment;
S. 811, to authorize funds for fiscal years 1996 through 2001 for research
into the desalinization and reclamation of water and authorize a program for
States, cities, or qualifying agencies desiring to own and operate a water
desalinization or reclamation facility to develop such facilities, with an
amendment;
S. 1611, to establish the Kentucky National Wildlife Refuge;
S. 1422, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire property in the
town of East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York, for inclusion in the
Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge; and
H.R. 2243, to authorize funds through 1998 for fish and wildlife restoration
programs of the Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Management Act of 1984.
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings on the Convention
on the Prohibition of Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical
Weapons and on Their Destruction, opened for signature and signed by the
United States at Paris on January 13, 1993 (Treaty Doc. 103-21), receiving
testimony from Warren M. Christopher, Secretary of State; William J. Perry,
Secretary, and Ashton B. Carter, Assistant Secretary for International
Security Policy, both of the Department of Defense; Lt. Gen. Wesley K. Clark,
USA, Director of Strategic Plans and Policy, Office of the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs; and John D. Holum, Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency.
Committee recessed subject to call.
RADIO IN AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded
hearings to examine the role D288and impact of radio in Africa, after
receiving testimony from Geoffrey Cowan, Director, Voice of America; Thomas N.
Hull III, Director, Office of African Affairs, United States Information
Agency; Carol A. Peasley, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Africa, U.S.
Agency for International Development; John Marks, Search for Common Ground,
Washington, D.C.; Judith Moses, Mosaic Group, Inc., New York, New York;
William H. Siemering, Open Society Foundation for South Africa, Wyndmoor,
Pennsylvania; and Robert M. Press, Stetson University, DeLand, Florida.
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IMMIGRATION REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform the legal
immigration of immigrants and nonimmigrants to the United States. (As approved
by the committee, the bill incorporates provisions of S. 1394.)
FDA REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported,
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 1477, to amend the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the
regulation of food, drugs, devices and biological products.
NAVAJO/HOPI LAND SETTLEMENT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings to review the
settlement and accommodation agreement in the dispute over the Navajo and Hopi
land dispute, receiving testimony from Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice;
Christopher J. Bavasi, Executive Director, Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian
Relocation; Ferrell H. Secakuku, Hopi Tribe, Kykotsmovi, Arizona; Herb Yazzie,
Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona; and Roger Attakai, Teestoh, Arizona, and
Mae Tso, Mosquito Springs, Arizona, both on behalf of the Navajo Families
Mediation Team.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND THE ELDERLY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
inappropriate use of prescription drugs among the elderly and their potential
health and economic consequences, and the role of the health care industry in
minimizing this risk, after receiving testimony from Sarah F. Jaggar,
Director, Health Financing and Public Health Issues, Health, Education, and
Human Services Division, General Accounting Office; Calvin H. Knowlton,
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, Lumberton, New Jersey, on behalf
of the American Pharmaceutical Association; Linda F. Golodner, Washington,
D.C., on behalf of the National Consumers League and the National Council on
Patient Information and Education; Robert E. Vestal, American Society for
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Boise, Idaho; Lynn Williams,
Solutions, Boulder, Colorado, on behalf of the American Society of Consultant
Pharmacists; Margaret G. McGlynn, Merck-Medco Managed Care, Inc., Montvale,
New Jersey; Matthew Shimoda, Health Care Professionals, Baltimore, Maryland,
on behalf of the Community Retail Pharmacy Coalition; and Colleen
O'Brien-Thorpe, Annandale, Virginia.
Joint Meetings
CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS
Conferees continued in evening session to resolve the differences between the
Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 3019, making appropriations for
fiscal year 1996 to make a further downpayment toward a balanced budget.
1996/03/29
Daily Digest - Friday, March 29, 1996; pages D296 - D300
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for
the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on
arms control, cooperative threat reduction programs and chemical
demilitarization, after receiving testimony from Susan Koch, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Threat Reduction Policy; Theodore Procly, Deputy
Assistant to the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Chemical/Biological
Matters; and Kent Stansberry, Deputy Director, Arms Control Implementation and
Compliance, Office of Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense of
Technology for Acquisition and Technology.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland Forces concluded hearings
on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on Army
and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) modernization efforts, after receiving
testimony from Gilbert F. Decker, Assistant Secretary for Research and
Development and Acquisition, Gen. Ronald Griffith, Vice Chief of Staff, and
Gen. William W. Hartzog, Commanding General, United States Training and
Doctrine Command, all of the Department of the Army; Rear Adm. Barton D.
Strong, USN, Program Executive Officer for Cruise Missiles and Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (UAV)s; and Charles Heber, Director, High Altitude Endurance/Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle, Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Joint Meetings
OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS
Conferees continued to resolve the differences between the Senate-and
House-passed versions of H.R. 3019, making appropriations for fiscal year 1996
to make a further downpayment toward a balanced budget, but did not complete
action thereon, and will meet again on Monday, April 15.
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1996/04/15
Daily Digest - Monday, April 15, 1996; pages D301 - D310
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
TAX LIMITATION AND RETROACTIVE TAXATION AMENDMENTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism and
Property Rights concluded hearings on S.J. Res. 49, proposing an amendment to
the Constitution of the United States to require two-thirds majorities for
bills increasing taxes, and S.J. Res. 8, proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States to prohibit retroactive increases in taxes,
after receiving testimony from Senator Coverdell; Representatives Skaggs,
Barton, and Shadegg; former Delaware Governor Pete du Pont, Wilmington,
representing the National Center for Policy Analysis; Jack Kemp, Empower
America, Lloyd Cutler, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Grover G. Norquist,
Americans for Tax Reform, William A. Niskanen and Roger Pilon, both of the
Cato Institute, Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,
Joseph E. Schmitz, Patton Boggs, and Mortimer Caplin, Caplin & Drysdale,
former U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, all of Washington, D.C.; John
McGinnis, Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York; David
A. Strauss, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois; and Joanne
Dixon, Jirard, Georgia.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/04/16
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 16, 1996; pages D312 - D320
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 1997 for the Department of Agriculture, focusing on food and consumer
services, receiving testimony from Ellen W. Haas, Under Secretary for Food,
Nutrition and Consumer Services, William Ludwig, Administrator, and George A.
Braley, Associate Administrator, both of the Food and Consumer Service, Eileen
Kennedy, Director, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, and Dennis L.
Kaplan, Deputy Director for Budget, Legislative, and Regulatory Systems, all
of the Department of Agriculture.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 18.
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APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for energy and
water development programs, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their
respective activities from Victor H. Reis, Assistant Secretary for Defense
Programs, and Joan B. Rohlfiing, Director, Office of Non-proliferation and
National Security, both of the Department of Energy; and Fred Celec, Deputy
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological
Defense Programs.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for Air Force
military construction and defense agencies' construction programs, after
receiving testimony from Rodney A. Coleman, Assistant Secretary of the Air
Force for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installations, and Environment, Maj. Gen.
George K. Anderson, USAF, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Services
Operations and Readiness, Bruce M. Carnes, Deputy Director for Resource
Management, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Fred Baillie, Executive
Director, Business Management, Defense Logistics Agency, and Millard E. Carr,
Director, Energy and Engineering, Office of Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Installations, all of the Department of Defense.
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the proposed
budget request for fiscal year 1997 for Department of Energy atomic energy
defense activities, and to review the future years defense program, after
receiving testimony from Hazel O'Leary, Secretary of Energy.
AUTHORIZATION--NTSB/PIPELINE SAFETY ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the National
Transportation Safety Board, after receiving testimony from James E. Hall,
Chairman, Kenneth U. Jordan, Managing Director, Daniel Campbell, General
Counsel, Peter Goelz, Director, Governmental Affairs, and Bernard Loeb,
Director, Aviation Safety, all of the National Transportation Safety Board.
Also, committee concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds
for programs of the Pipeline Safety Act, after receiving testimony from
Richard Felder, Associate Administrator of Pipeline Safety, Department of
Transportation; John F. Riordan, MidCon Corporation, Lombard, Illinois; and
Rick Marini, New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, Concord.
PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Research and
Development held hearings on S. 1646, to authorize and facilitate a program to
enhance safety, training, research and development, and safety education in
the propane gas industry for the benefit of propane consumers and the public,
receiving testimony from Daryl McClendon, Hinsdale, Illinois, on behalf of the
National Propane Gas Association; William Halliburton, The Woodlands, Texas,
on behalf of the Gas Processors Association; Paul Culver, Farmland Industries,
Kansas City, Missouri; and James M. Childress, Propane Consumers Coalition,
Arlington, Virginia.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ALGERIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs concluded hearings to examine United States policy with regard to
current developments in Algeria, after receiving testimony from Robert H.
Pelletreau, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs; Robert
Mortimer, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania; and Khalid Duran,
Institute for International Studies, Washington, D.C.
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Joint Meetings
COMPREHENSIVE TERRORISM PREVENTION
Conferees on Monday, April 15, agreed to file a conference report on the
differences between the Senate-D318and House-passed versions of S. 735, to
prevent and punish acts of terrorism.
1996/04/17
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 17, 1996; pages D322 - D330
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 1997 for the Department of Defense, focusing
on Air Force programs, receiving testimony from Sheila E. Widnall, Secretary
of the Air Force; and Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman, Chief of Air Force Staff.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 24.
APPROPRIATIONS--INDIAN PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior held hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997, receiving testimony in behalf
of funds for their respective activities from Ada E. Deer, Assistant Secretary
of the Interior for Indian Affairs; and Harold Monteau, Chairman, National
Indian Gaming Commission.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 24.
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1997, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities
from James E. Johnson, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement, Stanley E. Morris,
Director, Office of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Charles F.
Rinkevich, Director, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, John W. Magaw,
Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, George J. Weise,
Commissioner, and Michael H. Lane, Deputy Commissioner, both of the United
States Customs Service, and Eljay B. Bowron, Director, United States Secret
Service, all of the Department of the Treasury.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 8.
DEFENSE PRIVATIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held hearings to
examine the privatization of Department of Defense depot maintenance and other
commercial activities, receiving testimony from John P. White, Deputy
Secretary of Defense; Gen. Henry Viccellio, USAF, Commander, Air Force
Materiel Command; and David Warren, Director, and Julia Denman, Assistant
Director, both of Defense Management Issues, and John Brosnan, Assistant
General Counsel, all of the General Accounting Office.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee met and began
consideration of a committee resolution to authorize the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs to conduct an investigation of Madison Guaranty
Savings and Loan Association and related matters, but did not complete action
thereon.
NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Parks, Historic
Preservation and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 695, to provide for the
establishment of the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas, and S.
1476, to establish the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, after
receiving testimony from Senators Kennedy, Kassebaum, and Kerry;
Representatives Moakley, Studds, Roberts, Meyers, and Torkildsen; Roger G.
Kennedy, Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; former
Kansas Governor John Michael Hayden, Alexandria, Virginia; Trudy Coxe,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of Environmental Affairs, Cathleen
Douglas Stone, City of Boston Environmental Services Cabinet, Peter Meade, The
New England Council, and William L. Lahey, Palmer & Dodge, on behalf of the
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, all of Boston, Massachusetts; Paul
Duffendack, National Park Trust, Kansas City, Missouri; Chuck Magathan, on
behalf of the Chase County Farm Bureau, Chase County Livestock Association,
and Kansas Grassroots Association, and Lee Fowler, both of Cottonwood Falls,
Kansas; John Sam Sapiel and Gary McCann, both of Falmouth, Massachusetts, both
on behalf of the Muhheconneuk Intertribal Committee on Deer Island; and
William J. Chandler, National Parks and Conservation Association, Washington,
D.C.
PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the
Courts approved for full committee consideration, with an amendment in the
nature of a substitute, S. 984, to protect the fundamental right of a parent
to direct the upbringing of a child.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported
the following business items:
S. 969, to require health insurers to allow new mothers and their infants to
remain in the hospital for a minimum of 48 hours after a normal birth and 96
hours after a caesarean delivery, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S. 295, to allow employers and employees to meet together to address issues of
mutual interest as long as their organizations do not engage in collective
bargaining; and
The nominations of C. E. Abramson, of Montana, to be a Member of the National
Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Robert B. Rogers, of
Missouri, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for
National and Community Service, Elmer B. Staats, of the District of Columbia,
to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship
Foundation, David A. Ucko, of Missouri, and Alberta Sebolt George, of
Massachusetts, both to be Members of the National Museum Services Board,
Ronnie Feuerstein Heyman, of New York, and Terry Evans, of Kansas, both to be
Members of the National Council on the Arts, and Audrey Tayse Haynes, of
Kentucky, Mary Dodd Greene, of Texas, Mark Edwin Emblidge, of Virginia, and
Toni G. Fay, of New Jersey, each to be a Member of the National Institute for
Literacy Advisory Board.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee resumed hearings on proposals
to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a voluntary
system of spending limits and partial public financing of Senate primary and
general election campaigns, to limit contributions by multicandidate political
committees, and to reform the financing of Federal elections and Senate
campaigns, receiving testimony from Haley Barbour, Chairman, Republican
National Committee; Donald L. Fowler, National Chairman, Democratic National
Committee; James J. Brady, Association of State Democratic Chairs, Washington,
D.C.; and Robert T. Bennett, Republican State Central and Executive Committee
of Ohio, Columbus.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INDIAN PROGRAMS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1997 for Indian programs,
receiving testimony from Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development; and Josephine Nieves, Associate Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Employment and Training.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
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, April 24.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/04/18
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 18, 1996; pages D331 - D338
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 1997, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from James Lyons, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and
Environment, Paul W. Johnson, Chief, Pearlie S. Reed, Associate Chief, Thomas
A. Weber, Deputy Chief for Natural Resource Programs, Richard L. Duesterhaus,
Deputy Chief for Soil Science and Resource Assessment, Sherman L. Lewis,
Deputy Chief for Management and Strategic Planning, and Robert K. Reaves,
Director, Budget Planning and Analysis Division, all of the Natural Resources
Conservation Service, and Dennis L. Kaplan, Deputy Director for Budget,
Legislative, and Regulatory Systems, all of the Department of Agriculture.
Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 23.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
bill to authorize multiyear contracting for the C-17 aircraft program.
Also, committee began consideration of S. 1635, to establish a United States
policy for the deployment of a national missile defense system, but did not
complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
CBO ECONOMIC FORECAST
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to review the
Congressional Budget Office economic and budget outlook for fiscal years 1997
through 2006, after receiving testimony from June E. O'Neill, Director,
Congressional Budget Office.
SPECTRUM USE AND MANAGEMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee resumed hearings
to examine Federal policies with regard to the use and management of the
electromagnetic radio frequency spectrum, receiving testimony from George
Gilder, Discovery Institute, Seattle, Washington; Nicholas Negroponte,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; Peter Huber, Manhattan
Institute, Bethesda, Maryland; Janice Obuchowski, Freedom Technologies, former
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director of the National
Telecommunications and Information D333Administration, and Philip Verveer,
Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee, both of Washington, D.C.; W.
Harrell Freeman, Radiophone, Inc., Metairie, Louisiana; Harold O'Dell, Leflore
Communications, Inc., Greenwood, Mississippi; and Randy P. Parker, Tenneco
Energy, Houston, Texas.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST PLAN
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings to examine
issues with regard to the draft supplement to the revision of the Tongass
National Forest Land Management Plan, the first forest plan completed under
the requirements of the National Forest Management Act of 1976, receiving
testimony from Jack Ward Thomas, Chief, Phil Janik, Regional Forester, Region
10, Tom Mills, Station Director, Pacific Northwest Experiment Station, and
Gail Kimbell, Forest Supervisor, Tongass National Forest, all of the Forest
Service, Department of Agriculture, who were accompanied by several of their
associates.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Richard L. Morningstar, of Massachusetts, for the rank of
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Advisor to the President
and to the Secretary of State on Assistance to the New Independent States
(NIS) of the Former Soviet Union and Coordinator of NIS Assistance, Kenneth C.
Brill, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus, Christopher
Robert Hill, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to The Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia, and Day Olin Mount, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Iceland, after the nominees testified and answered questions in
their own behalf. Mr. Morningstar was introduced by Senator Kerry.
EXPANDING U.S. EXPORTS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy,
Export and Trade Promotion concluded hearings to examine the impact of a
balanced Federal budget on the international business environment, focusing on
the role of U.S. government programs and policies in promoting international
exports and investments, after receiving testimony from Willard A. Workman,
United States Chamber of Commerce, James H. Andrews, M.W. Kellogg Co., on
behalf of the Coalition for Employment Through Exports, Joel L. Johnson,
Aerospace Industries Association, and Kenneth Hobbie, United States Feed Grain
Council, all of Washington, D.C.; and Allen J. Lenz, Chemical Manufacturers
Association, Arlington, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
The nomination of Robert E. Morin, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior
Court of the District of Columbia;
H.R. 1880, to designate the United States Post Office building located at 102
South McLean, Lincoln, Illinois, as the "Edward Madigan Post Office Building",
in lieu of S. 1443, Senate companion measure;
H.R. 2262, to designate the United States Post Office building located at 218
North Alston Street in Foley, Alabama, as the "Holk Post Office Building";
H.R. 2704, to provide that the United Sates Post Office building that is to be
located on the 2600 block of East 75th Street in Chicago, Illinois, shall be
known and designated as the "Charles A. Hayes Post Office Building";
S. 1080, to provide additional stock index investment funds for the Thrift
Savings Plan under the Federal Employees' Retirement System, with an amendment
in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1577, to authorize funds for fiscal years 1998 through 2001 for the
National Historical Publications and Records Commission;
H.R. 1508, to require the transfer of title to the District of Columbia of
certain real property in Anacostia Park to facilitate the construction of
National Children's Island, a cultural, educational, and family-oriented park;
H.R. 1271, to protect the privacy of families by requiring parental consent
for certain types of information asked of minors in Federally funded surveys
and evaluations;
S. 253, to repeal certain prohibitions against political recommendations
relating to Federal employment, and to reenact certain provisions relating to
recommendations by Members of Congress; and
S. 1579, to streamline and improve the effectiveness of the Single Audit Act
of 1984 to promote sound financial management, including effective internal
controls, with respect to Federal awards administered by non-Federal entities,
with an amendment;
Also, committee established the following new subcommittee:
Subcommittee on Financial Management and Accountability: Senators Thompson
(Chairman), Cohen, McCain, Brown, Glenn, Pryor, and Dorgan.
EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings to examine the impact of
the proposed Teamwork D334for Employees and Management Act (S. 295), which
allows for employers and employees to meet together to address issues of
mutual interest as long as their organizations do not engage in collective
bargaining, on small business, receiving testimony from William D. Budinger,
Rodel, Inc., Newark, Delaware, on behalf of the National Association of
Manufacturers; Chester McCammon, Universal Dynamics, Inc., Woodbridge,
Virginia; Donna C. Gooch and Harold L. Pascoe Jr., both of Sunsoft
Corporation, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Dennis Rampe, Precision Litho, San
Diego, California, on behalf of the Printing Industries of America, Inc.;
Edward E. Potter, Employment Policy Foundation, Washington, D.C.; G. Roger
King, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Columbus, Ohio, on behalf of the Society for
Human Resource Management; James R. Rundle, Cornell University, Ithaca, New
York; and Owen E. Herrnstadt, International Association of Machinists and
Aerospace Workers, Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INDIAN PROGRAMS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee continued oversight hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1997 for Indian programs,
receiving testimony from Ada E. Deer, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for
Indian Affairs; and Gerald N. Tirozzi, Assistant Secretary of Education for
Elementary and Secondary Education.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/04/19
Daily Digest - Friday, April 19, 1996; pages D340 - D346
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
INDIAN PROGRAMS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1997 for Indian programs,
receiving testimony from Michael H. Trujillo, Director, Indian Health Service
(Rockville, Maryland), and Gary Niles Kimble, Commissioner, Administration for
Native Americans, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; and
Robert W. Perciasepe, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, Environmental
Protection Agency.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/04/22
Daily Digest - Monday, April 22, 1996; pages D347 - D350
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/04/23
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 23, 1996; pages D352 - D360
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 1997, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Eugene Moos, Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign Agricultural
Services, Grant B. Buntrock, Administrator, and David C. Hall, Director,
Budget Division, both of the Farm Service Agency, August Schumacher, Jr.,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, and Dennis L. Kaplan, Deputy
Director for Budget, Legislative, and Regulatory Systems, Office of Budget and
Program Analysis, all of the Department of Agriculture.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 25.
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department
of Energy Office of Energy Research, receiving testimony from Martha A. Krebs,
Director of Energy Research, Department of Energy.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 1635, to
establish a United States policy for the deployment of a national missile
defense system.
SWISS BANK/JEWISH ASSETS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
to examine the status of assets deposited by European Jews and others into
Swiss banks in the years preceding the Holocaust, after receiving testimony
from Representative Gilman; Stuart E. Eizenstat, Under Secretary of Commerce
for International Trade; Edgar M. Bronfman, World Jewish Congress, New York,
New York, on behalf of the World Jewish Restitution Organization; Hans J.
Baer, Bank Julius Baer/Baer Holding Ltd., Zurich, Switzerland, on behalf of
the Swiss Bankers Association; and Greta Beer, Flushing, New York.
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs, Foreign Commerce and Tourism concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for the Consumer Product Safety Commission,
after receiving testimony from Ann Brown, Chairman, Thomas Moore,
Commissioner, Mary Sheila Gall, Commissioner, and David Schmeltzer, Director
for Compliance and Administrative Litigation, all of the Consumer Product
Safety Commission; David Miller, Toy Manufacturers Association, David Rohn,
National Association of Manufacturers, Mary Ellen Fise, Consumer Federation of
America, and Heather Paul, National SAFE KID'S Campaign, all of Washington,
D.C.; and Robin Lanier, International Mass Retail Association, Arlington,
Virginia.
AUTHORIZATION--SUPERFUND
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held hearings on S. 1285,
to authorize funds for fiscal years 1996 through 2000 programs of the
Comprehensive Environmental Recovery, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(Superfund), receiving testimony from Carol M. Browner, Administrator,
Environmental Protection Agency; Sherri W. Goodman, Deputy Under Secretary of
Defense for Environmental Security; Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice;
Thomas P. Grumbly, Acting Under Secretary of Energy; Douglas K. Hall,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; J. Lawrence Wilson,
Rohm D354& Haas Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Chemical
Manufacturers Association; Karen Florini, Environmental Defense Fund,
Washington, D.C.; Barbara J. Price, Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville,
Oklahoma, on behalf of the American Petroleum Institute; and John Spisak,
Terranext Corporation, Lakewood, Colorado.
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Hearings continue tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Prudence Bushnell, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Kenya, Charles O. Cecil, of California, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Niger, David C. Halsted, of Vermont, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Chad, Morris N. Hughes, Jr., of Nebraska, to be Ambassador to
Republic of Burundi, Dane Farnsworth Smith, Jr., of New Mexico, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal, George F. Ward, Jr., of Virginia, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia, and Sharon P. Wilkinson, of New York,
to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf.
VICTIMS' BILL OF RIGHTS AMENDMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S.J. Res. 52,
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect the
rights of victims of crimes, after receiving testimony from Representative
Hyde; Katherine Prescott, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), Greenville,
North Carolina; Ralph Hubbard, Parents of Murdered Children of New York State,
Inc., Brooklyn; Rita Goldsmith, Sedona, Arizona, on behalf of the National
Organization of Parents of Murdered Children, Inc.; Steve Twist, Dial
Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona, and Robert E. Preston, Denver, Colorado, both
on behalf of the National Victim Constitutional Amendment Network (NVCAN);
Paul G. Cassell, University of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City; Jamin
Raskin, American University, Washington, D.C.; John Walsh, Miami, Florida;
Patricia Pollard, California; Collene Campbell, San Juan Capistrano,
California; and Bruce Fein, Great Falls, Virginia.
ORGAN/TISSUE DONATION
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the increased need for organ and tissue donations, after receiving
testimony from Senators DeWine and Dorgan; Representative Moakley; John D.
Mahoney, Deputy Administrator, and Judith Braslow, Director, Division of
Transplantation, both of the Health Resources and Services Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services; Ronald M. Ferguson, Ohio State
University, Columbus, on behalf of Ohio Transplant Consortium and the American
Society of Transplant Surgeons; Howard M. Nathan, Delaware Valley Transplant
Program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Coalition on Donation;
Clive O. Callender, Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C., on behalf of
the National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program; Bill Kemp,
Sumner County, Tennessee, on behalf of the Tennessee County Clerks Organ Donor
Awareness Foundation; Carl Lewis, Houston, Texas, on behalf of the Wendy Marx
Foundation for Organ Donor Awareness and U.S. Sports Council on Organ
Donation; Rex Scott, Wingo, Kentucky, Thomas L. Meredith, Antioch, Tennessee;
and Nicole Brantley, Valdosta, Georgia.
HOME-BASED BUSINESS TRENDS
Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings to examine trends and
issues affecting home-based business owners, focusing on the changing work
environment, health insurance, and relevant tax laws, receiving testimony from
Alice Bredin, WorkAnywhere, Inc., New York, New York; Priscilla Y. Huff,
Little House Writing Services, Sellersville, Pennsylvania; Debbi-Jo Horton,
Debbi-Jo Horton Accountant, East Providence, Rhode Island, on behalf of the
1995 White House Conference on Small Business; James M. Johnson, Jim Johnson
Photography, on behalf of the National Federation of Independent Business, and
Dianne Floyd Sutton, Sutton Enterprises, on behalf of the National Association
of the Self-Employed, both of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee met and approved proposed estimates for
Indian programs as contained in the President's budget request for fiscal year
1997, and agreed on recommendations which it will make to the Committee on the
Budget.
HEALTH CARE CHANGES AND ALZHEIMERS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
effects of the changing health care system on Alzheimer patients and their
families, after receiving testimony from Stanley B. Jones, George Washington
University/Health Insurance Reform Project, and Griff Steinke Healy,
Alzheimer's Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Edith Eddleman-Robinson,
Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Los Angeles, California; Cheryl
Phillips- Harris, Sutter/CHS, Sacramento, California; Deborah B. Marin, Bronx
Veterans' Hospital and Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York;
D355Jessie E. Jacques, Alzheimer's Care Center, and Denise Reehl, both of
Gardiner, Maine; Tim Ryan, Ketchum, Idaho; and Lois Rockhold, Mobile, Alabama.
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Joint Meetings
CHERNOBYL LEGACY
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission concluded hearings in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the
Chernobyl nuclear accident, focusing on its environmental, medical, social,
political and economic consequences on countries in the region, especially
Ukraine and Belarus, and the international community response, after receiving
testimony from Syarghei Martynau, Ambassador of Belarus to the United States;
Yuri Schherbak, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States; Murray Feshbach,
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; and Alexander Kuzma, Children of
Chernobyl Relief Fund, Short Hills, New Jersey.
1996/04/24
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 24, 1996; pages D361 - D370
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 1997 for the Department of Defense, focusing
on Army programs, receiving testimony from Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of the
Army; and Gen. Dennis J. Reimer, Chief of Army Staff.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 1.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREST SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Forest Service,
receiving testimony from Jack Ward Thomas, Chief, Forest Service, Department
of Agriculture.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 2.
DISTANCE LEARNING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings on S. 1278, to establish an education
satellite loan guarantee program for communications among education, Federal,
State, and local institutions and agencies and instructional and educational
resource providers, focusing on the effectiveness and value of distance
learning (delivery of instruction via cable, fiber optic, microwave, or
satellite connection) and how major technological and D363educational trends
are impacting on distance learning, after receiving testimony from Linda G.
Roberts, Director, Office of Educational Technology, Department of Education;
Kimberly K. Obbink, Montana State University, Bozeman; Janet K. Lewis,
University of South Dakota, Vermillion; Henry R. Marockie, West Virginia
Department of Education, Charleston; Jessica Lambert, Mount View High School,
McDowell County, West Virginia; Patrick S. Portway, San Ramon, California, and
Glenn Kessler, Fairfax County, Virginia, both on behalf of the United States
Distance Learning Association; Kenneth C. Elliott, University of Maine,
Augusta; David Jupin, COMSAT RSI, Clarksburg, Maryland; Shelly Weinstein,
National Education Telecommunications Organization and EDSAT, and Pat Wright,
ETC with TCI, both of Washington, D.C.; and Carl E. Swearingen, Georgia
BellSouth Telecommunications, Atlanta.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following bills:
S. 1605, to amend and extend to September 30, 2001 certain authorities of the
Energy Policy and Conservation Act to manage the Strategic Petroleum Reserve,
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
S. 1025, to provide for the exchange of certain federally owned lands and
mineral interests therein, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Also, committee began consideration of S. 391, to protect and restore the
health of Federal forest lands, but did not complete action thereon, and
recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--SUPERFUND
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on S.
1285, to authorize funds for fiscal years 1996 through 2000 for programs of
the Comprehensive Environmental Recovery, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980 (Superfund), after receiving testimony from Washington State Attorney
General Christine O. Gregoire, Olympia, on behalf of the National Association
of Attorneys General; Robert Varney, New Hampshire Department of Environmental
Services, Concord, on behalf of the National Governors' Association; James C.
Colman, Massachusetts Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup, Boston, on behalf of the
Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials; Michael
J. Farrow, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendelton,
Oregon; Robert L. Stickels, Sussex County, Delaware, on behalf of the National
Association of Counties; Andrew H. Card, Jr., American Automobile
Manufacturers Association, and Robert E. Vagley, American Insurance
Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Marion Trieste, Saratoga Springs
Hazardous Waste Coalition, Inc., Saratoga Springs, New York, on behalf of the
Sierra Club; Barbara Williams, Sunnyray Restaurant, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
on behalf of the National Federation of Independent Business; Richard B.
Stewart, New York University School of Law, on behalf of the Coalition for
Natural Resource Damages Reform, and Sarah Chasis, Natural Resources Defense
Council, both of New York, New York; Michael A. Szomjassy, OHM Corporation,
Findlay, Ohio; and Velma M. Smith, Friends of the Earth, Seattle, Washington.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Princeton Nathan Lyman, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of State for
International Organization Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senator Kassebaum, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
U.S. BANKRUPTCY SYSTEM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the
Courts concluded hearings to examine the request of the Judicial Conference of
the United States for 11 additional bankruptcy judgeships and the efficiency
of the United States Trustee program, established to protect and preserve the
integrity of the bankruptcy system, after receiving testimony from Joseph
Patchan, Director, Executive Office for United States Trustees, Department of
Justice; Chief Judge Paul A. Magnuson, United States District Court for the
District of Minnesota, and Chairman, Judicial Conference Committee on the
Administration of the Bankruptcy System, Judicial Conference of the United
States; Judge William E. Anderson, Lynchburg, Virginia, on behalf of the
National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges; Roger L. Efremsky, Efremsky & Nagel,
Pleasonton, California; Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Nashville, Tennessee, on
behalf of the National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees; Laurence P.
Morin, Lynchburg, Virginia, on behalf of the Association of Bankruptcy
Professionals, Inc.; and Robin E. Phelan, American Bankruptcy Institute,
Dallas, Texas.
VA BUDGET
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of
Veterans Affairs, after receiving testimony from Jesse Brown, Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, Hershel Gober, Deputy Secretary, Kenneth W. Kizer, Under
Secretary for Health, R. John Vogel, Under Secretary for Benefits, D364Jerry
W. Bowen, Director, National Cemetery Service, D. Mark Catlett, Assistant
Secretary for Management, and Mary Lou Keener, General Counsel, all of the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Committee recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--INTELLIGENCE/ROLE OF U.S. INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee began markup of proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the intelligence
community, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
Also, committee resumed hearings on the roles and capabilities of the United
States intelligence community, receiving testimony on intelligence community
reforms from John M. Deutch, Director of Central Intelligence.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine certain issues relative
to the Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving testimony from Wooten
Epes, on behalf of the Arkansas Housing Development Finance Authority, Helen
Herr, and Paul Mallard, both on behalf of the Arkansas State Building
Services, Patricia Heritage Hayes and Charles Peacock, both on behalf of the
Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan, Greg Hopkins, Hopkins Law Firm, and Lance
Miller, Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, all of Little Rock,
Arkansas.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
Joint Meetings
OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the
Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 3019, making appropriations for
fiscal year 1996 to make a further downpayment toward a balanced budget.
1996/04/25
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 25, 1996; pages D371 - D382
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
D373year 1997 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony in behalf
of funds for rural programs from Jill Long Thompson, Under Secretary for Rural
Development, Wally Beyer, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, W. Bruce
Crain, Director, Alternative Agriculture Research and Commercialization
Center, Maureen A. Kennedy, Administrator, Rural Housing Service, Dayton J.
Watkins, Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, and Dennis L.
Kaplan, Deputy Director for Budget, Legislative, and Regulatory Systems,
Office of Budget and Program Analysis, all of the Department of Agriculture.
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Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 30.
APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings to review proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1997 for the Department of Transportation, receiving testimony from Federico
PenAE6a, Secretary, and Louise F. Stoll, Assistant Secretary, both of the
Department of Transportation.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 2.
DOMESTIC AVIATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine changes that have occurred in domestic aviation since the deregulation
of the airline industry, focusing on comparisons in airline fares, service
quantity and quality, and safety for airports serving small, medium-sized, and
large communities, receiving testimony from John H. Anderson, Jr., Director,
Frank Mulvey, Assistant Director, and Timothy F. Hannegan, Senior Evaluator,
all of the Transportation and Telecommunications Issues, Resources, Community,
and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Charles A.
Hunnicutt, Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and
International Aviation, Department of Transportation; former Mayor Donald
Overman, Scottsbluff, Nebraska; Herbert D. Kelleher, Southwest Airlines Co.,
Dallas, Texas; Lewis Jordan, ValuJet Airlines, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; Edward
R. Beauvais, Western Pacific Airlines, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado;
Douglas G. Voss, Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., Bloomington, Minnesota; David J.
Jagim, South Dakota Department of Transportation, Pierre; and Kyle Hopstad,
Central Montana Medical Center, Lewistown.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Parks, Historic
Preservation and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 902, to authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to assist in the construction of a building to be
used jointly by the Secretary for park purposes and by the city of Natchez as
an intermodal transportation center, S. 951, to commemorate the service of
First Ladies Jacqueline Kennedy and Patricia Nixon to improving and
maintaining the Executive Residence of the President and to authorize grants
to the White House Endowment Fund in their memory to continue their work, S.
1098, to establish the Midway Islands as a National Memorial, H.R. 826, to
extend the deadline for the completion of certain land exchanges involving the
Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas, and H.R. 1163, to authorize the
exchange of National Park Service land in the Fire Island National Seashore in
the State of New York for land in the Village of Patchogue, Suffolk County,
New York, after receiving testimony from Senators Helms and Hutchison;
Representative Forbes; Denis P. Galvin, Associate Director, Professional
Services, National Park Service, and Carolyn Bohan, Deputy Assistant Director
for Refuges and Wildlife, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, both of the
Department of the Interior; Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, USN (Ret.), former
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Mayor Larry L. Brown, Natchez, Mississippi;
Mayor Stephen E. Keegan, Village of Patchogue, New York; Neil W. Horstman,
Washington, D.C., and Dottie Craig, Midland, Texas, both on behalf of the
White House Endowment Fund; Glenn A. Chancellor, Temple-Inland Forest Products
Corporation, Diboll, Texas; and James M. D'Angelo, Chevy Chase, Maryland, on
behalf of the International Midway Memorial Foundation, Inc.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
The Convention on the Prohibition of Development, Production, Stockpiling and
Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, opened for signature and
signed by the United States at Paris on January 13, 1993, with 7 conditions
and 11 declarations;
S. Con. Res. 56, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster;
and
The nominations of Kenneth C. Brill, of California, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Cyprus, Prudence Bushnell, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Kenya, Christopher Robert Hill, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador
to The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Charles O. Cecil, of California,
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, David C. Halsted, of Vermont, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Chad, Morris N. Hughes, Jr., of Nebraska, to be
Ambassador to the Republic D374of Burundi, Princeton Nathan Lyman, of
Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization
Affairs, Richard L. Morningstar, of Massachusetts, for the rank of Ambassador
during his tenure of service as Special Advisor to the President and to the
Secretary of State on Assistance to the New Independent States of the Former
Soviet Union and Coordinator of NIS Assistance, Day Olin Mount, of Virginia,
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, Dane Farnsworth Smith, Jr., of
New Mexico, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal, George F. Ward, Jr.,
of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia, and Sharon P.
Wilkinson, of New York, to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
The nominations of Eric L. Clay, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Charles N. Clevert, Jr., to be
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Nanette K.
Laughrey, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern and Western
Districts of Missouri, Donald W. Molloy, to be United States District Judge
for the District of Montana, and Susan Oki Mollway, to be United States
District Judge for the District of Hawaii;
S. 1624, to permanently authorize funds for programs of the Hate Crime
Statistics Act of 1990;
S. 1090, to amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known
as the Freedom of Information Act), to provide for public access to
information in an electronic format, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S. 966, for the relief of Nathan C. Vance; and
S. Res. 217, to designate the first Friday in May 1996, as "American Foreign
Service Day" in recognition of the men and women who have served or are
presently serving in the American Foreign Service, and to honor those in the
American Foreign Service who have given their lives in the line of duty.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine certain issues relative
to the Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving testimony from Betsy
Wright, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Joint Meetings
CROW CREEK TRUST FUND
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and the House Committee on
Resources' Subcommittee on Native American and Insular Affairs concluded joint
hearings on S. 1264 and H.R. 2512, bills authorizing funds to establish within
the Department of the Treasury the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Infrastructure
Development Trust Fund, which will receive funds from the programs of the
Eastern Division of the Missouri River Basin Pick-Sloan program until a
specified Fund aggregate is attained, after receiving testimony from Senator
Daschle; Representative Tim Johnson; Catherine Vandemoer, Special Assistant to
the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Col. Michael S.
Meuleners, Commander, Omaha District, United States Army Corps of Engineers;
Duane Big Eagle and Ambrose McBride, both of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, Fort
Thompson, South Dakota; Morgan R. Rees, Rees Engineering and Environmental
Services, Alexandria, D378Virginia; Michael L. Lawson, Historical Research
Associates, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; and Richard Bad Moccasin, Mni-Sose
Intertribal Water Rights Coalition, Inc., Rapid City, South Dakota.
1996/04/29
Daily Digest - Monday, April 29, 1996; pages D384 - D388
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel met in closed session
and approved for full committee consideration those provisions which fall
under its jurisdiction of proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal
year 1997 for national defense programs.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/04/30
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 30, 1996; pages D390 - D398
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 1997 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony in behalf of
funds for their respective activities from Karl N. Stauber, Under Secretary
for Research, Education and Economics, Floyd P. Horn, Administrator,
Agricultural Research Service, Robert H. Robinson, Administrator, Cooperative
State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Susan Offutt, Administrator,
Economic Research Service, Donald Bay, Administrator, National Agricultural
D392Statistics Service, and Dennis L. Kaplan, Deputy Director for Budget,
Legislative, and Regulatory Systems, Office of Budget and Program Analysis,
all of the Department of Agriculture.
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Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 2.
APPROPRIATIONS--FEMA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, receiving testimony from James Lee Witt,
Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, May 3.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness approved for full
committee consideration those provisions which fall under its jurisdiction of
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for national
defense programs.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology met in
closed session and approved for full committee consideration those provisions
which fall under its jurisdiction of proposed legislation authorizing funds
for fiscal year 1997 for national defense programs.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland Forces met in closed
session and approved for full committee consideration those provisions which
fall under its jurisdiction of proposed legislation authorizing funds for
fiscal year 1997 for national defense programs.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower met in closed session
and approved for full committee consideration those provisions which fall
under its jurisdiction of proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal
year 1997 for national defense programs.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces met in closed
session and approved for full committee consideration those provisions which
fall under its jurisdiction of proposed legislation authorizing funds for
fiscal year 1997 for national defense programs.
DOLPHIN CONSERVATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Oceans and
Fisheries concluded hearings on S. 1420, to implement an international
agreement on the protection of dolphins and harvest of tuna in the eastern
tropical Pacific Ocean, after receiving testimony from Senators Boxer, Biden,
and Chafee; David A. Colson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans
and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Will Martin, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, and Liz Edwards, Director,
Dolphin Programs, National Marine Fisheries, both of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; James Joseph,
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, La Jolla, California; Nina Young,
Center for Marine Conservation, Jeffrey R. Pike, Dolphin Safe/Fair Trade
Campaign, and Lori Wallach, Public Citizen/Citizens Trade Campaign, all of
Washington, D.C.; and Mary Walker, Broebeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Diego,
California.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Wendy Jean Chamberlin, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Lao
People's Democratic Republic, Thomas C. Hubbard, of Tennessee, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines and to serve concurrently and
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Palau, and
Glen Robert Rase, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
AVIATION SAFETY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to examine aviation
safety issues, focusing on the training and supervision of Federal Aviation
Administration inspectors, after receiving testimony from Gerald L.
Dillingham, Associate Director, Transportation and Telecommunications Issues,
and Bonnie Beckett-Hoffman and Steve Calvo, both Senior Evaluators, all of the
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting
Office; and Raymond J. DeCarli, Assistant Inspector General for Auditing,
Lawrence H. Weintrob, Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Auditing, and
John L. Meche, Regional Manager (Region 6), all of the Office of Inspector
General, and David R. Hinson, Administrator, Anthony J. Broderick, Associate
Administrator for Regulation and Certification, and Thomas C. Accardi,
Director of Flight Standards Service, all of the Federal Aviation
Administration, all of the Department of Transportation; and two protected
witnesses.
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN CALIFORNIA
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine Federal
policies and practices with regard to racial, ethnic, and gender preferences,
focusing on certain California affirmative action cases, receiving testimony
from California Governor Pete Wilson, and Ward Connerly, on behalf of
California Civil Rights Initiative, both of Sacramento; Audrey Rice Oliver,
Integrated Business Solutions, Inc., San Ramon, California; Erwin Chemerinsky,
University of Southern California Law Center, Los Angeles; Linda Chavez,
Center for Equal Opportunity, Washington, D.C.; and Lee Cheng, Berkeley,
California.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on S. 1085, to
prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment on the basis of race,
color, national origin, or sex with respect to Federal employment, contracts,
and programs, receiving testimony from Representatives Campbell and Canady;
District of Columbia Delegate Norton; Deval Patrick, Assistant Attorney
General, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice; and Jorge Amselle,
Center for Equal Opportunity, and Marcia D. Greenberger, National Women's Law
Center, both of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
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 Thursday, May 2.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee To Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine certain issues relative
to the Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving testimony from Johnny
Mitchum, Tommy Goodwin, John Myers, Paul Young, Sam Bratton, and Michael
Gaines, all of Little Rock, Arkansas; and Bob Nash, Washington, D.C.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/05/01
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 1, 1996; pages D399 - D408
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal D401year 1997 for Reserves and National Guard
programs, receiving testimony from Maj. Gen. Max Baratz, USA, Chief, Army
Reserve; Rear Adm. Thomas F. Hall, USN, Director, Naval Reserve; Maj. Gen.
Robert A. McIntosh, USAF, Chief, Air Force Reserve; Maj. Gen. Thomas L.
Wilkerson, Commanding General, Marine Forces Reserve; Lt. Gen. Edward D. Baca,
USA, Chief, National Guard Bureau; Maj. Gen. William A. Navas, Jr., USA,
Director, Army National Guard; and Maj. Gen. Donald W. Shepperd, USAF,
Director, Air National Guard.
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Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 8.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to mark up
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, and to prescribe personnel
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, but did not complete
action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.
AIRPORT REVENUE DIVERSION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
concluded hearings to examine the effectiveness of certain provisions of the
Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 which requires airport sponsors
receiving Federal assistance to use all airport-generated revenues for air
transportation systems, after receiving testimony from A. Mary Schiavo,
Inspector General, Todd J. Zinser, Assistant Inspector General for
Investigations, Lawrence H. Weintrob, Deputy Assistant Inspector General for
Auditing, Nancy E. McFadden, General Counsel, and Nicholas Garaufis, Chief
Counsel, and David Bennett, Director, Office of Airport Safety and Standards,
both of the Federal Aviation Administration, all of the Department of
Transportation; Edward A. Merlis, Air Transport Association of America,
Washington, D.C.; and James Frassett, Demaria Electric, Los Angeles,
California, on behalf of Citizens for a Strong LAX.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items:
S. 1425, to recognize the validity of rights-of-way for the construction of
highways over public lands, not reserved for public uses, granted under
section 2477 of the Revised Statutes, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S. 1014, to improve the management of royalties from Federal and Outer
Continental Shelf oil and gas leases, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S.J. Res. 42, designating the Civil War Center at Louisiana State University
as the United States Civil War Center, making the center the flagship
institution for planning the sesquicentennial commemoration of the Civil War,
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
S. 1627, to designate the visitor center at Jean Lafitte National Historical
Park in New Orleans, Louisiana as the "Laura C. Hudson Visitor Center".
Also, committee resumed consideration of S. 391, to protect and restore the
health of Federal forest lands, but did not complete action thereon, and
recessed subject to call.
AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded
hearings on proposed development assistance to Africa, after receiving
testimony from David A. Lipton, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for
International Affairs; John F. Hicks, Sr., Assistant Administrator for Africa,
Agency for International Development; Cindy Williams, Assistant Director,
National Security Affairs, Congressional Budget Office; and Nicholas van de
Walle, Overseas Development Council, and Tom Fox, World Resources Institute,
both of Washington, D.C.
DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to review the President's
National Drug Control Strategy for 1996, receiving testimony from Barry R.
McCaffrey, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy; John P. Walters,
New Citizenship Project, Washington, D.C., and former Action Director and
Deputy Director for Supply Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy;
and Peter Reuter, University of Maryland, College Park.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported a
list of nominees in the regular corps of the Public Health Service received in
the Senate on November 9, 1995.
Also, committee resumed markup of S. 1643, to authorize funds for fiscal years
1997 through 2001 for programs of the Older Americans Act, but did not
complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION/SBA BUDGET
Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Ginger Ehn Lew, of California, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small
Business Administration, after the nominee, who was D402introduced by
Representative Pelosi, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
Testimony was also received from Philip Lader, Administrator, Small Business
Administration.
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Also, committee held hearings to examine the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 1997 for the Small Business Administration, receiving
testimony from Philip Lader, Administrator, SBA.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee continued hearings to examine certain issues
relative to the Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving testimony from
Mort Hardwicke and George Wright, both of the Arkansas Development Finance
Authority, Dan Lasater, Michael Drake, Linda Chandler, and Wooten Epes, all of
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
Joint Meetings
AUTHORIZATION--RYAN WHITE CARE ACT
Conferees on Tuesday, April 30, agreed to file a conference report on the
differences between the Senate-and House-passed versions of S. 641,
authorizing funds for programs of the Ryan White CARE Act of 1990.
1996/05/02
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 2, 1996; pages D409 - D416
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--FDA/COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1997, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their
respective activities from David A. Kessler, Commissioner, Michael A.
Friedman, Deputy Commissioner for Operations, Robert J. Byrd, Acting Deputy
Commissioner for Management and Systems, William Schultz, Deputy Commissioner
for Policy, and Mary K. Pendergast, Deputy Commissioner/Senior Advisor to the
Commissioner, all of the Food and Drug Administration, and Dennis P. Williams,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, all of the Department of Health and
Human Services; and John E. Tull, Jr., Acting Chairman, Commodity Futures
Trading Commission.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1997 for the Department of Justice, receiving testimony from Janet
Reno, Attorney General, Department of Justice.
Also, subcommittee held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1997 for the judicial system, receiving testimony from Anthony M. Kennedy and
David H. Souter, both Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United
States; and Richard S. Arnold, Chief Judge for the Eighth Circuit, United
States Courts of Appeals.
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Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 8.
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of Energy,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for energy conservation programs from
Christine Ervin, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy, and in behalf of funds for fossil energy, clean coal energy, Strategic
Petroleum Reserve, and Naval Petroleum Reserve from Patricia F. Godley,
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, both of the Department of Energy.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 8.
APPROPRIATIONS--FAA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for
the Federal Aviation Administration, receiving testimony from David R. Hinson,
Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 9.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE/NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
An original bill authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, and to prescribe personnel
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces;
An original bill entitled "Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1997;
An original bill entitled "Military Construction Act for Fiscal Year 1997";
An original bill entitled "Department of Energy National Security Act for
Fiscal Year 1997; and
The nomination of Markos K. Marinakis, of New York, to be a Member of the
Board of the Panama Canal Commission, and 4,539 military nominations in the
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
SURFACE MINING CONTROL/MARINE MINERAL RESOURCES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Public
Land Management concluded hearings on S. 1401, to minimize duplication in
regulatory programs and to give States exclusive responsibility under approved
States program for permitting and enforcement of those provisions of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 with respect to surface
coal mining and reclamation operations, and S. 1194, to promote the research,
identification, assessment, and exploration of marine mineral resources, after
receiving testimony from Representative Cubin; Robert J. Uram, Director,
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the
Interior; James Carter, Utah Department of Natural Resources, Salt Lake City;
Gregory Conrad, on behalf of the Interstate Mining Compact Commission,
Herndon, Virginia; Terry O'Connor, ARCO Coal Company, Denver, Colorado, on
behalf of the Western Regional Council; Blair M. Gardner, Arch Minerals
Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri; Albert A. Hale, Navajo Nation, Window Rock,
Arizona; Doug McRay, Northern Plains Resources Council, Billings, Montana; and
Tom Fitzgerald, National Citizens Coal Law Project, Frankfort, Kentucky.
RECREATIONAL RIVERS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Parks, Historic
Preservation and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 879, to limit acquisition
of land on the 39-mile headwaters segment of the Missouri River, Nebraska and
South Dakota, designated as recreational river, to acquisition from willing
sellers, S. 1167, to exclude the South Dakota segment from the segment of the
Missouri River designated as a recreational river, S. 1168, to exclude any
private lands from the segment of the Missouri River designated as a
recreational river, S. 1174, to designate certain segments of the Lamprey
River in New Hampshire as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers
System, and S. 1374, to require adoption of a management plan for the Hells
Canyon National Recreation Area that allows appropriate use of motorized and
nonmotorized river craft in the recreation area, after receiving testimony
from Senators Pressler and Smith; Katherine H. Stevenson, Associate Director
for Cultural Resource Stewardship and Partnerships, National Park Service,
Department of the Interior; Jack Ward Thomas, Chief, Lyle Laverty, Director,
Recreation, Heritage and Wilderness Resources Management, and Bob Richmond,
Forest Supervisor, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, all of the Forest Service,
Department of Agriculture; Elizabeth Norcross, American Rivers, Washington,
D.C.; Judith Spang, Lamprey River Watershed Association, Durham, New
Hampshire; Richard H. Wellington, Lamprey River Advisory Committee, Lee, New
Hampshire; Sandra F. Mitchell, Hells Canyon Alliance, Boise, Idaho; Richard K.
Bailey, Hells Canyon Preservation Council, Joseph, Oregon; Darell Bentz,
Intermountain Excursions and Bentz Boats, Lewiston, Idaho; Jerry D412Hughes,
Hughes River Expeditions, Inc., Cambridge, Idaho; and Richard G. Sherwin,
Clarkston, Washington.
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NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Hubert T. Bell, Jr., of Alabama, to be Inspector General,
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, after the nominee testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
The nominations of Glenn Dale Cunningham, to be United States Marshal for the
District of New Jersey, and John R. Lacey, of Connecticut, to be a Member of
the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States, Department of
Justice;
S. 1474, to authorize probation officers and pretrial services officers, if
approved by the district court, to carry firearms under such rules and
regulations as may be prescribed by the Director of the Administrative Office
of the United States Courts; and
S. 1277, to provide equitable relief for the generic drug industry, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/05/03
Daily Digest - Friday, May 3, 1996; pages D418 - D424
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--VETERANS AFFAIRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for the Department of Veterans
Affairs, receiving testimony from Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 8.
TRANSPORTATION MOTOR FUELS TAX
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on proposals to repeal the 4.3
cents per gallon transportation motor fuels tax as imposed by the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, receiving testimony from Thomas J. Donahue,
American Trucking Associations, Inc., Edwin L. Harper, Association of American
Railroads, Carol B. Hallett, Air Transport Association of America, and Susan
Perry, American Bus Association, all of Washington, D.C.; and Melvin Sherbert,
Suitland, Maryland, on behalf of the Service Station Dealers of America.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: On Thursday, May 2, c ommittee concluded hearings
on the nominations of Walker D. Miller, to be United States District Judge for
the District of Colorado, Nina Gershon, to be United States District Judge for
the Eastern District of New York, Edmund A. Sargus, Jr., to be United States
District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, W. Craig Broadwater, to be
United States District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia, Mary
Ann Vial Lemmon, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District
of Louisiana, and Dean D. Pregerson, to be United States District Judge for
the Central District of California, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Miller was introduced by Senator Brown, Ms.
Gershon was introduced by Senators Moynihan and D'Amato, Mr. Sargus was
introduced by Senators Glenn and DeWine, Mr. Broadwater was introduced by
Senators Byrd and Rockefeller, Ms. Lemmon was introduced by Senators Johnston
and Breaux and Representative Tauzin, and Mr. Pregerson was introduced by
Senators Boxer and Feinstein. Testimony was also received on the nomination of
Ms. Lemmon from Chief Judge Morey Sear, United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Louisiana.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
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Joint Meetings
EMPLOYMENT-UNEMPLOYMENT
Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to examine the
employment-unemployment situation for April, receiving testimony from
Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of
Labor.
Committee recessed subject to call.
1996/05/06
Daily Digest - Monday, May 6, 1996; pages D425 - D428
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/05/07
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 7, 1996; pages D429 - D436
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMPARTMENTED NAVY PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded closed hearings on a
compartmented Navy program, after receiving testimony from John M. Deutch,
Director for Central Intelligence; Vice Adm. Joseph Lopez, Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations for Resources, Warfare Requirements and Assessments; and John
J. Hamre, Comptroller, Department of Defense.
FTC
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded oversight hearings on
activities of the Federal Trade Commission, after receiving testimony from
Robert Pitofsky, Chairman, and Janet D. Steiger, Commissioner, both of the
Federal D430Trade Commission; and James Rill, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott,
Bruce Silverglade, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Christine T.
Milliken, National Association of Attorneys General, and Daniel Jaffe,
Association of National Advertisers, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.
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COAST GUARD BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Oceans and
Fisheries concluded hearings on the President's proposed budget request for
fiscal year 1997 for the United States Coast Guard, after receiving testimony
from Adm. Robert E. Kramek, Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Department
of Transportation.
OREGON RESOURCES CONSERVATION ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Public
Land Management concluded hearings on S. 1662, to establish areas of
wilderness and recreation in the State of Oregon, after receiving testimony
from Nancy K. Hayes, Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Director, Bureau of
Land Management, Department of the Interior; Brian E. Burke, Deputy Under
Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment; Karl Wenner
and Alice Kilham, both of Klamath Falls, Oregon, both on behalf of the Upper
Klamath Basin Working Group; Richard McIntyre, Fort Klamath, Oregon, on behalf
of Oregon Trout and Water Watch of Oregon; Jim Carpenter, Klamath
Wingwatchers, Inc., Klamath Falls, Oregon; Zach Willey, Environmental Defense
Fund/Pacific Northwest, Bend, Oregon; Charles Calica, Warm Springs, Oregon, on
behalf of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon;
Jan Boettcher, Oregon Water Resources Congress, Salem; Mitch Williams, Mt.
Hood Corridor Community Planning Organization, Welches, Oregon; and Wade C.
Boyd, Longview Fibre Company, Longview, Washington.
GSA PUBLIC BUILDINGS BUDGET/GSA PROPERTY DISPOSAL
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation and
Infrastructure concluded hearings on the President's proposed budget request
for fiscal year 1997 for the General Services Administration Public Buildings
Services, after receiving testimony from David J. Barram, Acting
Administrator, General Services Administration; and Judge Robert E. Cowen,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, on behalf of the Judicial
Conference of the United States.
Also, committee concluded hearings on issues related to the potential disposal
of GSA-held property located in northern Virginia for the siting of a new
major league baseball stadium, after receiving testimony from Thomas Sherman,
Acting Regional Administrator, National Capital Region, General Services
Administration; Katherine K. Hanley and Dana Kauffman, both of the Fairfax
County Board of Supervisors, Fairfax, Virginia; William L. Collins, III,
Virginia Baseball Club, L.C., Alexandria; Lee Carson Fifer, Jr., Maguire,
Woods, Battle and Boothe, McLean, Virginia, on behalf of the Virginia Baseball
Stadium Authority; and Addson L. Smith, West Springfield Civic Association,
Springfield, Virginia.
NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE COPYRIGHT PROTECTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed hearings on S. 1284, to adapt
the copyright law to the digital, networked environment of the National
Information Infrastructure, receiving testimony from Senator Burns; Robert L.
Oakley, Georgetown University Law Center, on behalf of the Digital Future
Coalition, and Kenneth R. Kay, Creative Incentive Coalition, both of
Washington, D.C.; William W. Burrington, Interactive Services Association,
Vienna, Virginia; Daniel Burton, Novell, Inc., Orem, Utah; and John Bettis,
Los Angeles, California, on behalf of the American Society of Composers,
Authors and Publishers.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FUNDING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine how funding for biomedical research is being affected by a changing
health care delivery system, reductions of income in the clinical practices of
academic medical centers, and Federal budget restraints, and on S. 1534, to
provide additional support for and expand clinical research programs of the
National Institutes of Health, after receiving testimony from Jordan J. Cohen,
Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, D.C.; Gail L. Warden,
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan; David G. Nathan, Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute, on behalf of the National Institutes of Health Clinical
Research Panel of the Advisory Committee to the Director, and William Terry,
Brigham and Women's Hospital, both of Boston, Massachusetts; Veronica
Catanese, New York University School of Medicine, New York, on behalf of the
American Federation for Clinical Research; Eugene Orringer, University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, on behalf of the General Clinical Research Center
Program Directors' Association; Robert R. Rich, Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, Texas, on behalf of the Committee on Public Affairs of the American
Association of Immunologists; Janice G. Douglas, Case Western Reserve School
of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio; and Gail H. D431Cassell, University of Alabama,
Birmingham, on behalf of the American Society for Microbiology.
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WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee met to review certain evidence with regard to its
investigation of matters relative to the Whitewater Development Corporation.
Committee will meet again tomorrow.
Joint Meetings
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Joint Committee on the Library: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
management and financial activities of the Library of Congress, after
receiving testimony from James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress; Thomas P.
Carney, Acting Deputy Librarian of Congress; J. William Gadsby, Director,
Government Business Operations, General Government Division, and Robert W.
Gramling, Director, Corporate Audits and Standards, Accounting and Information
Management Division, both of the General Accounting Office; Joyce C. Doria,
Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc., McLean, Virginia; and Paul E. Lohneis, Price
Waterhouse LLP, Arlington, Virginia.
1996/05/08
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 8, 1996; pages D438 - D446
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--COMMERCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1997 for the Department of Commerce, receiving testimony from
Michael Kantor, Secretary of Commerce.
Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
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APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of Defense, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Robert M.
Walker, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Logistics and
Environment; Robert B. Pirie, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy for
Installations and Environment; Rodney A. Coleman, Assistant Secretary of the
Air Force for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installation and Environment; Lt.
Gen. Arthur Williams, Commander, United States Army Corps of Engineers; and
Rear Adm. David Nash, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 22.
APPROPRIATIONS--ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the National Endowment for
the Arts, receiving testimony from Jane Alexander, Chairperson, National
Endowment for the Arts.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 15.
APPROPRIATIONS--IRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1997 for the Internal Revenue Service, receiving testimony from Margaret M.
Richardson, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the
Treasury.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 15.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
bills:
H.R. 2853, to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment
(most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Bulgaria;
H.R. 1642, to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation
treatment) to the products of Cambodia; and
H.R. 3074, to amend the United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation
Act of 1985 to provide the President with additional proclamation authority
with respect to articles of the West Bank or Gaza Strip or a qualifying
industrial zone, with an amendment.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Dennis C. Jett, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Peru, Dennis K. Hayes, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Suriname, and Donald J. Planty, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Guatemala, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Mr. Jett was introduced by Senator Bingaman.
JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Youth Violence concluded hearings
on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention Act, the implementation of Federal programs to
prevent and control youth violence, and S. 1245, to identify violent and
hard-core juvenile offenders and treat them as adults, after receiving
testimony from Senator Ashcroft; Shay Bilchik, Administrator, Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice; Laurie E.
Ekstrand, Associate Director, Administration of Justice Issues, General
Government Division, General Accounting Office; Marvin E. Wolfgang, Sellin
Criminology Center, and Ira Schwartz, both of the University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia; Lavonda Taylor, Coalition for Juvenile Justice, West Memphis,
Arkansas; Delbert S. Elliott, Center for the Study and Prevention of
Violence/University of Colorado, Boulder; and Terence P. Thornberry, Hindelang
Criminal Justice Research Center, Albany, New York.
AUTHORIZATION--OLDER AMERICANS ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported,
with amendments, S. 1643, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1997 through 2001
for programs of the Older Americans Act of 1965.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings on proposals to
amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a voluntary
system of spending limits and partial public financing of Senate primary and
general election campaigns, to limit contributions by multicandidate political
committees, and to reform the financing of Federal elections and Senate
campaigns, receiving testimony from Larry J. Sabato and Lillian R. BeVier,
both of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Herbert E. Alexander,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles; Norman J. Ornstein, American
Enterprise Institute for Public D440Policy Research, and Candice J. Nelson,
American University, both of Washington, D.C.; and Frederick Schauer, Harvard
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Hearings continue on Wednesday, May 15.
VA HEALTH CARE ELIGIBILITY REFORM
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on proposals to
reform eligibility rules for Department of Veterans Affairs' health care
benefits, focusing on the effects of veterans' health care eligibility
priorities which govern all veterans' access to VA care and programs,
including related measures S. 1345, S. 1359, S. 1563, and provisions of H.R.
1385, after receiving testimony from Kenneth W. Kizer, Under Secretary for
Health, and Mary Lou Keener, General Counsel, both of the Department of
Veterans Affairs; and Michael A. Miller, Unit Chief, Defense, International
Affairs, and Veterans' Affairs Cost Estimates Unit, Budget Analysis Division,
Congressional Budget Office.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to consider
certain intelligence matters.
Committee will meet again on Friday, May 10.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine certain matters
relative to the Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving testimony from
Ron Proctor, Vernon Dewey, Don Denton, Robert Ritter, James Patterson, and
Frank Burge, all of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/05/09
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 9, 1996; pages D448 - D456
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--INS/BUREAU OF PRISONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the
Judiciary and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1997, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Kathleen M. Hawk, Director, Bureau of Prisons, and Doris
Meissner, Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, both of the
Department of Justice.
Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, May 14.
APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of Labor, receiving testimony from
Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 15.
APPROPRIATIONS--FTA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for
the Federal Transit Administration, receiving testimony from Gordon J. Linton,
Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 16.
1997 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government.
GASOLINE PRICE INCREASES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine recent supply shortfalls in crude oil and gasoline, their price
impacts, the Administration's response, and long-term efforts to reduce future
supply disruptions and price increases, after receiving testimony from Hazel
R. O'Leary, Secretary of Energy; James R. Schlesinger, former Secretary of
Energy; John H. Lichtblau, Petroleum Industry Research Foundation, Inc., New
York, New York; Lew Blackwell, Chevron Products Co., San Francisco,
California; Thomas L. Robinson, Robinson Oil Company, Inc., San Jose,
California, representing the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of
America and the Petroleum Marketers Association of America; Robert S. Beadle,
Diamond Shamrock, Inc., San Antonio, Texas; and Charles T. Walz, Texaco
Refining and Marketing, Inc., Universal City, California.
IRS MODERNIZATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee resumed hearings to examine the
status of the modernization of the Internal Revenue Service tax information
system, receiving testimony from Lynda D. Willis, Director, Tax Policy and
Administration Issues, General Government Division, and Rona Stillman, Chief
Scientist, Office of Computers and Telecommunications, Accounting and
Information Management Division, both of the General Accounting Office; and
Michael P. Dolan, Deputy Commissioner, Judy Van Alfen, Associate Commissioner
for Modernization, and Jim Donelson, Chief Taxpayer Service and Acting Chief
Compliance Officer, all of D450the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the
Treasury.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of William A. Fletcher, of California, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Walker D. Miller, to be United States District
Judge for the District of Colorado, Nina Gershon, to be United States District
Judge for the Eastern District of New York, Edmund A. Sargus, Jr., to be
United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, W. Craig
Broadwater, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of
West Virginia, Mary Ann Vial Lemmon, to be United States District Judge for
the Eastern District of Louisiana, and Dean D. Pregerson, to be United States
District Judge for the Central District of California.
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children and Families
concluded oversight hearings on the implementation of the Family and Medical
Leave Act of 1993, after receiving testimony from Senator Dodd, Chairman, U.S.
Commission on Family and Medical Leave; Geri D. Palast, Assistant Secretary of
Labor for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs; Libby Sartain,
Southwest Airlines, Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the Society for Human Resource
Management; Cynthia Graham, Southern States Utilities, Apopka, Florida; and
Elizabeth M. Carlson and Joseph Tully, both of National Futures Association,
Chicago, Illinois.
FLORIDA INDIAN GAMING DECISION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
impact of the United States Supreme Court decision in Seminole Tribe of
Florida v. Florida, 116 S. Ct. 1114 (1996), on the Indian Gaming Regulatory
Act, after receiving testimony from Seth P. Waxman, Associate Deputy Attorney
General, Department of Justice; John D. Leshy, Solicitor, and John Duffy,
Counselor to the Secretary, both of the Department of the Interior; Wisconsin
State Attorney General James E. Doyle, Madison; California State Special
Assistant Attorney General Thomas F. Gede, Sacramento; Alex Tallchief Skibine,
University of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City; Richard B. Collins,
University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder; and Franklin Ducheneaux,
Ducheneaux, Taylor & Associates, Douglas B.L. Endreson, Sonosky, Chambers,
Sachse & Endreson, and Jerry C. Straus, Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, all of
Washington, D.C.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine certain matters
relative to the Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving testimony from
Patsy Thomasson, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of
Presidential Personnel, The White House; and J. Wesley Strange, First Ozark
National Bank/Mercantile Bank of North Central Arkansas, Edward Penick, and
Margaret Davenport Eldridge, all of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Committee recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/05/10
Daily Digest - Friday, May 10, 1996; pages D458 - D462
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
GAMBLING IMPACT STUDY COMMISSION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee began consideration of S. 704, to
authorize funds to establish the Gambling Impact Study Commission to study and
report to the President and the Congress, all matters relating to the impact
of gambling on States and possible alternative sources of State revenue, but
did not take final action thereon, and will meet again on Tuesday, May 14.
SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT COMPANY REFORM
Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation
to strengthen, expand and improve the Small Business Administration Small
Business Investment Company program, receiving testimony from Patricia R.
Forbes, Acting Associate Deputy Administrator for Economic Development, Small
Business Administration; Harvey L. Granat, Sterling Commercial Capital, Great
Neck, New York; Terry L. Jones, SYNCOM Capital Corporation, Silver Spring,
Maryland; and C. Walter Dick, Pioneer Capital Corporation/Pioneer Ventures,
Boston, Massachusetts.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/05/13
Daily Digest - Monday, May 13, 1996; pages D463 - D466
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/05/14
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 14, 1996; pages D467 - D474
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--NOAA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the
Judiciary and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1997 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
receiving testimony from D. James Baker, Under Secretary of Commerce for
Oceans and Atmosphere.
Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for foreign assistance
programs, focusing on narcotics budget and strategy issues, receiving
testimony from Barry R. McCaffrey, Director, White House Office of National
Drug Control Policy.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 16.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 444 military
nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
Also, committee met to discuss certain provisions of proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for intelligence activities of the
United States.
AUTHORIZATION--FAA/AIP
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Federal Aviation
Administration and the Airport Improvement Program, after receiving testimony
from David R. Hinson, Administrator, Anthony Broderick, Associate
Administrator for Certification and Regulation, Susan Kurland, Associate
Administrator for Airports, and Ellis Ohnstad, Manager of Program Guidance
Branch, Financial Assistance Division, all of the Federal Aviation
Administration, Department of Transportation; Mayor Timothy G. Rich, Aberdeen,
South Dakota; Edward A. Merlis, Air Transport Association of America, David
Plavin, Airports Council International North America, both of Washington,
D.C.; Chip Barclay, American Association of Airport Executives, Alexandria,
Virginia; and Leonard Griggs, Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, St.
Louis, Missouri.
DOE LITIGATION COSTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations concluded oversight hearings to review the management and costs
of class action lawsuits at Department of Energy facilities, including DOE's
oversight of private firm attorneys and DOE's compliance with court orders
directing the Department to provide documents relevant to the litigation,
focusing on Rocky Flats and Hanford litigation, after receiving testimony from
Victor S. Rezendes, Director, Energy, Resources, and Sciences Issues,
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting
Office; and Robert R. Nordhaus, General Counsel, Marc Johnston, Deputy General
Counsel for Litigation, and Lisa Schiavo-Blatt, Assistant General Counsel, all
of the Department of Energy.
NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nomination of Hubert T. Bell, Jr., of Alabama, to be Inspector
General, Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
GAMBLING IMPACT STUDY COMMISSION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported, with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 704, to authorize funds to
establish the Gambling Impact Study Commission to study and report to the
President and the Congress, all matters relating to the impact of gambling on
States and possible alternative sources of State revenue.
FALSE STATEMENTS PENALTY RESTORATION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on S. 1734, to prohibit
false statements to Congress D469and to clarify congressional authority to
obtain truthful testimony, and related proposals, receiving testimony from
Senator Levin; Representative Martini; Robert S. Litt, Deputy Assistant
Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Thomas B.
Griffith, Legal Counsel, United States Senate; and Charles Tiefer, University
of Baltimore Law School, Baltimore, Maryland.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
CHALLENGES OF THE ELDERLY
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Aging held hearings to
examine the scope of challenges facing America's aging society, focusing on
demographic trends confronting the nation as the baby boom generation moves
toward retirement, and how well the nation is prepared to cope with these
trends, receiving testimony from Robert J. Palacios, Economist (Pensions),
World Bank; Robert J. Myers, former Chief Actuary, Social Security
Administration; C. Eugene Steuerle, Urban Institute, and Carolyn L. Weaver,
American Enterprise Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; and David M. Walker,
Arthur Andersen LLP, Atlanta, Georgia.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine certain matters
relative to the Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving testimony from
Patricia Solis, Special Assistant to the President, and Director of Scheduling
for the First Lady; and Susan Thomases, Wilkie, Farr & Gallagher, New York,
New York.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/05/15
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 15, 1996; pages D475 - D482
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FUTURES MARKETS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine price levels and volatility in United States
grain markets, after receiving testimony from John E. Tull, Jr., Acting
Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Patrick H. Arbor, Chicago
Board of Trade, Chicago, Illinois; Michael Braude, Kansas City Board of Trade,
Kansas City, Missouri; Kendell W. Keith, National Grain and Feed Association,
Washington, D.C.; J. William Uhrig, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana;
Roger G. Ginder, Iowa State University, Ames; and C. Richard Stark, Jr., Fort
Dodge, Iowa.
APPROPRIATIONS--NIST/CENSUS BUREAU
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the
Judiciary and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1997, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the National
Institute of Standards and Technology from Mary Lowe Good, Under Secretary for
Technology, and Arati Prabhakar, Director, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, and in behalf of funds for the Census Bureau from Everett M.
Ehrlich, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs and Administrator, all of the
Department of Commerce.
Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
STRIKE FIGHTER PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in closed session to
receive a briefing on the F-22, F-18 and Joint Strike Fighter Programs of the
Department of Defense, receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. George K. Muellner,
Principal Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
(Acquisition); Vice Adm. John A. Lockard, Commander, Naval Air Systems
Command; and Rear Adm. Craig E. Steidle, Director, Joint Advanced Strike
Technology/Joint Strike Fighter Program, Office of the Assistant Secretary of
the Navy (RDA).
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 22.
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the
Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from Bruce Babbitt,
Secretary of the Interior.
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1997, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities
from Frank Reeder, Director, and Jurg E. Hochuli, Associate Director of
Financial Management Division, both of the Office of Administration, Executive
Office of the President; and James B. King, Director, Office of Personnel
Management.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, June 13.
NIGERIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded
hearings to review United States policy toward Nigeria, and on S. 1419, to
impose sanctions against Nigeria, after receiving testimony from Senator
Moseley-Braun; Representative Donald Payne; Peter Tarnoff, Under Secretary of
State for Political Affairs; Gay J. McDougall, International Human Rights Law
Group, Pauline Baker, Fund for Peace, and David Miller, Corporate Council on
Africa, all of Washington, D.C.; and Jean Herskovits, State University of New
York, Purchase.
RUSSIAN ORGANIZED CRIME
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
held hearings to examine the growing threat of and Federal and State efforts
to combat Russian organized crime in America, receiving testimony from George
Weise, Commissioner, United States Customs Service, and Edward L. Federico,
Jr., Director, National Operations Division, Criminal Investigation, Internal
Revenue Service, both of the Department of the Treasury; Jim E. Moody, Deputy
Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative Division, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice; Igor Nikolayevich Kozhevnikov, Russian
Ministry of Interior Affairs, Moscow; Daniel Mackey and Ralph Cefarello, both
of the New York City Police Department, New York, New York; William Pollard,
Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles, California; Michael Franzese, an
incarcerated witness; and certain anonymous witnesses.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
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VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1729, to
further protect victims of stalking, the implementation and enforcement of the
Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and to discuss society's role in
combatting domestic violence, after receiving testimony from Senator
Hutchison; Janet Reno, Attorney General, Department of Justice; Denise Brown,
Nicole Brown Simpson Charitable Foundation, Dana Point, California; Beverly C.
Dusso, Harriet Tubman Center, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota; John C. Nelson,
Salt Lake City, Utah, on behalf of the American Medical Association; Kenneth
J. Novack, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, Boston,
Massachusetts; Deborah E. Tjaden, Du Pont (E.I.) de Nemours and Company,
Wilmington, Delaware; and Kathryn J. Rodgers, NOW Legal Defense and Education
Fund, New York, New York.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee resumed hearings on proposals
to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a voluntary
system of spending limits and partial public financing of Senate primary and
general election campaigns, to limit contributions by multicandidate political
committees, and to reform the financing of Federal elections and Senate
campaigns, including sections 102 and 103 of S. 1219, relating to free and
reduced rate broadcast time in the general election to an eligible Senate
candidate from broadcast stations within the State or an adjacent State,
receiving testimony from Gregory M. Schmidt, LIN Television Corporation,
Washington, D.C., and Al Bramstedt, Jr., KTUU-TV, Anchorage, Alaska, both on
behalf of the National Association of Broadcasters; Jan Ziska Crawford, Jan
Crawford Communications, Paris, Virginia; Paul Taylor, Free TV for Straight
Talk Coalition, Bethesda, Maryland; Benjamin R. Barber, Rutgers University,
New Brunswick, New Jersey; P. Cameron DeVore, Davis White Tremaine Law
Offices, Seattle, Washington; and Henry Geller, Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to consider
pending intelligence matters.
Committee recessed subject to call.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine certain matters
relative to the Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving testimony from
Gaines Norton and Charles James, both of Little Rock, Arkansas.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/05/16
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 16, 1996; pages D483 - D490
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--FBI/DEA/STATE DEPARTMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the
Judiciary and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1997, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Louis J. Freeh, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Thomas A. Constantine, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, both of
the Department of Justice; and Warren Christopher, Secretary of State.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 23.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE/NIS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for foreign assistance to
the New Independent States (N.I.S.), receiving testimony from Richard L.
Morningstar, U.S. Coordinator for N.I.S. Assistance, Department of State;
Thomas A. Dine, Assistant Administrator for Europe and the N.I.S., U.S. Agency
for International Development; and Constantine Menges, George Washington
University, and Eugene Iwanciw, Central and East European Coalition, both of
Washington, D.C.
Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, May 21.
APPROPRIATIONS--COAST GUARD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997,
after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the United States Coast Guard
from Adm. Robert E. Kramek, Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Department
of Transportation.
APPROPRIATIONS--NASA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, receiving testimony from Daniel
S. Goldin, Administrator, NASA.
Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
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MISSION TO PLANET EARTH
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings on the status and purpose of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mission to Planet Earth Program,
after receiving testimony from Charles F. Kennel, Associate Administrator,
Doug Norton, Director of Management Integration, both of the Office of Mission
to Planet Earth, and Fritz Hasler, Research Meterologist and Manager of Public
Use of Remote Sensing Data, Goddard Space Flight Center, all of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration; Robert S. Winokur, Assistant
Administrator for Satellite and Information Services, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Donald T. Lauer, Chief,
EROS Data Center, United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior;
David P. Radzanowski, Analyst in Aerospace Policy, Science Policy Research
Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Frank Carsey,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California; and George A. Seielstad,
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, on behalf of the Upper Midwest
Aerospace Consortium.
NATIONAL TRAILS AND PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Parks, Historic
Preservation and Recreation concluded hearings S. 621, to designate the Great
Western Trail for potential addition to the National Trails System, H.R. 531,
to designate the Great Western Scenic Trail as a study trail under the
National Trails System Act, S. 1049, to designate the route from Selma to
Montgomery as a National Historic Trail in Alabama, S. 1706, to increase the
amount authorized to be appropriated for assistance for highway relocation
with respect to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in
Georgia, and S. 1725, to create a third category of long-distance trails to be
known as national discovery trails and to authorize the American Discovery
Trail as the first national discovery trail, after receiving testimony from
Senators Nunn, Brown, and Bennett; Representatives Bereuter, John Lewis, and
Hilliard; Katherine H. Stevenson, Associate Director for Cultural Resource
Stewardship and Partnerships, National Park Service, Department of the
Interior; Gray F. Reynolds, Deputy Chief, and Brent Botts, Trails Program
Manager, both of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; George
Boulineau, Georgia Department of Transportation, Atlanta; and Reese F. Lukei,
Jr., Virginia Beach, Virginia, and John O'Dell, River to River Trail Society,
Harrisburg, Illinois, both on behalf of the American Discovery Trail/American
Hiking Society.
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy,
Export and Trade Promotion concluded hearings to examine the status of the
international commercial environment and the Federal Government's role in
supporting United States business abroad, after receiving testimony from Joan
E. Spero, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural
Affairs; Timothy J. Hauser, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for
International Trade; Martin A. Kamarck, President and Chairman, Export-Import
Bank of the United States; Ruth R. Harkin, President and Chief Executive
Officer, Overseas Private Investment Corporation; and J. Joseph Grandmaison,
Director, United States Trade and Development Agency.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
S. 1488, to convert certain excepted service positions in the United States
Fire Administration to competitive service positions;
S. 88, to increase the overall economy and efficiency of Government operations
and enable more efficient use of Federal funding, by enabling local
governments and private, nonprofit organizations to use amounts available
under certain Federal assistance programs in accordance with approved local
flexibility plans, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 94, to prohibit congressional consideration of retroactive tax increases,
with amendments;
S. 1130, to provide for the establishment of uniform accounting systems,
standards, and reporting systems in the Federal Government, with an amendment
in the nature of a substitute; and
H.R. 2739, to provide for a representational allowance for Members of the
House of Representatives, and to make technical and conforming changes to
sundry provisions of law in consequence of administrative reforms in the House
of Representatives, with an amendment.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of William A. Fletcher, of California, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
Also, committee began markup of S. 483, to amend Federal copyright provisions
regarding preemption of laws concerning duration of copyrights, but did not
complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
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HEALTHY START PROJECT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded oversight hearings
on the implementation of the Healthy Start Demonstration Project of the
Department of Health and Human Services, created to reduce infant mortality,
and its proposed authorization for fiscal year 1997, after receiving testimony
from Senator Specter; Ciro V. Sumaya, Administrator, Health Resources and
Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Louis W.
Sullivan, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, former Secretary of
Health and Human Services; Thomas P. Coyle, Baltimore City Health Department,
Doretha Strawther, and Christopher Banks, all of Baltimore, Maryland; Jackie
Jenkins-Scott, Dimock Community Health Center, Roxbury, Massachusetts; and
Marie C. McCormick, Harvard University School of Public Health, Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine certain matters
relative to the Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving testimony from
Gary W. Bunch, Madison Bank and Trust, John Latham, and David Knight, all of
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/05/17
Daily Digest - Friday, May 17, 1996; pages D492 - D498
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the
Corporation for National and Community Service, receiving testimony from
Harris Wofford, President and Chief Executive Officer, Corporation for
National and Community Service.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 22.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Avis T. Bohlen, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of Bulgaria, and Marisa R. Lino, of Oregon, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of Albania, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee continued hearings to examine certain matters
relative to the Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving testimony from
Jay Stephens, Washington, D.C., and Bruce Ericson and Charles Patterson, both
of San Francisco, California, all of Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro.
Committee recessed subject to call.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/05/20
Daily Digest - Monday, May 20, 1996; pages D500 - D504
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM--PERSONAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy held
hearings on proposals to create personal savings accounts under the Social
Security system, receiving testimony from Senator Kerrey; Robert J. Myers,
Silver Spring, Maryland, former Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration;
former Delaware Governor Pete du Pont, Wilmington, on behalf of the National
Center for Policy Analysis; and Stanford G. Ross, Arnold & Porter, D502former
Commissioner, Social Security Administration, Robert J. Shapiro, Progressive
Policy Institute, and Carolyn L. Weaver, American Enterprise Institute, all of
Washington, D.C.
[Page: D502]
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/05/21
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 21, 1996; pages D505 - D512
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings on the nominations of Brooksley Elizabeth Born, of the District of
Columbia, to be Chairman, and David D. Spears, of Kansas, to be a
Commissioner, both of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Spears was
introduced by Senator Dole and Representative Roberts.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for foreign assistance
programs, focusing on international financial institutions, receiving
testimony from Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 23.
ROLE OF ABA IN JUDICIAL SELECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the role
of the American Bar Association in the selection of Federal judges, after
receiving testimony from Richard Thornburgh, former Attorney General of the
United States; Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, United States Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit, Portland, Oregon; Judge John M. Walker, Jr., United
States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, New York, New York; Daniel E.
Troy, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, D.C.; Nancy L. Iredale, Paul,
Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Los Angeles, California; Daniel J. Meador,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, on behalf of the Miller Center
Commission; and Roberta Cooper Ramo, Albuquerque, New Mexico, N. Lee Cooper,
Birmingham, Alabama, and William E. Willis, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, New
York, all on behalf of the American Bar Association.
VOLUNTARY ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the
Courts concluded hearings on S. 582, to provide that certain voluntary
disclosures of violations of Federal laws made pursuant to an environmental
audit shall not be subject to discovery or admitted into evidence during a
Federal D508judicial or administrative proceeding, after receiving testimony
from Senators Hatfield and Brown; Steven A. Herman, Assistant Administrator,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Environmental Protection
Agency; Veronica Coleman, United States Attorney for the Western District of
Tennessee, Memphis; Colorado State Senator Don Ament, on behalf of the
American Legislative Exchange Council, and Patricia Bangert, Colorado
Department of Law, both of Denver; Tom Gehl, Kohler Company, Kohler,
Wisconsin; John Riley, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Austin;
Victor S. Johnson, Judicial District of Tennessee, Nashville, on behalf of the
National District Attorney's Association; Jerry O. Richartz, Oregon Steel
Mills, Inc., Portland; and Mark Woodall, Sierra Club, Woodland, Georgia.
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded oversight hearings
on activities of the Corporation for National and Community Service, after
receiving testimony from former Senator Wofford, Chief Executive Officer, and
Luise S. Jordan, Inspector General, both of the Corporation for National and
Community Service; Lynn Thornton, Georgia Commission for National and
Community Service, Atlanta; Michelle Engler, Michigan Community Service
Commission, Lansing; Larry W. Albert, Arthur Andersen and Company, Washington,
D.C.; Stephen M. Johnson, AmeriCares, New Canaan, Connecticut; Doug Bandow,
Cato Institute, Springfield, Virginia; and Rev. Timothy R. Scully, University
of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, on behalf of the Alliance for Catholic
Education.
IRANIAN ARMS SHIPMENTS TO BOSNIA
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held hearings to examine United
States policy with regard to Iranian and other arms transfers to Bosnia,
receiving testimony from Richard Holbrooke, former Assistant Secretary of
State.
Hearings will continue on Thursday, May 23.
Joint Meetings
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACT
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate-and House-passed
versions of H.R. 1617, to consolidate Federal employment training, vocational
education, and adult education programs and create integrated statewide
workforce development systems, but did not complete action thereon, and will
meet again on Thursday, May 23.
1996/05/22
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 22, 1996; pages D514 - D522
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BURMA SANCTIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held hearings to
examine the current situation in Burma, and on S. 1511, to impose certain
unilateral and multilateral economic sanctions against Burma, receiving
testimony from Senators McConnell and Moynihan; Burma Prime Minister Sein Win,
Rangoon, on behalf of the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma;
and Adelle Lutz and David Byrne, both of New York, New York.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INFORMATION SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
held hearings to examine the security status of American information systems,
focusing on recent threats of unauthorized access to sensitive information in
computer systems at the Department of Defense, receiving testimony from Jim
Christy, Investigator, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; and Jack L.
Brock, Jr., Director, Defense Information and Financial Management Systems,
Accounting and Information Management Division, and Keith Rhodes, Technical
Assistant Director, Office of the Chief Scientist, both of the General
Accounting Office.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
S. 1784, to strengthen, expand, and improve the Small Business Investment
Company Program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nomination of Ginger Ehn Lew, of California, to be Deputy Administrator of
the Small Business Administration.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/05/23
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 23, 1996; pages D523 - D530
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--U.N./USIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the
Judiciary and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 1997, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the
United Nations from Madeleine K. Albright, United States Representative to the
General Assembly of the United Nations; and in behalf of funds for the United
States Information Agency from Joseph Duffey, Director, United States
Information Agency; and David Burke, Chairman, Broadcasting Board of
Governors, Department of State.
APPROPRIATIONS--CBO/CAPITOL POLICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for certain activities of
the Legislative Branch, receiving testimony from June E. O'Neill, Director,
Congressional Budget Office; and Howard O. Green, Jr., Senate
Sergeant-at-Arms, Gary Albrecht, Chief, Capitol Police, and Wilson Livingood,
Chairman, Capitol Police Board, all on behalf of the United States Capitol
Police.
Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, June 14.
APPROPRIATIONS--EPA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the
Environmental Protection Agency, receiving testimony from Carol M. Browner,
Administrator, EPA.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
S. 483, to amend Federal copyright provisions regarding preemption of laws
concerning duration of copyrights, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
H.R. 2980, to prohibit and prescribe penalties for interstate stalking; and
The nomination of J. Rene Josey, to be a United States Attorney for South
Carolina.
RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children and Families
held hearings to examine initiatives to encourage responsible fatherhood,
receiving testimony from Wade F. Horn, National Fatherhood Initiative,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania; David Popenoe, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New
Jersey; Charles Ballard, National Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and
Family Development, Washington, D.C.; and Randy Phillips, PromiseKeepers,
Boulder, Colorado.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
VETERANS BENEFITS PROGRAMS
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
legislation to provide a cost-of-living adjustment in rates of disability
compen-sation and dependency and indemnity compensation,S. 281, to change the
date for the beginning of the Vietnam Era for the purpose of veterans benefits
from August 5, 1964 to December 22, 1961, S. 749, to revise the authority
relating to the Center for Minority Veterans and the Center for Women Veterans
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 993, to provide for cost-savings in
the housing loan program for veterans, and to limit cost-of-living increases
for Montgomery GI bill benefits, S. 994, to clarify the eligibility of certain
minors for burial in national cemeteries, S. 995, to restrict payment of a
clothing allowance to incarcerated veterans, S. 996, Veterans' Insurance
Reform Act, S. 1131, to authorize the provision of financial assistance to
insure that financially needy veterans receive legal assistance in connection
with proceedings before the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals, S. 1342, to
authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make loans to refinance loans
made to veterans under the Native American Veterans Direct Loan Program, S.
1711, to establish a commission to evaluate the programs of the Federal
Government that assist members of the Armed Forces and veterans in readjusting
to civilian life, S. 1748, to permit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to
reorganize the Veterans Health Administration, S. 1749, to make technical
changes in certain provisions relating D526to construction-project
terminology, S. 1750, to modify disbursement agreement authority to include
residents and interns serving in any VA facility providing hospital care or
medical services, S. 1751, to revise the procedure for providing claimants and
their representatives with copies of Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions, S.
1752, to exempt full-time registered nurses, physician assistants, and
expanded-function dental auxiliaries from restriction on remunerated outside
professional activities, S. 1753, to suspend a special pay agreement for
physicians and dentists who enter residency training programs, and Titles II
and III of H.R. 2289, Veterans Housing, Employment Programs, and Employment
Rights Benefits Act, after receiving testimony from Frank Q. Nebeker, Chief
Judge, United States Court of Veterans Appeals; Charles L. Cragin, Chairman,
Board of Veterans' Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs; and John R.
Vitikacs, American Legion, Dennis Cullinan, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Richard
F. Schultz, Disabled American Veterans, Russell W. Mank, Paralyzed Veterans of
America, Carl F. Stout, Vietnam Veterans of America, Maura Farrell Miller,
Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs, Samuel V. Spagnolo, National
Association of VA Physicians and Dentists, Keith D. Snyder, National
Organization of Veterans Advocates, and David B. Isbell, Veterans Consortium
Pro Bono Program, all of Washington, D.C.
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IRANIAN ARMS SHIPMENTS TO BOSNIA
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee resumed hearings to examine United
States policy with regard to Iranian and other arms transfers to Bosnia,
receiving testimony from Strobe Talbott, Deputy Secretary of State.
Committee recessed subject to call.
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Joint Meetings
ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDIO PROPERTIES
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed
versions of H.R. 1296, to provide for the administration of certain Presidio
properties at minimal cost to the Federal taxpayer, but did not complete
action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACT
Conferees continued to resolve the differences between the Senate- and
House-passed versions of H.R. 1617, to consolidate Federal employment
training, vocational education, and adult education programs and create
integrated, statewide workforce development systems, but did not complete
action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
1996/05/24
Daily Digest - Friday, May 24, 1996; pages D532 - D534
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/05/29
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 29, 1996; pages D536 - D540
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/05/30
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 30, 1996; pages D541 - D548
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/05/31
Daily Digest - Friday May 31, 1996; pages D549 - D552
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/06/03
Daily Digest - Monday, June 3, 1996; pages D553 - D556
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/06/04
Daily Digest - Tuesday, June 4, 1996; pages D558 - D562
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 1997 for the Department of Defense, focusing
on the chemical demilitarization program, receiving testimony from Harold P.
Smith, Jr., Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Atomic Energy); Theodore
Prociv, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Chemical/Biological
Matters); Maj. Gen. Robert D. Orton, Program Manager, Chemical
Demilitarization, Office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research,
Development, and Acquisition); and Richard Magee, Chairman, Subcommittee on
Alternative Technologies, National Research Council, National Academy of
Sciences.
Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
OIL SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on S.
1730, to strengthen and improve provisions of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
and to ensure that citizens and communities injured by oil spills are promptly
and fully compensated, after receiving testimony from Rear Adm. James C. Card,
Chief of Marine Safety and Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard,
Department of Transportation; Douglas K. Hall, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for Oceans and Atmosphere/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
Douglas C. Wolcott, Chair, Committee on the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Section
4115) Implementation Review, National Research Council; Sidney H. Holbrook,
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Hartford; Thomas A.
Allegretti, American Waterways Operators, Arlington, Virginia; John Torgan,
Save the Bay, Providence, Rhode Island; Richard Du Moulin, Marine Transport
Lines, Inc., Secaucus, New Jersey, on behalf of the International Association
of Independent Tanker Owners; George J. Savastano, Ocean City Department of
Public Works, Ocean City, New Jersey; and Richard H. Hobbie, III, New York,
New York, on behalf of the Water Quality Insurance Syndicate and the American
Institute of Marine Underwriters.
ROMANIA MFN TRADE STATUS
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade held hearings S.
1644, to authorize permanent extension of most-favored-nation trade status to
Romania, receiving testimony from Senator Brown; Representatives Funderburk
(former U.S. Ambassador to Romania), and Lantos; Marshall F. Adair, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of European and Canadian Affairs, Department of State;
Jeffrey M. Lang, Deputy United States Trade Representative; Martin M.
Albanese, Lockheed Martin Ocean, Radar and Sensor Systems/Lockheed Martin
Corporation, Syracuse, New York; Laszlo Hamos, Hungarian Human Rights
Foundation, New York, New York; and Armand A. Scala, Congress of Romanian
Americans, McLean, Virginia.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
U.N. WORLD CONFERENCES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
purpose and results of recent United Nations international conferences, after
receiving testimony from Representative Christopher Smith; Timothy E. Wirth,
Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; Penny Nance, Concerned Women for
America, and Suzanne Kindervatter, Commission on the Advancement of Women,
both of Washington, D.C.; and Christine Vollmer, Latin American Alliance for
the Family, Caracas, Venezuela.
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1237, to revise
certain provisions of law relating to child pornography, after receiving
testimony from Kevin V. Di Gregory, Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Jeffrey J. Dupilka, Deputy Chief
Postal Inspector for Criminal Investigations, United States Postal Inspection
Service, U.S. Postal Service; Dee Jepsen, Enough is Enough, and Bruce A.
Taylor, National Law Center for Children and Families, both of Fairfax,
Virginia; Frederick Schauer, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts;
Judith F. Krug, American Library Association, Washington, D.C.; and Victor
Cline, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.
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Joint Meetings
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House-passed
versions of H. Con. Res. 178, establishing the congressional budget for the
United States Government for fiscal year 1997 and setting forth appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, but did
not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
1996/06/05
Daily Digest - Wednesday, June 5, 1996; pages D564 - D570
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT REFORM
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings on proposals to reform the regulatory structure for commodity futures
and options transactions, after receiving testimony from John E. Tull, Jr.,
Acting Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Steven J. Montgomery,
CoBank, ACB, Englewood, Colorado; Robert K. Wilmouth, National Futures
Association, Patrick H. Arbor, Chicago Board of Trade, John F. Sandner,
Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and Laurence E. D565Mollner, Futures Industry
Association, all of Chicago, Illinois; Daniel Rappaport, New York Mercantile
Exchange, and Thomas Montag, Goldman, Sachs & Co., on behalf of the
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., both of New York, New
York; Lawrence N. Neumann, Benson-Quinn Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, on
behalf of the National Grain Trade Council; and Robert G. Easton, Commodities
Corporation Limited, Princeton, New Jersey, on behalf of the Managed Futures
Association.
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APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of Defense, focusing
on medical programs, receiving testimony from Stephen C. Joseph, Assistant
Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs); Lt. Gen. Alcied M. LaNoue, Surgeon
General of the Army; Rear Adm. S. Todd Fisher, Deputy Surgeon General of the
Navy; Lt. Gen. Edgar R. Anderson, Jr., Surgeon General of the Air Force; Brig.
Gen. Bettye H. Simmons, Chief, U.S. Army Nurse Corps; Rear Adm. Joan M. Engel,
Director, U.S. Navy Nurse Corps; and Brig. Gen. Linda J. Stierle, Director,
U.S. Air Force Nursing Services.
Subcommittee will meet again on Monday, June 10.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for foreign assistance
programs, focusing on peacekeeping efforts and international organizations and
programs, receiving testimony from Madeleine Albright, United States Permanent
Representative to the United Nations; and Col. Ronald D. Ray, Crestwood,
Kentucky.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
SECURITIES INVESTMENT PROMOTION ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on S. 1815, to provide for improved regulation of the securities markets,
eliminate excess securities fees, and reduce the costs of investing, after
receiving testimony from Arthur Levitt, Jr., Chairman, United States
Securities and Exchange Commission; Christopher Brody, Warburg, Pincus and
Co., on behalf of the National Venture Capital Association, and Mark D.
Tomasko, Investment Counsel Association of America, Inc., both of New York,
New York; Matthew P. Fink, Investment Company Institute, and Paul Saltzman,
Public Securities Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Dee R. Harris,
Arizona Corporation Commission, Phoenix, on behalf of the North American
Securities Administrators Association, Inc.; and A.B. Krongard, Alex Brown and
Sons, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, on behalf of the Securities Industry
Association.
CHINA MFN TRADE STATUS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
held hearings to examine foreign policy implications of renewing China's
most-favored-nation trading status, receiving testimony from Winston Lord,
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Jennifer
Hillman, General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative;
and James R. Lilley, American Enterprise Institute, Mike Jendrzejczyk, Human
Rights Watch/Asia, Stephen J. Yates, Heritage Foundation, and Calman J. Cohen,
Business Coalition for United States-China Trade, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings will continue tomorrow in full committee.
INFORMATION SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
resumed hearings to examine the vulnerabilities of national computer
information systems and networks, and Federal efforts to promote security
within the information infrastructure, receiving testimony from Dan Gelber,
Chief Counsel, and Jim Christy, Investigator, both of the Permanent
Subcommittee on Investigations; Jack L. Brock, Jr., Director, Defense
Information and Financial Management Systems, Accounting and Information
Management Division, and Keith A. Rhodes, Technical Assistant Director, Office
of Chief Scientist, both of the General Accounting Office; Richard G. Power,
Computer Security Institute, San Francisco, California; and Richard D. Pethia,
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Hearings will continue on Tuesday, June 25.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee began markup of S. 1221, to
authorize funds for fiscal years 1996 through 2000 for the Legal Services
Corporation, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to
call.
SMALL BUSINESS AGENDA
Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the
implementation of the Small Business Administration agenda, focusing on the
Administration's record in adopting and implementing legislation and policy
initiatives sought by D566the small business community, after receiving
testimony from Michael Brostek, Associate Director, Federal Management and
Workforce Issues, General Government Division, and Peter F. Guerrero,
Director, Environmental Protection Issues, Resources, Community and Economic
Development Division, both of the General Accounting Office; Mary K. Ryan,
Deputy Chief Counsel of Advocacy, Small Business Administration; S. Jackson
Faris, National Federation of Independent Business, Washington, DC; and R.
Wendell Moore, Red Hot & Blue Restaurants, Inc., Arlington, Virginia.
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FEDERAL DISABILITY PROGRAMS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine proposals
to improve the Social Security Administration's disability insurance and
supplemental security income programs by encouraging people with disabilities
to return to work, after receiving testimony from Jane L. Ross, Director,
Income Security Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division,
General Accounting Office; John F. Mazzuchi, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Health Affairs; Mary Ridgely, Employment Resources, Inc., Madison,
Wisconsin; Barbara Otto, SSI Coalition for A Responsible Safety Net, Chicago,
Illinois; and Susan M. Miller, National Rehabilitation Hospital/George
Washington University Hospital Affiliation Program, Virginia Reno, National
Academy of Social Insurance, Tony Young, American Rehabilitation Association,
on behalf of the Return To Work Group, and Adm. David M. Cooney, USN (Ret.),
all of Washington, DC.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee To Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee met and approved the issuance of a subpoena
relative to the committee's Whitewater investigation.
Committee recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/06/06
Daily Digest - Thursday, June 6, 1996; pages D571 - D578
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--HHS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of Health and Human Services,
receiving testimony from Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human
Services; David C. Condliffe, Drug policy Foundation, Washington, D.C.; and
Peter Lurie, University of California, San Francisco.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, June 13.
AUTHORIZATION--INTELLIGENCE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
S. 1718, to authorize funds for fiscal year 1997 for intelligence and
intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community
Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and
Disability System, with amendments; and
The nominations of Robert E. Anderson, of Minnesota, Lonnie R. Bristow, of
California, and Shirley L. Jones, of Arkansas, each to be a Member of the
Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
PUHCA REPEAL
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on S. 1317, to repeal the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,
establish a limited regulatory framework covering public utility holding
companies, and eliminate duplicative regulation, after receiving testimony
from Senators Murkowski and Johnston; Barry P. Barbash, Director, Division of
Investment Management, United States Securities and Exchange Commission;
Elizabeth A. Moler, Chair, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Robert W.
Gee, Public Utility Commission of Texas, Austin, on behalf of the National
Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; E. Linn Draper, Jr., American
Electric Power Company, Columbus, Ohio; Ronald J. Tanski, National Fuel Gas
Company, and John Hughes, Electricity Consumers Resource Council, on behalf of
the Coalition for Customer Choice on Electricity, both of Washington, D.C.;
Lloyd A. Levitin, Los Angeles, California, on behalf of Pacific Enterprises;
and Larry A. Frimerman, Ohio Consumers' Counsel, Columbus, on behalf of the
National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1311, to establish a National Fitness and Sports Foundation to carry out
activities to support and supplement the mission of the President's Council on
Physical Fitness and Sports;
S. 1420, to implement an international agreement on the protection of dolphins
and harvest of tuna in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, with an amendment;
S. 1505, to reduce risk to public safety and the environment associated with
pipeline transportation of natural gas and hazardous liquids, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1645, to regulate United States scientific and tourist activities in
Antarctica, and to conserve Antarctic resources;
S. 1735, to establish the United States Tourism Organization as a
nongovernmental entity for the purpose of promoting tourism in the United
States, with an amendment;
S. 1840, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1997 and 1998 for the
Federal Trade Commission;
S. 1831, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1997, 1998, and 1999 for
the National Transportation Safety Board;
S. 1839, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 to the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration for human space flight; science,
aeronautics, and technology; mission support; and inspector general, with an
amendment;
S. 1648, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel HERCO TYME;
S. 1682, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel LIBERTY;
S. 1825, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel HALCYON;
S. 1826, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel COURIER SERVICE;
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S. 1828, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement
for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel TOP GUN; and
The nominations of James E. Hall, of Tennessee, to be Chairman of the National
Transportation Safety Board, and certain U.S. Coast Guard promotion lists.
Also, committee began consideration of proposed legislation to authorize
appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration, but did not complete
action thereon, and will meet again on Thursday, June 13.
Also, committee announced its subcommittee assignments as follows:
Aviation: Senators McCain (Chairman), Pressler, Gorton, Burns, Lott,
Hutchison, Ashcroft, Frist, Snowe, Ford, Hollings, Exon, Inouye, Bryan,
Rockefeller, Breaux, Dorgan, and Wyden;
Communications: Senators Pressler (Chairman), Stevens, McCain, Burns, Gorton,
Lott, Ashcroft, Hutchison, Abraham, Hollings, Inouye, Ford, Exon, Kerry,
Breaux, Rockefeller, and Dorgan;
Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism: Senators Gorton (Chairman),
McCain, Snowe, Ashcroft, Frist, Abraham, Exon, Ford, Bryan, Rockefeller, and
Wyden;
Oceans and Fisheries: Senators Stevens (Chairman), Gorton, Snowe, Pressler,
Kerry, Inouye, and Breaux;
Science, Technology, and Space: Senators Burns (Chairman), Pressler,
Hutchison, Stevens, Lott, Rockefeller, Kerry, Bryan, and Dorgan; and
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine: Senators Lott (Chairman),
Hutchison, Stevens, Burns, Snowe, Frist, Abraham, Inouye, Exon, Breaux, Bryan,
and Wyden.
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Parks, Historic
Preservation and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 1703, to provide the
National Park Foundation a greater ability to raise funds from individuals,
foundations and corporations to help repair and preserve national parks, after
receiving testimony from Roger G. Kennedy, Director, National Park Service,
Department of the Interior; Donald H. Rumsfeld, National Park Foundation,
Chicago, Illinois; Anne Wexler, The Wexler Group, Alan T. Howe, National Park
Hospitality Association, Jeff Perlman, American Advertising Federation and
Magazine Publishers of America, and William J. Chandler, National Parks and
Conservation Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Alfred Schreiber, Bozell
Worldwide, New York, New York; Curt Buchholtz, Rocky Mountain National Park
Associates, Inc., Estes Park, Colorado; Chesley Moroz, Eastern National Park
and Monument Association, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania; and Paula Degan,
Conference on National Park Cooperating Associations, Charles Town, West
Virginia.
CHINA MFN TRADE STATUS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine foreign policy
implications of the renewal of China's most-favored-nation trading status,
receiving testimony from Charlene Barshefsky, Acting United States Trade
Representative; Winston Lord, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and
Pacific Affairs; Richard L. Trumka, AFL-CIO, Lodi G. Gyari, International
Campaign for Tibet, and Mike Jendrzejczyk, Human Rights Watch/Asia, all of
Washington, D.C.; Donald L. Staheli, Continental Grain Company, New York, New
York, on behalf of the United States-China Business Council; Harry J. Pearce,
Tyco Toys Inc., Mount Laurel, New Jersey; Hungdah Chiu, University of
Maryland, Baltimore; and Henry Ma, International Technological University,
Santa Clara, California.
CHINA MFN TRADE STATUS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine foreign
policy implications of renewing China's most-favored-nation trading status,
receiving testimony from Sven Kraemer, former Director of Arms Control,
National Security Council; and Jeffrey L. Fiedler, Laogai Research Foundation,
and Richard L. Trumka, both of the AFL-CIO, Nina Shea, Freedom House, Robert
A. Kapp, United States-China Business Council, and Lodi G. Gyari,
International Campaign for Tibet, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs held hearings to examine prospects for peace in Afghanistan, receiving
testimony from Representatives Rohrabacher and Royce; Robin L. Raphel,
Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs; John L. Moore, Officer
for Middle East, South Asia, and Terrorism, Defense Intelligence Agency; T.
Kumar, Amnesty International, Washington, D.C.; Gary R. Shaye, Save the
Children, Westport, Connecticut; David H. Kuhns, Doctors Without Borders USA,
Inc., Jalalabad, Afghanistan; Dan O'Brien, CARE, Atlanta, Georgia; and Nancy
Dupree, ACBAR Resource and Information Center, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
IRS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to review Internal
Revenue Service financial management issues, focusing on financial audits of
D574the IRS, receiving testimony from Valerie Lau, Inspector General, and
Anthony Musick, Chief Financial Officer, Internal Revenue Service, both of the
Department of the Treasury; and Gregory M. Holloway, Director of
Governmentwide Audits, Accounting and Information Management Division, General
Accounting Office.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee continued in evening session to
mark up S. 1745, to authorize funds for fiscal year 1997 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, and to prescribe personnel
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/06/07
Daily Digest - Friday, June 7, 1996; pages D580 - D584
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--EPA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the
Environmental Protection Agency, receiving testimony from Carol M. Browner,
Administrator, EPA.
Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, June 11.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/06/10
Daily Digest - Monday, June 10, 1996; pages D586 - D590
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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Joint Meetings
TAX REFORM
Joint Economic Committee: Committee met to discuss the future of tax reform
and its potential implications on economic growth in America and the economic
security of American families, receiving testimony from Bruce Bartlett,
National Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas, Texas; Dale Jorgenson, Harvard
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Stephen Moore, CATO Institute, Marty
Regalia, United States Chamber of Commerce, Norman B. Ture, Institute for
Research on the Economics of Taxation, William Gale, Brookings Institution,
all of Washington, D.C.; Robert Johnson, Moore Capital Management, Arlington,
Virginia; Ronald Edmondson, Elliott-Russell, Amarillo, Texas; and numerous
other public witnesses.
Committee recessed subject to call.
1996/06/11
Daily Digest - Tuesday, June 11, 1996; pages D591 - D598
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--HUD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, receiving testimony from Henry G.
Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations
of Gen. John H. Tilelli, D593Jr., USA, for reappointment to the grade of
general and to be Commander-in-Chief, United Nations Command/Combined Forces
Command/United States Forces, Korea, Lt. Gen. Wesley K. Clark, USA, for
promotion to the grade of general and to be Commander-in-Chief, United States
Southern Command, and Lt. Gen. Walter Kross, USAF, for promotion to the grade
of general and to be Commander-in-Chief, United States Transportation Command,
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
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LIVESTOCK MARKETS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the condition of livestock markets, focusing on recent
reports issued by the Department of Agriculture meatpacker concentration
Advisory Committee, and proposed legislation to permit the interstate
distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry products, after receiving
testimony from Senator Thomas; Leonard W. Condon, Deputy Assistant United
States Trade Representative for Agricultural Affairs; Willard K. Tom,
Assistant Director for Policy and Evaluation, Federal Trade Commission; David
Turetsky, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Anti-Trust, Department of
Justice; Dean Anderson, South Dakota Secretary of Agriculture, Pierre; Keith
Bales, Montana Stockgrowers Association, Helena; Jay Patrick Boyle, American
Meat Institute, Arlington, Virginia; Dick Kjerstead, South Dakota Farm Bureau
Federation, Quinn; and Lois Wales, National Farmer's Union, Dimmitt, Texas.
ALASKA LAND BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
following bills:
S. 1010, to amend the "unit of general local government" definition for
Federal payments in lieu of taxes to include unorganized boroughs in Alaska,
after receiving testimony from Senator Stevens; and Gwen Mason, Assistant
Director, External Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the
Interior;
S. 1187, to convey certain real property located in Tongass National Forest to
Daniel J. Gross, Sr., and Douglas K. Gross, after receiving testimony from
Gray Reynolds, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service,
Department of Agriculture; and
S. 1807, to convey Federal land in the Tongass National Forest to the Kake
Tribal Corporation in exchange for the Corporation's surface interests in
certain land within the township of Kake, after receiving testimony from Mr.
Reynolds (listed above); Gordon Jackson and Thomas Findley, both on behalf of
the Kake Tribal Corporation, Kake, Alaska; and Julie Kitka, Alaska Federation
of Natives, Anchorage.
SALMON RECOVERY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Drinking Water,
Fisheries, and Wildlife concluded oversight hearings on implementation of
salmon and steelhead recovery efforts in the Pacific Northwest, focusing on
the installation of the surface collector by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
at Lower Granite Dam, after receiving testimony from William Stelle, Jr.,
Director, Northwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Maj. Gen.
Russell L. Fuhrman, Commander, North Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers; and Mitch Sanchotena, Idaho Steelhead and Salmon Unlimited, Richard
N. Williams, on behalf of the Independent Scientific Advisory Board, Mike
Field, Northwest Power Planning Council, and Donald W. Chapman, all of Boise,
Idaho.
OLYMPICS SECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the threat
terrorism poses to the Olympics and steps taken by Federal law enforcement and
military officials to maximize security at the upcoming Olympic games, after
receiving testimony from Senator McCain; Robert M. Blitzer, Chief, Domestic
Terrorism/Counterterrorism Section, National Security Division, Federal Bureau
of Investigation, and J. Gilmore Childers, Special Counsel for Olympics, both
of the Department of Justice; Gen. John H. Tilelli, Jr., USA, Commanding
General, United States Army Forces Command (Ft. McPherson, Georgia); and Ariel
Merari, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and
Property Rights began consideration S.J. Res. 8, proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States to prohibit retroactive increases in taxes,
but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Thursday, June 13.
INDIAN TRUST FUNDS MANAGEMENT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings on the
Department of the Interior's management of Indian trust funds, focusing on the
Department's efforts to reconcile Indian trust fund accounts and implement
management improvements, receiving testimony from Paul M. Homan, Special
Trustee for American Indians, Ed Cohen, Deputy Solicitor, and Joe Christie,
Director, Reconciliation D594Project, Bureau of Indian Affairs, all of the
Department of the Interior; Jim Simon, Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
Department of Justice; Linda M. Calbom, Director, and Gayle Fischer, Assistant
Director, both of Civil Audits, Accounting and Information Management
Division, and Tom Armstrong, Counsel, all of the General Accounting Office;
Eric Davenport, Intertribal Monitoring Association on Indian Trust Funds,
Juneau, Alaska; and Ivan Makil, Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community,
Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--DOD
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported, with
amendments, S. 1745, to authorize funds for fiscal year 1997 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, and to prescribe personnel
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and
Related Matters: Committee failed to agree to a committee resolution to grant
immunity to David Hale, relative to the committee's investigation of certain
matters with regard to the Whitewater Development Corporation.
Committee recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/06/12
Daily Digest - Wednesday, June 12, 1996; pages D600 - D606
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FOOD SAFETY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings on S. 1166, to enhance public confidence in the safety of the
American food supply, and facilitate the development and adoption of safe,
effective pest control technologies, and S. 1491, to reform antimicrobial
pesticide registration, after receiving testimony from Senators Kassebaum and
Grams; Lynn R. Goldman, Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection Agency; Bruce Alberts, President,
National Academy of Sciences; Philip J. Landrigan, Mount Sinai Medical Center,
New York, New York; Dean Kleckner, Rudd, Iowa, on behalf of the American Farm
Bureau Federation; John R. Cady, National Food Processors Association, Jay J.
Vroom, American Crop Protection Association and Responsible Industry for a
Sound Environment, Benjamin C. Bolusky, American Association of Nurserymen, on
behalf of the Minor Crop Farmer Alliance, Stephen A. Ziller, Grocery
Manufacturers of America, Inc., and Edwin L. Behrens, Procter & Gamble
Company, all of Washington, D.C.; and Albert H. Meyerhoff, Natural Resources
Defense Council, San Francisco, California.
COMMERCE ONLINE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space held hearings on S. 1726, to promote electronic commerce
by facilitating the use of privacy-enhancing technologies, receiving testimony
from Senators Leahy and Murray; Kenneth W. Dam, Chairman, National Research
Council; Michael Zisman, Lotus Software, James Barksdale, Netscape
Communications, Joe Holmes, Electronic Data Systems, Joel S. Lisker,
Mastercard International, and Richard W. Sevcik, Hewlett-Packard, all of
Washington, D.C.; Jim Bidzos, RSA Data Security, Redwood City, California; Tim
Krauskopf, Spyglass Inc., Naperville, Illinois; Dan Buchanan, Zion's Data
Services Company, Salt Lake City, Utah; Aharon Friedman, Digital Secured
Networks Technology Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; and Robert Bigony,
Motorola, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Hearings continue on Wednesday, June 26.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
bills:
H.R. 3286, to help families defray adoption costs, and to promote the adoption
of minority children; and
H.R. 3448, to provide tax relief for small businesses, to protect jobs, to
create opportunities, and to increase the take home pay of workers, with an
amendment.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/06/13
Daily Digest - Thursday, June 13, 1996; pages D608 - D614
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FAA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 1997 for the Federal Aviation Administration and the Airport Improvement
Program.
NATIONAL RECREATION LAKES STUDY ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S.
1844, to increase recreational opportunities on American lakes and rivers,
after receiving testimony from John H. Zirschky, Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Patricia J. Beneke, Assistant Secretary
of the Interior for Water and Science; Janice McDougle, Associate Deputy
Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture;
Kathryn Jackson, Senior Vice President, Resource Group, and Bob Herbst,
Washington Representative, both of the Tennessee Valley Authority; Marshall
Funk, Scotts Marina, Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the Marina Operators
Association of America; Tom Stidham, Norris Marine, Norman, Oklahoma, on
behalf of the Marine Retailers Association of America; Ray Gardiner, Snowbird
Ski and Summer Resort, Snowbird, Utah, on behalf of Recreation Roundtable; and
Ron Stone, States Organization for Boating Access, Washington, D.C.
WELFARE AND MEDICAID REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine proposals to reform
the welfare and Medicaid system, focusing on S. 1795, to restore the American
family, enhance support and work opportunities for families with children,
reduce out-of-wedlock pregnancies, reduce welfare dependence by requiring
work, meet the health care needs of America's most vulnerable citizens,
control welfare and Medicaid spending, and increase State flexibility,
receiving testimony from Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human
Services.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of
Raymond W. Kelly, of New York, to be Under Secretary of the Treasury, and
Marcia E. Miller, of Indiana, to be a Member of the United States
International Trade Commission.
Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the aforementioned
nominations, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Mr. Kelly was introduced by Senators D'Amato and Moynihan, and Ms.
Miller was introduced by Senators Chafee and Moynihan.
PLO COMPLIANCE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) compliance from Dennis
Ross, Special Middle East Coordinator, Department of State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
bills:
H.R. 1533, to increase the penalty for escaping from a Federal prison, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 419, to require the Federal Emergency Management Agency to compensate
Benchmark Rail Group, Inc. for certain emergency work and services performed
by them;
S. 1559, to make technical corrections to Federal bankruptcy law, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
S. Res. 226, to proclaim the week of October 13 through October 19, 1996, as
"National Character Counts Week".
CHALLENGES OF THE ELDERLY
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Aging resumed hearings
to examine the scope of challenges facing America's aging society, focusing on
whether working Americans are adequately preparing for retirement and what may
impede their ability to do so, receiving testimony from Laurence J. Kotlikoff,
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; Gary Burtless, Brookings
Institution, and Karen Ferguson, Pension Rights Center, both of Washington,
D.C.; Peter M. Kelly, Murphy, Smith and Polk, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of
the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Alan Sklar, Gleeson, Sklar, Sawyers, and
Cumpata, Skokie, Illinois, on behalf of National Small Business United; and
Phillip J. Longman, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/06/14
Daily Digest - Friday, June 14, 1996; pages D616 - D620
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--GAO/ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997, receiving testimony in
behalf of funds for their respective activities from Charles A. Bowsher,
Comptroller General of the United States; and William L. Ensign, Acting
Architect of the Capitol, who was accompanied by several of his associates.
Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, June 21.
FOREIGN POLICY IN THE HEMISPHERE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace
Corps Affairs concluded hearings on issues relative to U.S. foreign policy,
including drug trafficking and control in this hemisphere, after receiving
testimony from Barry R. McCaffrey, Director, Office of National Drug Control
Policy; Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.;
and Steve Forbes, Jr., Forbes, Inc., New York, New York.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/06/17
Daily Digest - Monday, June 17, 1996; pages D622 - D624
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/06/18
Daily Digest - Tuesday, June 18, 1996; pages D625 - D632
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
LIVESTOCK MARKET
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Research,
Nutrition, and General Legislation concluded hearings to examine current
cattle market developments, focusing on recent reports issued by a Department
of Agriculture Advisory Committee to investigate market concentration (a
condition in which a few firms possess a large share) in the agriculture
industry, and pricing and procurement methods currently used by major
meatpackers, and Administration initiatives to provide feed assistance and
stabilize cattle markets, after receiving testimony from Senators Burns and
Thomas; Michael V. Dunn, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and
Regulatory Programs; J. Patrick Boyle, American Meat Institute, Arlington,
Virginia; George Swan, Rogerson, Idaho, on behalf of the National Cattlemen's
Beef Association; Wayne D. Purcell, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg; and
Carl Jensen, Iowa Cattlemen's Association, Everly.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on
H.R. 3610, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1997, after receiving testimony from numerous public
witnesses.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations approved for
full committee consideration, with amendments, H.R. 3540, making
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997.
APPROPRIATIONS--NIH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 1997 for the National Institutes of Health, receiving
testimony from Harold Varmus, Director, National Institutes of Health,
Department of Health and Human Services, who was accompanied by several of his
associates.
Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, July 16.
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction approved
for full committee consideration, with amendments, H.R. 3517, making
appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment
and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1997.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
oversight hearings on the Federal Communications Commission implementation of
the Telecommunications Act of 1996, after receiving testimony from Reed E.
Hundt, Chairman, and James H. Quello, Susan Ness, and Rachelle B. Chong, each
a Commissioner, all of the Federal Communications Commission; Kenneth McClure,
Missouri Public Service Commission, and Martha S. Hogerty, Missouri Office of
the Public Counsel, both of Jefferson City; Laska Schoenfelder, South Dakota
Public Utilities Commission, Pierre; Sharon L. Nelson, Washington Utilities
and Transportation Commission, Olympia; and Julia Johnson, Florida Public
Service Commission, Tallahassee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee began markup of S. 1730,
to strengthen and improve provisions of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and to
ensure that citizens and communities injured by oil spills are promptly and
fully compensated, S. 1636, to designate the United States Courthouse under
construction at 1030 Southwest 3rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon, as the "Mark O.
Hatfield United States Courthouse", H.R. 3364, to designate the Federal
building and United Sates courthouse located at 235 North Washington Avenue in
Scranton, Pennsylvania, as the "William J. Nealon Federal Building and United
States Courthouse", H.R. 1772, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to
acquire certain interests in the Waihee Marsh for inclusion in the Oahu
National Wildlife Refuge Complex, H.R. 2660, to increase the amount authorized
to be appropriated to the Department of the Interior for the Tensas River
National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana, H.R. 2679, to revise the boundary of
the North Platte National Wildlife Refuge in Nebraska, H.R. 2982, to direct
the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Carbon Hill National Fish Hatchery
to the State of Alabama, S. 1802, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to
convey certain property containing a fish and wildlife facility to the State
of Wyoming, and S. 1871, to expand the Pettaquamscutt Cove National Wildlife
Refuge in D627Rhode Island, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed
subject to call.
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FEDERAL WITNESS SECURITY PROGRAM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the
effectiveness of the Department of Justice witness security program created
under the Organized Crime Act of 1970 to protect witnesses who testify against
traditional organized crime figures, after receiving testimony from John C.
Keeney, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Eugene L. Coon,
Jr., Acting Assistant Director, United States Marshals Service, Patrick H.
Nemoyer, United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, and
Peter M. Carlson, Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, all of the
Department of Justice; Steven P. Wood, Delaware Deputy Attorney General, and
Alisa Pennington, both of Wilmington, Delaware; James Peter Basile and George
Taylor, both former program participants; and a current program participant.
ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings to examine the
role of the Federal Depository Library Program of the Government Printing
Office in ensuring public access to Government information, receiving
testimony from Wayne P. Kelley, Superintendent of Documents, Government
Printing Office; Daniel P. O'Mahony, Brown University Library, Providence,
Rhode Island, on behalf of the Federal Depository Library Council; Betty J.
Turock, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, on behalf of the
American Library Association, American Association of Law Libraries,
Association of Research Libraries, and the Special Libraries Association; and
Christie D. Vernon, Yorktown, Virginia.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
Joint Meetings
ALBANIAN ELECTIONS
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission met to receive a briefing on the impact of recent elections in
Albania and prospects for its future from Robert Hand, Staff Advisor, Helsinki
Commission; Albania Ambassador to the United States Lublin Dilja, Tirane; and
Susan Atwood, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, and
Eric Jowett, International Republican Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
Commission recessed subject to call.
1996/06/19
Daily Digest - Wednesday, June 19, 1996; pages D634 - D644
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUDGET RECONCILIATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee completed its
review of certain spending reductions and revenue increases to meet
reconciliation expenditures as imposed by H. Con. Res. 178, establishing the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1997 and
setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000,
2001, and 2002, and agreed on recommendations which it will make thereon to
the Committee on the Budget.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense approved for full
committee consideration, with amendments, H.R. 3610, making appropriations for
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997.
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the District of
Columbia court system, receiving testimony from Annice Wagner, Chief Judge,
District of Columbia Court of Appeals; Eugene Hamilton, Chief Judge, Superior
Court of the District of Columbia; and Ulysses Hammond, Executive Officer,
District of Columbia Court System.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
SECURITIES INVESTMENT PROMOTION ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 1815, to provide
for improved regulation of the securities markets, eliminate excess securities
fees, and reduce the costs of investing.
SALMON RECOVERY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space held hearings to examine the status of salmon recovery
research for the Columbia and Snake Rivers, receiving testimony from Douglas
K. Hall, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; Dennis P.
Lettenmaier, University of Washington, Seattle; Mark Reller, Montana Power
Planning Council, Helena; Jack A. Stanford, University of Montana, Polson; and
Bruce Lovelin, Columbia River Alliance, and Doug DeHart, Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife, both of Portland, Oregon.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items:
S. 391, to protect and restore the health of Federal forest lands, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 901, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the
design, planning, and construction of certain water reclamation and reuse
projects and desalination research and development projects, with an
amendment;
H.R. 1823, to allow for prepayment of repayment contracts between the United
States and the Central Utah Water Conservancy District dated December 28,
1965, and November 26, 1985; D637
S. 1225, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an inventory of
historic sites, buildings, and artifacts in the Champlain Valley and the Upper
Hudson River Valley in Vermont, including the Lake George area, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
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S. 1226, to require the Secretary of the Interior to prepare a study of
battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and to establish an
American Battlefield Protection Program, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
H.R. 238, to provide for the protection of wild horses in the Ozark National
Scenic Riverways, Missouri, and prohibit the removal of such horses, with an
amendment;
H.R. 3008, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into agreements
with private parties for the recovery and disposal of helium on Federal lands,
with an amendment;
S. 1646, to authorize and facilitate a program to enhance safety, training,
research and development, and safety education in the propane gas industry for
the benefit of propane consumers and the public, with an amendment;
H.R. 1014, to authorize extension of time limitation for a FERC-issued
hydroelectric license;
S. 1174, to designate certain segments of the Lamprey River in New Hampshire
as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System;
S. 1194, to promote the research, identification, assessment, and exploration
of marine mineral resources, with an amendment;
H.R. 2967, to extend the authorization through fiscal year 1998 for the
Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act, while allowing the disposal site
in Mesa County, Colorado to operate until it reaches its full capacity, or
until September 30, 2023, whichever comes first;
S. 1662, to establish areas of wilderness and recreation in the State of
Oregon, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1703, to provide the National Park Foundation a greater ability to raise
funds from individuals, foundations and corporations to help repair and
preserve national parks, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1874, to amend sections of the Department of Energy Organization Act that
are obsolete or inconsistent with other statutes and to repeal a related
section of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974;
An original bill extending the authorities in the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act through September 30, 1996; and
The nomination of Vicky A. Bailey, of Indiana, to be a Member of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
Also, committee began mark up of S. 1186, to provide for the transfer of
operation and maintenance of the Flathead Irrigation and Power Project in
Montana, S. 1852, to bar class action lawsuits against Department of Energy
contractors for nonphysical injuries, to bar the award of punitive damages
against Department of Energy contractors for incidents occurring before August
20, 1988, and S. 1187, to convey certain real property located in Tongass
National Forest to Daniel J. Gross, Sr., and Douglas K. Gross, but did not
complete action thereon and recessed subject to call.
WELFARE AND MEDICAID REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings on S. 1795, to restore the
American family, enhance support and work opportunities for families with
children, reduce out-of-wedlock pregnancies, reduce welfare dependence by
requiring work, meet the health care needs of America's most vulnerable
citizens, control welfare and medicaid spending, and increase State
flexibility with regard to these matters, receiving testimony from Virginia
State Senator Stephen H. Martin, Richmond; Massachusetts Secretary of
Administration and Finance Charles D. Baker, Boston; Arnold R. Tompkins, Ohio
Department of Human Services, Columbus; David T. Ellwood, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts; Charles D. Hobbs, American Institute for Full
Employment, Washington, D.C.; and Karen Davis, The Commonwealth Fund, New
York, New York.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee continued hearings to examine
the role of the Federal Depository Library Program of the Government Printing
Office in ensuring public access to Government information, receiving
testimony from Jeanne Hurley Simon, Chairperson, U.S. National Commission on
Libraries and Information Science; Lewis J. Bellardo, Deputy Archivist of the
United States, National Archives and Records Administration; William Wulf,
University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Dennis F. Galletta, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Robert L. Smith, Jr., Interactive
Services Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INDIAN CHILD WELFARE AMENDMENT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported, with an
amendment, Title III, to amend the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 to make
title I of such Act inapplicable to any child D638custody proceeding involving
a child who does not reside or is not domiciled within a reservation with
certain exceptions, of H.R. 3286, Adoption Promotion and Stability Act.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to consider
pending committee business, but made no announcements, and recessed subject to
call.
U.S. TREATMENT OF VIETNAMESE COMMANDOS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded hearings to examine
United States treatment of certain Vietnamese commandos who were trained and
equipped by the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense
during the Vietnam War, after receiving testimony from Senator Kerry; Sedgwick
Tourison, former Analyst, Defense Intelligence Agency; Maj. Gen. John K.
Singlaub, USA (Ret.), former head of the commando operation; and Ha Van Son,
representing a group of Vietnamese commandos.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/06/20
Daily Digest - Thursday, June 20, 1996; pages D645 - D652
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE/MILITARY CONSTRUCTION/FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills:
An original bill (S. 1894) making appropriations for the Department of Defense
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997; and
H.R. 3517, making appropriations for military construction for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1997, with amendments; and
Also, committee completed its review of subcommittee allocations of budget
outlays and new budget authority allocated to the committee in H. Con. Res.
178, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 1997 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1997 for the Department of the Treasury, receiving testimony from Robert E.
Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, June 27.
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs/Committee on Indian Affairs:
Committees concluded joint hearings on Title VII, Native American Housing
Assistance and Self-Determination Act provisions of H.R. 2406, proposed United
States Housing Act, after receiving testimony from Henry G. Cisneros,
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; A. Brian Wallace, Washoe Tribe of
Nevada and California, Gardnerville, Nevada; Joyce C. Dugan, Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians, Cherokee, North Carolina; Roland E. Johnson, All Indian
Pueblo Council, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico; and W. Ron Allen, Jamestown
S'Klallam Tribe of Washington State, Sequim, on behalf of the National
Congress of American Indians; and Jacqueline L. Johnson, Juneau, Alaska, on
behalf of the National American Indian Housing Council.
SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee resumed hearings
to examine the use and management of the electromagnetic radio frequency
spectrum, focusing on certain issues regarding the assignment of spectrum for
digital or high definition television, receiving testimony from Senator Coats;
Representatives Ehlers; Robert C. Wright, National Broadcasting Company, Inc.,
New York, New York; Ray Rodriguez, Univision Television Network, Miami,
Florida; William Sullivan, KPAX-TV/Cordillera Communications, Missoula,
Montana; James M. Keelor, Cosmos Broadcasting Corporation, Greenville, South
Carolina; Craig Mundie, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington; J. Peter
Bingham, Philips Electronics Corporation, Briarcliff Manor, New York; Robert
Stearns, Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, Texas; and Rob Hummell,
Dreamworks, Universal City, California, on behalf of the American Society of
Cinematographers.
Hearings continue in closed session on Tuesday, June 25.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items:
S. 1730, to strengthen and improve provisions of the Oil Pollution Act of
1990, and to ensure that citizens and communities injured by oil spills are
promptly and fully compensated, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S. 1636, to designate the United States courthouse under construction at 1030
Southwest 3rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon, as the "Mark O. Hatfield United States
Courthouse";
H.R. 3364, to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse
located at 235 North Washington Avenue in Scranton, Pennsylvania, as the
"William J. Nealon Federal Building and United States Courthouse";
H.R. 1772, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain
interests in the Waihee Marsh for inclusion in the Oahu National Wildlife
Refuge Complex;
H.R. 2660, to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated to the
Department of the Interior for the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge in
Louisiana;
H.R. 2679, to revise the boundary of the North Platte National Wildlife Refuge
in Nebraska;
H.R. 2982, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Carbon Hill
National Fish Hatchery to the State of Alabama;
S. 1802, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain property
containing a fish and wildlife facility to the State of Wyoming; and
S. 1871, to expand the Pettaquamscutt Cove National Wildlife Refuge in Rhode
Island, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
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INTERNATIONAL NATURAL RUBBER AGREEMENT/LAW OF THE SEA CONVENTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the following
treaties:
The International Natural Rubber Agreement (Treaty Doc. 104-27), after
receiving testimony from Senator Glenn; Jeffrey M. Lang, Deputy United States
Trade Representative; and Thomas E. Cole, Rubber Manufacturers Association,
Washington, D.C.; and
The Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the
Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory
Fish Stocks, with annexes (Treaty Doc. 104-24), after receiving testimony from
David A. Colson, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Bureau of
Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of John F. Hicks, Sr., of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the
State of Eritrea, Alan R. McKee, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom
of Swaziland, Tibor P. Nagy, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Guinea, and Arlene Render, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Zambia, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf.
WHITE HOUSE INFORMATION ACCESS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine the
dissemination of Federal Bureau of Investigation background investigation
reports and other information to the White House, receiving testimony from
Richard S. Miller, Assistant Director for Protective Operations, United States
Secret Service, Department of the Treasury; Howard M. Shapiro, General
Counsel, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Billy Ray
Dale, former Director of the White House Travel Office; Anita McBride, former
Director, and Mary Kate Downham Carroll, former Personnel Assistant, both of
the White House Personnel Office; Graven W. Craig, former Intern, White House
Office of Public Liaison; and Ellen J. Gober, former Staff Assistant, White
House Office of Legislative Affairs.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/06/21
Daily Digest - Friday, June 21, 1996; pages D654 - D658
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of John Christian Kornblum, of Michigan, to be Assistant Secretary
for European and Canadian Affairs, and Barbara Mills Larkin, of North
Carolina, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, both of the
Department of State, Madeleine May Kunin, of Vermont, to be Ambassador to
Switzerland, and A. Vernon Weaver, of Arkansas, to be the Representative of
the United States to the European Union, with the rank and status of
Ambassador, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Ms. Kunin was introduced by Senator Leahy.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/06/24
Daily Digest - Monday, June 24, 1996; pages D659 - D662
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/06/25
Daily Digest - Tuesday, June 25, 1996; pages D663 - D670
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings in closed session to examine Federal Government use and management of
the electromagnetic radio frequency spectrum, after receiving testimony from
Clarence L. Irving, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications
and Information; Barry Horton, Principal Deputy Secretary of Defense; Vice
Adm. Arthur K. Cebrowski, USN, Director, Command, Control, Communications, and
Computer Systems Directorate, Joint Staff/Joint Chiefs of Staff; Steve
Killion, Section Chief, Information Resources Division, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice; and Frank E. Kruesi, Assistant Secretary
of Transportation for Transportation Policy.
GSA LEASING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation and
Infrastructure concluded oversight hearings to examine the impact of Federal
streamlining efforts on General Services Administration leasing activities,
after receiving testimony from Robert Peck, Commissioner, Public Buildings
Service, and Thomas Sherman, Acting Regional Administrator, National Capital
Region, both of the General Services Administration; Bruce A. Lehman,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce/Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks; and
Michael T. Shehadi, Charles E. Smith Realty Companies, Arlington, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of James Francis Creagan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Honduras, Leslie M. Alexander, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Ecuador, and Lino Gutierrez, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Nicaragua, after the nominees testified and answered questions in
their own behalf. Mr. Creagan was introduced by Senator Robb.
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs resumed hearings to examine prospects for peace in Afghanistan,
receiving testimony from Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai, Afghanistan Deputy Foreign
Minister, and Mohammad Ishagh, Afghan News, both of Kabul, Afghanistan;
D665Abdul Ahad Karzai, Tribal Confederation of Southwest Afghanistan; Haji
Mohammad Mohaqiq, Hizb-I-Wahdat/Khalili, Bamian, Afghanistan; Hashmatullah
Mojaddedi, Afghan National Liberation Front, Peshawar, Pakistan; Haji Qadir,
Nangarhar Shura, Jalalabad, Afghanistan; Syed Ahmed Gailani, National Islamic
Front of Afghanistan, and Hedayat Amin Arsala, both of Islamabad, Pakistan;
Sardar Sultan Mahmoud Ghazi, Rome Italy; Said Mansour Naderi, Mazar-I-Sharif,
Afghanistan; Sadig Moddabir, Hazajarat, Afghanistan; and other Afghan
witnesses.
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Hearings continue tomorrow.
INFORMATION SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
resumed hearings to examine the vulnerabilities of national computer
information systems and networks, and Federal efforts to promote security
within the information infrastructure, focusing on foreign information warfare
programs and capabilities, receiving testimony from John M. Deutch, Director,
Central Intelligence Agency; Peter G. Neumann, Computer Science Laboratory/SRI
International, Menlo Park, California; and Roger C. Molander and Robert H.
Anderson, both of RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Arthur Gajarsa, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal
Circuit, Joan B. Gottschall, to be United States District Judge for the
Northern District of Illinois, Robert L. Hinkle, to be United States District
Judge for the Northern District of Florida, Lawrence E. Kahn, to be United
States District Judge for the Northern District of New York, Margaret M.
Morrow, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of
California, and Frank R. Zapata, to be United States District Judge for the
District of Arizona, after the nominees testified and answered questions in
their own behalf. Mr. Gajarsa was introduced by Senators Sarbanes and Mikulski
and Representative Morella, Ms. Gottschall was introduced by Senators Simon
and Moseley-Braun, Mr. Hinkle was introduced by Senators Graham and Mack, Mr.
Kahn was introduced by Senators D'Amato and Moynihan and Representative
McNulty, Ms. Morrow was introduced by Senator Boxer, and Mr. Zapata was
introduced by Senator Kyl and Representative Pastor.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee began consideration of an original
bill to authorize construction projects for fiscal year 1997 and for other
purposes relating to VA real property management, but did not complete action
thereon, and recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/06/26
Daily Digest - Wednesday, June 26, 1996; pages D672 - D684
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PUHCA REPEAL
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 1317, to repeal
the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, establish a limited regulatory
framework covering public utility holding companies, and eliminate duplicative
regulation.
COMMERCE ONLINE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space resumed hearings on S. 1726, to promote electronic
D676commerce by facilitating the use of privacy-enhancing technologies,
receiving testimony from Representative Goodlatte; Philip Zimmermann, Pretty
Good Privacy, Boulder, Colorado; Whitfield Diffie, Sun Microsystems Computer
Company, Mountain View, California; Philip Karn, Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego,
California; Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center, and Jerry
Berman, Center for Democracy and Technology, both of Washington, D.C.; Matthew
Blaze, AT&T Research, Murray Hill, New Jersey; and Barbara Simons, IBM-Santa
Teresa Laboratories, and Robert G. Gargus, Atalla Corporation, both of San
Jose, California.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
U.S. TERRITORY ASSISTANCE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S.
1804, to make technical and other changes to the laws dealing with the
territories and freely associated states of the United States, after receiving
testimony from Representative Underwood; Allen P. Stayman, Director, Office of
Insular Affairs, Department of the Interior; Seth P. Waxman, Associate Deputy
Attorney General, and T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Executive Associate
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, both of the Department
of Justice; John R. Fraser, Deputy Administrator, Wage and Hour Division,
Department of Labor; Paul J. Seligman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health
Studies, and Martin Blume, Deputy Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory,
both of the Department of Energy; Virgin Islands Governor Roy L. Schneider,
Charlotte Amalie; Virgin Islands Delegate Victor Frazer and Virgin Islands
Lieutenant Governor Kenneth E. Mapp, both of St. Croix; Guam Governor Carl
T.C. Gutierrez, Agana; Jesse B. Marehalau, on behalf of the Government of the
Federated States of Micronesia, Banny deBrum, on behalf of the Government of
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Juan N. Babauta, on behalf of the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, all of Washington, D.C.; Bikini
Senator Henchi Balos, and Nitijela Senator Ismael John, both of Majuro,
Marshall Islands; Sebastian Aloot and Samuel F. McPhetres, both on behalf of
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan; and Mark L. Pollot,
Boise, Idaho.
INDIAN LAND CLAIMS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S.
1889, to authorize the exchange of certain lands conveyed to the Kenai Natives
Association pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and to make
adjustments to the National Wilderness System, after receiving testimony from
Robert Shallenberger, Chief, Division of Refuges, United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, and W. Hord Tipton, Assistant Director for Resource Use and
Protection, Bureau of Land Management, both of the Department of the Interior;
and Diana L. Zirul, Kenai Natives Association, Inc., Kenai, Alaska.
BUDGET RECONCILIATION: WELFARE AND MEDICAID REFORM .
Committee on Finance: Committee completed its review of certain spending
reductions and revenue increases with regard to welfare and Medicaid reform to
meet reconciliation expenditures as imposed by H. Con. Res. 178, establishing
the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1997
and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, and 2002, and agreed on recommendations which it will make thereon
to the Committee on the Budget.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
The International Natural Rubber Agreement, 1995, done at Geneva on February
17, 1995 (Treaty Doc. 104-27), with one declaration;
The Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December, 1982 Relating to the
Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory
Fish Stocks, with annexes (Treaty Doc. 104-24), with one declaration;
H.R. 2070, to provide for the distribution within the United States of the
United States Information Agency film entitled "Fragile Ring of Life";
H.R. 3121, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export
Control Act to make improvements to certain defense and security assistance
provisions under those Acts, and to authorize the transfer of naval vessels to
certain foreign countries, with amendments;
H. Con. Res. 160, congratulating the people of the Republic of Sierra Leone on
the success of their recent democratic multiparty elections;
An original resolution (S. Res. 271) expressing the sense of the Senate with
respect to the international obligation of the People's Republic of China to
allow an elected legislature in Hong Kong after June 30, 1997; and
The nominations of Leslie M. Alexander of Florida, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Ecuador, Avis T. Bohlen, of the District of Columbia, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, Wendy Jean Chamberlin, of Virginia, to
be Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, James Francis Creagan,
of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras, Harold W. Geisel,
of Illinois, to D677serve concurrently and without additional compensation as
Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles, Lino Gutierrez, of Florida, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, John F. Hicks, Sr., of North
Carolina, to be Ambassador to the State of Eritrea, Thomas C. Hubbard, of
Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines and to serve
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic
of Palau, Dennis C. Jett, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Peru, John Christian Kornblum, of Michigan, to be Assistant Secretary of State
for European and Canadian Affairs, Madeleine May Kunin, of Vermont, to be
Ambassador to Switzerland, Barbara Mills Larkin, of North Carolina, to be
Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, Marisa R. Lino, of
Oregon, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Albania, Gerald S. McGowan, of
Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation, Alan R. McKee, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the
Kingdom of Swaziland, Tibor P. Nagy, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Guinea, Donald J. Planty, of New York, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Guatemala, Glen Robert Rase, of Florida, to be Ambassador to
Brunei Darussalam, Arlene Render, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Zambia, A. Vernon Weaver, of Arkansas, to be the Representative of
the United States to the European Union, with the rank and status of
Ambassador; and three Foreign Service Officers' Promotion lists.
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AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs continued hearings to examine prospects for peace in Afghanistan,
receiving testimony from Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi, Embassy of Pakistan;
Ambassador Halil Ugur, Embassy of Turkmenistan; Anwar Ahady, Afghan Social
Democratic Party, North Providence, Rhode Island; Rawan Farhadi, United
Nations Ambassador of Afghanistan, and Mohammed Andkhoie, National Islamic
Movement, both of New York, New York; Martin F. Miller, UNOCAL, Houston,
Texas; Rona Popal, Afghan Women's Association Int'l, Hayward, California;
Nasir Shansab, Democracy International, Herndon, Virginia; Bashir A. Zikria,
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Norwood, New Jersey;
M. Hassan Nouri, Council of Cooperation for Afghan National Organizations,
Laguna Hills, California; Zieba Shorish-Shamley, Association for Peace and
Democracy for Afghanistan, and Sara Amiryar, Council for Cooperation for
Afghan National Organizations, both of Washington, D.C.; Omar Samad,
Afghanistan Information Center, and Suraya Sadeed, Help the Afghan Children,
Inc., both of Arlington, Virginia; Nake M. Kamrany, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, California; Mohammad Aman, Society of Afghan
Engineers, Clifton, Virginia; Syed Ishaq Gailani, Council for Understanding
and National Unity of Afghanistan, Naim Majrooh, Afghan Information Center,
and Abdul Haq, all of Peshawar, Pakistan; Zaid Haidary, RDA Associates,
Islamabad, Pakistan; Seema Samar, Hezbi-Wahdat, Quetta, Pakistan; Tawab
Assifi, Orange, California; Kurt Lohbeck, Albuquerque, New Mexico; and
Mohammad Sharif Faiz, Herat, Afghanistan.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE REOPENING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. Res. 254, to
express the sense of the Senate that the President should order the immediate
permanent reopening to vehicular traffic of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of
the White House, restoring the Avenue to its original state, receiving
testimony from Senator Grams; Representative Norton; Eljay B. Bowron,
Director, United States Secret Service, Department of the Treasury; Gary L.
Abrecht, Chief, United States Capitol Police; Larry King, Director, District
of Columbia Department of Public Works; John J. Strauchs, Systech Group, Inc.,
Reston, Virginia; and Arthur Cotton Moore, Arthur Cotton Moore and Associates,
on behalf of the Committee of 100 on the Federal City, and J. Bruce Brown,
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, both of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported
the following business items:
S. 1221, to authorize funds for fiscal years 1996 through 2000 for the Legal
Services Corporation;
S. 1400, to require the Secretary of Labor to issue guidance as to the
application of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to
insurance company general accounts, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute; and
The nominations of Victor H. Ashe, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board
of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service, Reginald
Earl Jones, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, Levar Burton, of California, to be a Member of the National
Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Luis Valdez, of California,
to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts, and Doris B. Holleb, of
Illinois, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities, both of
the National D678Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, Alan G. Lowry, of
California, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the James Madison
Memorial Fellowship Foundation, Reynaldo F. Macias, of California, and
Marciene S. Mattleman, of Pennsylvania, each to be a Member of the National
Institute for Literacy Advisory Board, and two lists for the regular corps of
the Public Health Service.
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FEC AUTHORIZATION/CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the Federal
Election Commission, and resumed hearings on proposals to amend the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a voluntary system of spending
limits and partial public financing of Senate primary and general election
campaigns, to limit contributions by multicandidate political committees, and
to reform the financing of Federal elections and Senate campaigns, receiving
testimony from Lee Ann Elliott, Chairman, and Scott E. Thomas, Chairman, and
Joan D. Aikens, Vice Chairman, both of the Finance Committee, all of the
Federal Election Commission; and Becky Cain, St. Albans, West Virginia, on
behalf of the League of Women Voters of the United States.
Committee recessed subject to call.
INDIAN CHILD WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings on proposals to reform
the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, focusing on the adoption process of
Indian children, receiving testimony from Senator Glenn; Representatives
Faleomavaega, Geren, Pryce, Solomon, and Don Young; Seth P. Waxman, Associate
Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; Ada E. Deer, Assistant
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Deborah J. Doxtator, Oneida
Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, Oneida; Mary V. Thomas, Gila River Indian
Community, Sacaton, Arizona; W. Ron Allen, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of
Washington State, Sequim, on behalf of the National Congress of American
Indians; Michael J. Walleri, Tanana Chiefs Conference, Inc., Fairbanks,
Alaska; Marc Gradstein, Burlingame, California; and Jane A. Gorman, Tustin,
California.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
Joint Meetings
BOSNIAN ELECTIONS
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission held hearings to examine whether the conditions in
Bosnia-Herzegovina will allow free and fair elections to be held in
mid-September and, if not, whether the Dayton Agreement-mandated elections
should be postponed until such conditions exist, receiving testimony from
William D. Montgomery, Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State
for Implementation of the Bosnian Peace Settlement; and Robert H. Frowick,
Head of the Mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Vienna.
Commission recessed subject to call.
1996/06/27
Daily Digest - Thursday, June 27, 1996; pages D686 - D696
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN OPERATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute, H.R. 3540, making appropriations for
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1997.
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the government
of the District of Columbia, focusing on the District of Columbia public
school system, receiving testimony from Karen Shook, President, Jay Silberman,
Member At Large, Franklin L. Smith, Superintendent of Schools, and Shelia
Handy, Deputy Superintendent for Educational Accountability, Assessment, and
Information, all of the District of Columbia Board of Education; and
Christopher Cross, Council for Basic Education, Roberts Jones, National
Alliance of Business, and Mark Root, Tech Corps, all of Washington, D.C.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1997 for the Office of National Drug Control Policy, receiving testimony from
Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 983 military
nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
FEDERAL ASSISTED HOUSING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing
Opportunity and Community Development concluded hearings on a proposal to
restructure the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing
Administration insured and assisted multifamily housing portfolio that
receives project-based rental assistance, after receiving testimony from
Nicolas Retsinas, Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for
Housing/Federal Housing Commissioner; Patricia J. Payne, Maryland State
Department of Housing and Community Development, Crownsville, Maryland, on
behalf of the National Council of State Housing Agencies; John K. McIlwain,
National Housing Conference, and Benson F. Roberts, Local Initiatives Support
Corporation, both of Chevy Chase, Maryland; Eugene F. Ford, Mid-City Financial
Corporation, and Michael Bodaken, National Housing Trust, both of Bethesda,
Maryland; John J. Koelemij, Tallahassee, Florida, on behalf of the National
Association of Home Builders; and Billy Easton, New York State Tenants and
Neighbors Coalition, Albany.
FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on proposals to
improve the management and organization of Federal natural resources and
environmental functions, receiving testimony from Senator Craig; Michael
Gryszkowiec, Director of Planning and Reporting, and Charles S. Cotton,
Assistant Director, and Chester Joy, Senior Evaluator, both of Energy,
Resources and Science Issues, all of the Resources, Community, and Economic
Development Division, and Susan Irving, Associate Director, Budget Issues,
Accounting Information Management Division, all of the General Accounting
Office; Alan L. Dean, National Academy of Public Administration, Washington,
D.C.; and Robert H. Nelson, University of Maryland, College Park, on behalf of
the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Arthur Gajarsa, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge
for the Federal Circuit, Joan B. Gottschall to be United States District Judge
for the Northern District of Illinois, Robert L. Hinkle, to be United States
District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, Lawrence E. Kahn, to be
United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York, Margaret
M. Morrow, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of
California, and Frank R. Zapata, to be United States District Judge for the
District of Arizona.
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CHURCH BURNINGS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the Federal
response to recent incidents of church burnings in predominantly black
churches across the South, after receiving testimony from Senators Faircloth
and Kennedy; Deval L. Patrick, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights,
Department of Justice, and James E. Johnson, Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement, Department of the Treasury, both on behalf of the National Church
Arson Task Force; Mac Charles Jones, National Council of Churches, New York,
New York; Ralph E. Reed, Jr., Christian Coalition, Chesapeake, Virginia; and
Jonathan Monzan, Manning, South Carolina.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/06/28
Daily Digest - Friday, June 28, 1996; pages D698 - D702
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
WHITE HOUSE INFORMATION ACCESS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed hearings to examine the
dissemination of Federal Bureau of Investigation background investigation
reports and other information to the White House, receiving testimony from
James A. Wolfe, Director of Security, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence;
Arnold Cole and Jeffrey Undercoffer, both Special Agents, United States Secret
Service, Department of the Treasury; Charles Easley, Director, Office of White
House Security; Mary Beck, Associate Director for Human Resources Management,
Office of Administration, Executive Office of the President; and D. Craig
Livingstone, former Director, and Lisa Wetzl and Nancy Gemmell, both former
Staff, all of the White House Office of Personnel Security.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/07/08
Daily Digest - Monday, July 8, 1996; pages D703 - 708
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/07/09
Daily Digest - Tuesday, July 9, 1996; pages D709 - D714
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Andrew S. Effron, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of
Appeals for the Armed Forces, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senators Warner and Robb, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
SAUDI ARABIA BOMBING REPORT
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in open and closed sessions to
receive a report on the bombing of United States military facilities in Saudi
Arabia on June 25, 1996 from William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense; Gen. John
M. Shalikashvili, USA, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Gen. J. H.
Binford Peay, III, USA, Commander-in-Chief, United States Central Command.
Committee recessed subject to call.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
TERRORISM: SAUDI ARABIA/BEIRUT
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held hearings to examine the
incidents of terrorism and bombing of United States military facilities in
Saudi Arabia and Beirut, focusing on reports of the Long Commission, which
investigated the bombings, and lessons learned on intelligence support and
counterterrorism programs, receiving testimony from Adm. Robert Long, USN
(Ret.), Chairman, Long Commission; Lt. Gen. Mick Trainor, USMC (Ret.), former
Deputy Chief of Operations for the Marine Corps; Col. Pat Lang, USA (Ret.),
former Defense Intelligence Officer for the Middle East; and Robert Murray,
Center for Naval Analysis, Washington, D.C., former Member of the Long
Commission.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/07/10
Daily Digest - Wednesday, July 10, 1996; pages D715 - D722
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies approved for full committee consideration, with
amendments, H.R. 3603, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997.
APPROPRIATIONS--VA/HUD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
approved for full committee consideration, with amendments, H.R. 3666, making
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions,
corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997.
APPROPRIATIONS--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/GPO
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997, receiving testimony in
behalf of funds for their respective activities from James H. Billington,
Librarian of Congress; and Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer, Government
Printing Office.
Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Andrew S. Effron, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United
States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
ALASKA TIMBER SALE EXTENSION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S.
1877, to extend for 15 years the long-term timber sale contract on the Tongass
National Forest between the United States Forest Service and the Ketchikan
Pulp Corporation, after receiving testimony from James R. Lyons, Under
Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and the Environment; Phil
Janik, Regional Forester, Fred Walk, Director of Timber Management, and Brad
Powell, Forest Supervisor, all of the Forest D717Service, Department of
Agriculture; Ralph Lewis and Owen Graham, both of the Ketchikan Pulp
Corporation, Ernesta Ballard, Ballard and Associates, and Wayne Weihing,
Tongass Conservation Society, all of Ketchikan, Alaska; Samuel A. Mabry,
Hercules Incorporated, Mary A. Munson, Defenders of Wildlife, and Brian
O'Donnell, Alaska Wilderness League, all of Washington, D.C.; Al Knapp, TIC
Holdings, Steamboat Springs, Colorado; David L. Roets, Graseby STI, Waldon,
Arkansas; Jay Scott Estey, Jaakko Poyry Consulting, Tarrytown, New York; Scott
W. Horngren, Haglund & Kirtley, Portland, Oregon; David Katz and Robert
Lindekugel, both of the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Juneau; and
Gershon Cohen, Alaska Clean Water Alliance, Haines.
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NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Alan Philip Larson, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for
Economic and Business Affairs, after the nominee testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.
TERRORISM: SAUDI ARABIA
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee continued hearings to examine
certain issues surrounding the incidents of terrorism and the recent bombing
of United States military facilities in Saudi Arabia, receiving testimony from
Lawrence S. Eagleburger, former Secretary of State; Walter L. Cutler, former
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; L. Paul Bremer, former
Ambassador-at-Large for Counter-Terrorism; Richard Haass, former Senior
Director for Near East and South Asian Affairs, National Security Council; and
Mary Jane Deeb, American University, and Brian Jenkins, Kroll Associates, both
of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
Joint Meetings
RUSSIAN ELECTION
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission concluded hearings to examine the impact of the recent election in
Russia, after receiving testimony from James F. Collins, Ambassador-at-Large
for the New Independent States; Michael McFaul, Stanford University, Stanford,
California; and Peter Reddaway, George Washington University, and Blair A.
Ruble, Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies/Woodrow Wilson Center,
both of Washington, D.C.
1996/07/11
Daily Digest - Thursday, July 11, 1996; pages D724 - D732
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE/VA/HUD
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills:
H.R. 3603, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1997, with amendments; and
H.R. 3666, making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards,
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1997, with amendments.
ABSTINENCE EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education held hearings on proposed funding levels for the Department of
Health and Human Service's Adolescent Family Life Program and other abstinence
education programs, receiving testimony from William Devlin, Philadelphia
Family Policy Council, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Allan Carlson, Rockford,
Illinois; Kathleen Sullivan, Project Reality, Glenview, Illinois; David Hager,
Women's Care Center, Lexington, Kentucky; and Gracie Hsu, Family Research
Council, Washington, D.C.
Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, July 16.
APPROPRIATIONS--SECRETARY OF SENATE/SERGEANT AT ARMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997, after receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Kelly D.
Johnston, Secretary of the Senate; and Howard O. Greene, Sergeant At Arms.
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY AND WATER
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
approved for full committee consideration an original bill making
appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1997.
ATM FEES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on S. 1800, to limit fees charged by financial institutions for the use of
automatic teller machines, after receiving testimony from Janice C. Shields,
on behalf of the Consumer Finance Project, and Edmund Mierzwinski, both of the
U.S. Public Interest Research Group, and Robert R. Davis, America's Community
Bankers, all of Washington, D.C.; Paul Green, Massachusetts Cooperative Bank
of Dorchester, on behalf of the Community Bank League of New England; Patrick
G. Calhoun, State Employees Federal Credit Union, Albany, New York, on behalf
of the New York State Credit Union League; Phillip Hudson, First Security
Service Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah, on behalf of the American Bankers
Association; Thomas J. Sheehan, Grafton State Bank, Grafton, Wisconsin, on
behalf of the Independent Bankers Association of America; David W. Black,
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., Dallas, Texas; and Neil Marcous, EDS,
Morris Plains, New Jersey.
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PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded oversight
hearings to review the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's recently issued
electric utility restructuring rules to require open access transmission by
all public utilities and to provide for recovery of stranded costs to foster
wholesale competition, after receiving testimony from Elizabeth A. Moler,
Chair, and Vicky A. Bailey, James J. Hoecker, William L. Massey, and Donald F.
Santa, Jr., each a Commissioner, all of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission; Cheryl L. Parrino, Wisconsin Public Service Commission, Madison,
on behalf of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners;
Craig A. Glazer, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, Columbus; Susan F.
Clark, Florida Public Service Commission, Tallahassee; Wayne Shirley, New
Mexico Public Utility Commission, Santa Fe; Charles A. Falcone, American
Electric Power Company, on behalf of the Edison Electric Institute, David W.
Penn, American Public Power Association, and John A. Anderson, Electricity
Consumers Resources Council, all of Washington, D.C.; and Steven D. Burton,
Sithe/Energies Group, New York, New York, on behalf of the National
Independent Energy Producers.
BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA ACCESS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forest and Public
Land Management concluded hearings on S. 1738, to provide for improved access
to and use of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness along the Minnesota
and Ontario border, after receiving testimony from Senators Feingold and
Harkin; Representatives Vento and Oberstar; Gray Reynolds, Deputy Chief,
National Forest System, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; John
Calhoun Wells, Director, and Maureen Labenski, Regional Director, both of the
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; Minnesota State Senator Douglas J.
Johnson, Cook; Sharon Hahn, Lake County Board of Commissioners, Two Harbors,
Minnesota; Mayor Ed Steklasa, and Gary Gotchnik, both of Ely, Minnesota;
Minnesota State Representative Dee Long, Kevin Proescholdt, Friends of the
Boundary Waters Wilderness, and Becky Rom, Wilderness Society, all of
Minneapolis, Minnesota; Wisconsin State Representative Spencer Black, Madison;
Iowa State Representative William Witt, Cedar Falls; Bruce Kerfoot, Grand
Marais, Minnesota, on behalf of the Gunflint Trail Resort Association,
Gunflint Trail Outfitters Association, and the Professional Paddlesports
Association of America; and William Hansen, Sawbill Canoe Outfitters, Inc.,
Tofte, Minnesota.
WOMEN IN AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded
hearings to examine the emerging role of women in Africa, focusing on barriers
to their full participation in their rapidly changing societies, after
receiving testimony from Prudence Bushnell, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
African Affairs, and Judith Ann Mayotte, Special Advisor on Refugee Policy,
Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, both of the Department of State;
Carol Peasley, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator/Bureau for Africa, Agency
for International Development; Michaela Walsh, Women's Asset Management, New
York, New York; and Lisa VeneKlasen, Center for Population and Development
Activities, and Jane Wanjiro Muigai, International Human Rights Law Group,
both of Washington, D.C.
DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on S. 1740, to defend and
protect the institution of marriage, receiving testimony from Senator Nickles;
Lynn Wardle, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; Cass R. Sunstein,
University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois; Mitzi Henderson, Parents,
Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), Menlo Park, California; Gary
Bauer, Family Research Council, Washington, D.C.; and David Zwiebel, Agudath
Israel of America, New York, New York.
Hearings were recessed subject to the call.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/07/12
Daily Digest - Friday, July 12, 1996; pages D734- D740
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior approved for full
committee consideration, with amendments, H.R. 3662, making appropriations for
the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1997.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/07/16
Daily Digest - Tuesday, July 16, 1996; pages D742 - D750
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR/ENERGY AND WATER
Committee on Appropriations: Committed ordered favorably reported the
following bills:
H.R. 3662, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, with
amendments; and
An original bill (S. 1959) making appropriations for energy and water
development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997.
APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation approved for full
committee consideration, with amendments, H.R. 3675, making appropriations for
the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1997.
AUTHORIZATION--EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of Education, after
receiving testimony from Richard W. Riley, Secretary of Education; Susan
Staub, Pennsylvanians for Right to Work, Harrisburg; and Michelle Easton,
Virginia State Board of Education, Richmond.
OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill
(S. 1956) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to H. Con. Res. 178,
establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for
fiscal year 1997.
DATE-RAPE DRUG ABUSE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace
Corps Affairs concluded hearings on proposed legislation to increase penalties
for the misuse of certain controlled substances, focusing on the abuse and
trafficking of the drug Rohypnol to commit sexual assault, after receiving
testimony from Senator Biden; Representative Solomon; Terrance W. Woodworth,
Deputy Director, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration,
Department of Justice; Maria Herrera, Supervisory Special Agent, Office of
Strategic Problem Solving, United States Customs Service, Department of the
Treasury; David Robshaw, Broward County Sheriff's Office, Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida; Robert B. Armstrong, Roche Laboratories Inc., Nutley, New Jersey, on
behalf of Hoffmann-La Roche; Lisa Celestin, Coral Springs, Florida; and Joy
Diliello, and Daniel Redding, both of Jackson, Tennessee.
TENTH AMENDMENT ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee resumed hearings on S. 1629, to
protect the rights of the States and the people from abuse by the Federal
D744Government, to strengthen the partnership and the intergovernmental
relationship between State and Federal governments, to restrain Federal
agencies from exceeding their authority, and to enforce the Tenth Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution, receiving testimony from Alabama State Representative
Michael Box, Montgomery, on behalf of the National Conference of State
Legislatures; Roger J. Marzulla, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, and Feld,
Washington, D.C.; Mary Brigid McManamon, Widener University School of Law,
Wilmington, Delaware; and Edward L. Rubin, University of California School of
Law, Berkeley.
[Page: D744]
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
CYBERSPACE SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
resumed hearings to examine the vulnerabilities of national computer
information systems and networks, and Federal efforts to promote security
within the information infrastructure, receiving testimony from Senators Leahy
and Kyl; Jamie S. Gorelick, Deputy Attorney General of the United States; and
John P. White, Deputy Secretary of Defense.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 1734, to prohibit false statements
to Congress and to clarify congressional authority to obtain truthful
testimony.
RETIREMENT SECURITY
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Aging resumed hearings
on reform proposals to ensure retirement security for the American workforce,
focusing on whether Americans are adequately preparing for retirement and what
may impede their ability to do so, receiving testimony from former
Representative Timothy J. Penny, Himle-Horner, Waseca, Minnesota; Peter G.
Peterson, Blackstone Group/Concord Coalition, New York, New York, former
Secretary of Commerce; Sylvester J. Schieber, Watson Wyatt Worldwide,
Washington, D.C.; and Paul Hewitt, National Taxpayers Union Foundation,
Alexandria, Virginia.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee resumed hearings to examine
the role of the Federal Depository Library Program of the Government Printing
Office in ensuring public access to Government information, receiving
testimony from Benjamin Y. Cooper, Printing Industries of America, Alexandria,
Virginia; William A. Gindlesperger, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on behalf of
ABC Advisors, Inc.; Robert G. Claitor, Claitor's Law Books and Publishing
Division, Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Eric Massant, LEXIS-NEXIS and
Congressional Information Service, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, on behalf of
Information Industry Association.
Hearings continue on Wednesday, July 24.
No Joint hearing noted.
1996/07/17
Daily Digest - Wednesday, July 17, 1996; pages D751 - D762
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FRAUD
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on S. 1009, to prohibit the fraudulent production, sale, transportation, or
possession of fictitious items purporting to be valid financial instruments of
the United States, foreign governments, States, political subdivisions, or
private organizations, and to increase the penalties for counterfeiting
violations, after receiving testimony from Michael C. Stenger, Special Agent
in Charge, Financial Crimes Division, United States Secret Service, Department
of the Treasury; Charles L. Owens, Section Chief, Criminal Investigative
Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; William R.
McLucas, Director, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission; Herbert A. Biern, Deputy Associate Director, Division of Banking
Supervision and Regulation, Federal Reserve Board; George M. Donahue, New York
County Assistant District Attorney, New York, New York; Albert M. Pennybacker,
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., Washington, D.C.;
Donald C. Bell, Salvation Army, Alexandria, Virginia; and Richard Furr,
Central Carolina Bank and Trust Company, Durham, North Carolina.
FAA SAFETY OVERSIGHT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine Federal Aviation Administration safety procedures and certain issues
relating to the Department of Transportation's oversight of the commercial
airline ValuJet, receiving testimony from Federico PenAE6a, Secretary, and
David R. Hinson, Administrator, Federal Aviation D754Administration, both of
the Department of Transportation; A. Mary Schiavo, former Inspector General,
Department of Transportation; and Lewis H. Jordan, ValuJet Airlines, Atlanta,
Georgia.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE TREATIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
Extradition Treaty with Hungary (Treaty Doc. 104-5), the Extradition Treaty
with Belgium (Treaty Doc. 104-7), the Supplementary Extradition Treaty with
Belgium (Treaty Doc. 104-8), the Extradition Treaty with Switzerland (Treaty
Doc. 104-9), the Extradition Treaty with the Philippines (Treaty Doc. 104-16),
the Extradition Treaty with Bolivia (Treaty Doc. 104-22), the Extradition
Treaty with Malaysia (Treaty Doc. 104-26), the Treaty with the Republic of
Korea on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (Treaty Doc. 104-1), the
Treaty with the United Kingdom on Mutual Legal Assistance on Criminal Matters
(Treaty Doc. 104-2), the Treaty with the Philippines on Mutual Legal
Assistance in Criminal Matters (Treaty Doc. 104-18), the Treaty with Hungary
on Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (Treaty Doc. 104-20), and the Treaty
with Austria on Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (Treaty Doc. 104-21),
after receiving testimony from Jamison S. Borek, Deputy Legal Adviser,
Department of State; and Mark M. Richard, Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
Criminal Division, Department of Justice.
NATIONAL FINE CENTER
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine the
status and role of the Administrative Office of United States Courts' National
Fine Center in processing and tracking information to assist the Department of
Justice in its criminal debt collection efforts, receiving testimony from
Clarence A. Lee, Jr., Associate Director for Management and Operations,
Administrative Office of the United States Courts; Debra Cohn, Special
Counsel, Office of the Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; William
Stanley Hawthorne, Coopers & Lybrand Consulting, McLean, Virginia; and David
Beatty, National Victim Center, Arlington, Virginia.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management held oversight hearings on the implementation of the Information
Technology Management Reform Act of 1996, receiving testimony from Christopher
Hoenig, Director, Information Resources Management Policies and Issues,
Accounting and Information Management Division, General Accounting Office;
John Koskinen, Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and
Budget; Emmett Paige, Jr., Chief Information Officer, Department of Defense;
Steven M. Yohai, Chief Information Officer and Director, Office of Information
Technology, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Joe M. Thompson,
Chairman, Chief Information Officers Working Group, General Services
Administration; Alan Hald, MicroAge Inc., Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of
the Computing Technology Industry Association; Stephen M. Smith, Andersen
Consulting, Washington, D.C.; and Milton E. Cooper, Computer Sciences
Corporation, Falls Church, Virginia.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
CRIME TECHNOLOGY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to assess national
efforts to develop and integrate databases necessary to give national law
enforcement the access to criminal history information, ballistics
information, and DNA data, and related provisions of S. 816, Local Law
Enforcement Enhancement Act, after receiving testimony from Charles W. Archer,
Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, and Randall S. Murch, Chief, Scientific Analysis
Section, FBI Laboratory, both of the Department of Justice; Kentucky Deputy
Secretary of Justice Michael Hulesmann, Frankfort; John Farrell, Prince
George's County Police Department, Palmer Park, Maryland; Joseph Bonino, Los
Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles, California; James V. Martin, South
Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Columbia, on behalf of SEARCH; Ted Almay,
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification, London; and A. James Walton, Jr.,
Vermont Department of Public Safety, Montpelier.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported
the following measures:
S. Con. Res. 52, to recognize and encourage the convening of a National Silver
Haired Congress; and
S. 1897, to authorize funds for certain programs of the National Institutes of
Health, with amendments.
INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
Central Intelligence Agency policy on the use of journalists, clergy, Peace
Corps volunteers and others as cover for United States intelligence
operations, after receiving testimony from Senator Coverdell; John M. Deutch,
Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Kenneth L. Adelman, Washington Times,
Arlington, Virginia; Ted D755Koppel, ABC News, Washington, D.C.; Mortimer B.
Zuckerman, U.S. News & World Report, Sister Claudette La Verdiere, Maryknoll
Sisters, Rodney Page, Church World Service, on behalf of the National Council
of Churches, and Terry Anderson, all of New York, New York; Don Argue,
National Association of Evangelicals, Carol Stream, Illinois; and John Orme,
Wheaton, Illinois.
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INTELLIGENCE
Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence
matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
Joint Meetings
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACT
Conferees met on the differences between the Senate-and House-passed versions
of H.R. 1617, to consolidate Federal employment training, vocational
education, and adult education programs and create integrated statewide
workforce development systems, but did not complete action thereon, and
recessed subject to call.
1996/07/18
Daily Digest - Thursday, July 18, 1996; pages D764 - D772
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION/LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills:
H.R. 3675, making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, with
amendments; and
H.R. 3754, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1997, with amendments.
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the government
of the District of Columbia, receiving testimony from Mayor Marion S. Barry,
Jr., David Clarke, Chairman, District of Columbia Council, and Andrew Brimmer,
Chairman, District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management
Assistance Authority, all of Washington, D.C.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
to examine the performance of the United States economy and the conduct of
monetary policy, after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman,
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
NATURAL DISASTER PROTECTION AND INSURANCE ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on S. 1043, to provide for an expanded Federal program of hazard
mitigation, relief, and insurance against the risk of catastrophic natural
disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, after
receiving testimony from Lawrence H. Summers, Deputy Secretary of the
Treasury; Mary Griffin, Consumers Union, on behalf of the Consumer Federation
of America, and Jordan Clark, United Homeowners Association, both of
Washington, D.C.; Leonard Schulte, on behalf of the Florida State House of
Representatives, Tallahassee; and Anthony R. O'Neill, National Fire Protection
Association, Arlington, Virginia.
OREGON INLET PROTECTION/VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Parks, Historic
Preservation and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 988, to direct the
Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain
land to the Secretary of the Army to facilitate construction of a jetty and
sand transfer system, and S. 1805, to provide for the management of Voyageurs
National Park, after receiving testimony from Senator Helms; Representative
Jones; George T. Frampton, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Fish and Wildlife and
Parks, and Denis P. Galvin, Associate Director, National Park Service, both of
the Department of the Interior; H. Martin Lancaster, Assistant Secretary of
the Army for Civil Works; Wilma B. Liebman, Deputy Director, and Maureen
Labenski, Regional Director, both of the D767Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service; North Carolina Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., North
Carolina State Senator Marc Basnight, and Col. Daniel E. McDonald, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (Ret.), all of Raleigh; Minnesota State Senators Steve
Morse, Gene Merriam, and Bob Lessard, Minnesota State Representative Dee Long,
and Martin N. Kellogg, UFE Incorporated, all of St. Paul; Mike Forsman, St.
Louis County Board of Commissioners, Ely, Minnesota; Wade Pavleck, Koochiching
County Board of Commissioners, on behalf of the Northern Counties Land-Use
Coordinating Board, and Don Parmeter, both of International Falls, Minnesota;
John J. Vogel, St. Louis County Land Department, John Pastor, University of
Minnesota, and David F. Zentner, all of Duluth, Minnesota; John F. Thornton,
National Parks and Conservation Association, Washington, D.C.; Katharine
Dixon, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Clarence P. Skinner, Dare
County Board of Commissioners, John P. Newbold, North Carolina Beach Buggy
Association, and Harry B. Schiffman, all of Manteo, North Carolina; and Carol
Selsaas, Cohasset, Minnesota.
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HONG KONG
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
resumed hearings to examine United States' interests in the future economic
and political stability of Hong Kong after it reverts to the jurisdiction of
the People's Republic of China on July 1, 1997, receiving testimony from
Winston Lord, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs;
Merle Goldman, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research/Harvard University,
Boston, Massachusetts; Andrew Y. Au, Alliance of Hong Kong Chinese in the
United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland; Sidney Jones, Human Rights Watch Asia,
New York, New York; and Douglas Henck, American Chamber of Commerce, Hong
Kong.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
WHITE HOUSE INFORMATION ACCESS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed hearings in open and closed
session to examine the dissemination of Federal Bureau of Investigation
background investigation reports and other information to the White House.
Present but not testifying was Anthony B. Marceca, former White House Office
of Personnel Security Staff.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
YOUTH VIOLENCE
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children and Families
concluded hearings to examine the role of the Federal Government and
nongovernment organizations in establishing solutions for combatting juvenile
crime, after receiving testimony from Gerald P. Regier, Oklahoma Department of
Juvenile Justice, Oklahoma City, and former Administrator of the Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice; James Fox,
Northeastern University, and Eugene Rivers, Azusa Christian Community, on
behalf of the Ten Point Coalition, both of Boston, Massachusetts; John
Dilulio, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, on behalf of the
Brookings Institution; Jimmy Gurule, University of Notre Dame School of Law,
South Bend, Indiana; Edward Humes, Seal Beach, California; and Dale and Doreen
Robie, Sovona, New York.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills:
S. 1264, to provide for certain benefits of the Missouri River basin
Pick-Sloan project to the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, with an amendment in the
nature of a substitute;
S. 1834, to authorize funds for the Indian Environmental General Assistance
Program Act of 1992; and
S. 1869, to make certain technical corrections to the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act, and to authorize funds through fiscal year 2000 for the
California Contract Health Services Demonstration Program, Medicare and
Medicaid Demonstration Program, Gallop Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center,
Substance Abuse Counselor Education Demonstration Program, and Home and
Community-Based Care Demonstration Program.
INDIAN LANDS
Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on H.R. 2464,
to provide additional lands within the State of Utah for the Goshute Indian
Reservation, and S. 1893, to provide for the settlement of issues and claims
related to the trust lands of the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians of
California, after receiving testimony in behalf of H.R. 2464 from Maitland
Sharpe, Assistant Director for Resources, Planning and Assessment, Bureau of
Land Management, Department of the Interior; John Paul Kennedy, on behalf of
the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation, Ibapah, Utah; and John A.
Harja, School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, Salt Lake City,
Utah; and after receiving testimony in behalf of S. 1893 from Representative
Bono; Michael J. Anderson, Deputy Secretary for Indian Affairs, Department of
the Interior; and Mary Belardo, Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Tribe of
Indians, Thermal, California.
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Joint Meetings
POST-COMMUNIST TRANSITION
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission concluded hearings to examine property restitution, compensation,
and preservation in post-Communist Europe, after receiving testimony from
Stuart E. Eizenstat, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; and
Delissa A. Ridgway, Chair, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United
States.
1996/07/19
Daily Digest - Friday, July 19, 1996; pages D774 - D780
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY/POSTAL SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and
General Government approved for full committee consideration, with amendments,
H.R. 3756, making appropriations for the Department of the Treasury, the
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and
certain independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Jeffrey Davidow, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for
Inter-American Affairs, after the nominee testified and answered questions in
his own behalf.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/07/22
Daily Digest - Monday, July 22, 1996; pages D781 - D786
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/07/23
Daily Digest - Tuesday, July 23, 1996; pages D787 - D796
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY/DC
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills:
H.R. 3756, making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United
States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain
Independent Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, with
amendments; and
H.R. 3845, making appropriations for the government of the District of
Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against revenues
of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, with
amendments.
DRUG TRAFFICKING IMPACT ON ECONOMY
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade held hearings in
conjunction with the Caucus on International Narcotics Control to examine how
drug trafficking and money laundering may pose threats to United States trade
and financial systems, and efforts to combat international drug trafficking
and money laundering, receiving testimony from Robert E. Rubin, Secretary, and
Lawrence Summers, Deputy Secretary, both of the Department of the Treasury.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee began hearings on the nomination
of Franklin D. Raines, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, where the nominee, who was introduced by
Senators Moynihan, Murray, Gorton, and Faircloth, testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee will meet again tomorrow.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/07/24
Daily Digest - Wednesday, July 24, 1996; pages D797 - D808
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered favorably
reported S. 1166, to improve the registration of pesticides, to provide minor
use crop protection, and to improve pesticide tolerances to safeguard infants
and children, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (As approved by
the committee the amendment incorporates the text of S. 1491).
Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness: Senators Cochran
(Chairman), Warner, Helms, Coverdell, Grassley, Gramm, Pryor, Daschle, Baucus,
Kerrey, and Heflin.
Subcommittee on Marketing, Inspection, and Product Promotion: Senators Helms
(Chairman), Cochran, McConnell, Santorum, Gramm, Conrad, Pryor, Baucus, and
Heflin.
Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization: Senators
Craig (Chairman), Coverdell, Warner, Helms, Grassley, Heflin, Harkin, Conrad,
and Kerrey.
Subcommittee on Research, Nutrition, and General Legislation: Senators
McConnell (Chairman), Santorum, Craig, Gramm, Harkin, Daschle, and Pryor.
CONSUMER CREDIT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions and Regulatory Relief concluded oversight hearings on recent
developments in consumer lending in the United States, the implications of
consumer credit trends and the risks they impose on financial institutions,
after receiving testimony from Janet L. Yellen, Member, Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System; Ricki T. Helfer, Chairman, Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation; Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller, Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency; James Chessen, American Bankers Association,
Washington, D.C.; Donald Ratajczak, Economic Forecasting Center/Georgia State
University, Atlanta; and Edward Bankole, Moody's Investors Service, New York,
New York.
SPACE STATION/SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAMS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded oversight hearings to examine the status of
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's space station and space
shuttle programs, after receiving testimony from Wilbur Trafton, Associate
Administrator for Space Flight, Frederick D. Gregory, Associate Administrator
for Office of Safety and Mission Assurance, both of NASA; and Thomas Schulz,
Associate Director of National Security and International Affairs, General
Accounting Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items:
S. 1873, authorizing funds for programs of the National Environmental
Education Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 2909, to provide that the Secretary of the Interior may acquire lands for
purposes of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act only by
donation or exchange, or otherwise with the consent of the owner of the lands;
S. 1875, to designate the United States Courthouse in Medford, Oregon, as the
"James A. Redden Federal Courthouse";
H.R. 2504, to designate the Federal building located at the corner of Patton
Avenue and Otis Street, and the United States courthouse located on Otis
Street, in Asheville, North Carolina, as the "Veach-Baley Federal Complex";
H.R. 3186, to designate the Federal building located at 1655 Woodson Road in
Overland, Missouri, as the "Sammy L. Davis Federal Building";
H.R. 3400, to designate the United States courthouse to be constructed at a
site on 18th Street between Dodge and Douglas Streets in Omaha, Nebraska, as
"Roman L. Hruska United States Courthouse";
H.R. 3572, to designate the bridge on United States Route 231 which crosses
the Ohio River between Maceo, Kentucky, and Rockport, Indiana, as the "William
H. Natcher Bridge"; and
S. 1977, to designate a United States courthouse located in Tampa, Florida, as
the "Sam M. Gibbons United States Courthouse".
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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Nils J. Diaz, of Florida, and Edward McGaffigan, Jr., of
Virginia, each to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Diaz was
introduced by Senators Mack and Graham, and Mr. McGaffigan was introduced by
Senators Domenici and Bingaman.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
The Extradition Treaty with Hungary (Treaty Doc. 104-5), with a proviso, the
Extradition Treaty with Belgium (Treaty Doc. 104-7), with a proviso, the
Supplementary Extradition Treaty with Belgium (Treaty Doc. 104-8), with a
proviso, the Extradition Treaty with Switzerland (Treaty Doc. 104-9), with a
proviso, the Extradition Treaty with the Philippines (Treaty Doc. 104-16),
with a proviso, the Extradition Treaty with Bolivia (Treaty Doc. 104-22), with
a proviso, the Extradition Treaty with Malaysia (Treaty Doc. 104-26), with a
proviso, the Treaty with the Republic of Korea on Mutual Legal Assistance in
Criminal Matters (Treaty Doc. 104-1), with two provisos, the Treaty with the
United Kingdom on Mutual Legal Assistance on Criminal Matters (Treaty Doc.
104-2), with two provisos, the Treaty with the Philippines on Mutual Legal
Assistance in Criminal Matters (Treaty Doc. 104-18), with two provisos, the
Treaty with Hungary on Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (Treaty Doc.
104-20), with two provisos, and the Treaty with Austria on Legal Assistance in
Criminal Matters (Treaty Doc. 104-21), with two provisos;
S. Res. 270, urging continued and increased United States support for the
efforts of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to
bring to justice the perpetrators of gross violations of international law in
the former Yugoslavia;
S. Res. 275, to express the sense of the Senate concerning Afghanistan, with
an amendment;
S. Res. 276, congratulating the people of Mongolia on embracing democracy in
Mongolia through their participation in the parliamentary elections held on
June 30, 1996; and
The nominations of Senators Grams and Pell, each to be a United States
Representative to the 51st Session of the General Assembly of the United
Nations, Jeffrey Davidow, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State
for Inter-American Affairs, Alan Philip Larson, of Virginia, to be Assistant
Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, and a foreign service
officers' promotion list received in the Senate on June 26, 1996.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Franklin D. Raines, of the District of Columbia, to be Director
of the Office of Management and Budget, after the nominee further testified
and answered questions in his own behalf.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial Management and
Accountability held hearings on S. 1434, to amend the Congressional Budget Act
to provide for a two-year (biennial) budgeting cycle, and other related
proposals, receiving testimony from Senators Domenici, Thomas, and Ford; Susan
J. Irving, Associate Director, Budget Issues, Accounting and Information
Management Division, General Accounting Office; James L. Blum, Deputy
Director, Congressional Budget Office; Ohio State Senator Richard H. Finan,
Columbus; John Keel, Texas Legislative Budget Board, Austin; and Stephen
Moore, Cato Institute, and Thomas E. Mann, Brookings Institution, both of
Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism and
Property Rights concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds
for the United States Commission on Civil Rights, after receiving testimony
from Mary Frances Berry, Chairperson, and Carl Anderson and Russell
Redenbaugh, both Commissioners, all of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights;
and Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Washington, D.C.
ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee resumed hearings to examine
the role of the Federal Depository Library Program of the Government Printing
Office in ensuring public access to Government information, receiving
testimony from Judge Royce C. Lamberth, United States District Court for the
District of Columbia; Sally Katzen, Administrator, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget; Christopher H. Schroeder,
Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of
Justice; Donald R. Johnson, Director, National Technical Information Service,
Department of Commerce; Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer, Government
Printing Office; and Roy M. Francis, Chairman, Interagency D801Council on
Printing and Publications Services, Department of the Interior.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Small Business: Committee held oversight hearings on the
implementation of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of
1996, receiving testimony from Sally Katzen, Administrator, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget; Jere
Glover, Chief Counsel, Office of Advocacy, Small Business Administration;
William Smiland, Smiland Paint Company, Los Angeles, California; Richard
Hardy, XIM Products, Inc., Westlake, Ohio; Jean Mohler, Petroleum Marketers
Association of America, Arlington, Virginia; and Willis J. Goldsmith, Jones,
Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills:
S. 1791, to increase, effective as of December 1, 1996, the rates of
disability compensation for veterans with service connected disabilities and
the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of such
veterans;
S. 1711, to establish a commission to evaluate the programs of the Federal
Government that assist members of the Armed Forces and veterans in readjusting
to civilian life, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (As
approved by the committee, the amendment incorporates provisions of S. 1711,
S. 996, S. 281, S. 749, S. 994, S. 1342, S. 995, S. 1751, and Title III of
H.R. 2289);
S. 1359, to revise certain authorities relating to management and contracting
in the provision of health care services, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute. (As approved by the committee, the amendment incorporates
provisions of S. 1359, S. 1750, S. 1752, S. 1753, S. 403, S. 293, S. 425, S.
644, S. 612, and S. 548);
An original bill to authorize construction projects for fiscal year 1997 and
for other purposes relating to VA real property management, including
outpatient facility construction, inpatient facility construction,
VA-requested leases of outpatient care facilities, and a VA-requested lease
for a parking facility. (As approved by the committee, the bill incorporates
provisions of S. 1669 and S. 1749); and
An original bill to reform veterans' health care eligibility requirements.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
S. 1962, to resolve certain legal disputes with regard to adoption procedures
under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978;
S. 199, to repeal certain provisions of law relating to trading with Indians;
S. 1972, to improve provisions relating to Indian programs under the Older
Americans Act of 1965;
S. 1893, to provide for the settlement of issues and claims related to the
trust lands of the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians of California;
H.R. 2464, to provide additional lands within the State of Utah for the
Goshute Indian Reservation;
H.R. 3068, to accept the request of the Prairie Island Indian Community to
revoke their charter of incorporation issued under the Indian Reorganization
Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
S. 1970, to make improvements to the National Museum of the American Indian
Act.
DAYTON PEACE ACCORDS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held hearings to assess the
current state of the implementation of the Dayton peace accords and the
prospect for complete implementation by December, 1996, focusing on
intelligence support and all military and civilian aspects of compliance with
the Dayton peace accords, as well as the effort to bring war criminals in the
former Yugoslavia to justice, receiving testimony from John Gannon, Deputy
Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency; Lt. Gen. Patrick
Hughes, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency; Thomas Fingar, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research; Susan Woodward,
Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.; John Huffman, World Vision, Newport
Beach, California; and H. Roy Williams, International Rescue Committee, New
York, New York.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/07/25
Daily Digest - Thursday, July 25, 1996; pages D809 - D818
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMERCE ONLINE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on S. 1726, to promote electronic commerce by facilitating the use of
privacy-enhancing technologies, after receiving testimony from Louis J. Freeh,
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; William A.
Reinsch, Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration; William P.
Crowell, Deputy Director, National Security Agency; James Barksdale, Netscape
Communications, Mountain View, California; Roel Pieper, Tandem Computers,
Inc., Cupertino, California; and Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform,
and Michael Skol, Diplomatic Resolutions, both of Washington, D.C.
NATIONAL PARKS/SITES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Parks, Historic
Preservation and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 1699, to require the
Secretary of the Interior to establish the National Cave and Karst Research
Institute in the vicinity and outside the boundaries of Carlsbad Caverns
National Park, New Mexico, and S. 1809, entitled "Aleutian World War II
National Historic Sites Act", after receiving testimony from John Reynolds,
Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and Brad
Gilman, Ounalashka Corporation, Unalaska, Alaska.
WORLD BANK PROJECTS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine the nature
of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corp and its role in administering
World Bank projects in Xinjiang, China, receiving testimony from David Lipton,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs; Jeffrey L.
Fiedler, Washington, D.C., and Harry Wu, Milpitas, D813California, both of the
Laogai Research Foundation, Washington; Teresa Buczacki, Falls Church,
Virginia; Mohammed Ferhat, Munich, Germany; and Abulajiang Baret, Urumqi,
Xinjiang, China.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
The nomination of Franklin D. Raines, of the District of Columbia, to be
Director, Office of Management and Budget;
S. 1376, to terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal corporate subsidies,
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1931, to provide that the United States Post Office building that is to be
located at 9 East Broad Street, Cookeville, Tennessee, shall be known and
designated as the "L. Clure Morton Post Office and Courthouse", with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
S. 1718, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for intelligence and
intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community
Management Account, and for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and
Disability System, with an amendment.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
bills:
S. 1237, to revise certain provisions of law relating to child pornography,
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1887, to make improvements in the operation and administration of the
Federal courts, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
S. 1556, to prohibit economic espionage, and to provide for the protection of
United States proprietary economic information in interstate and foreign
commerce, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
GENETICS RESEARCH
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine recent developments in genetics research, public policy issues with
regard to access to and use of genetic information, and the impact of genetic
technologies on certain sectors of industry, health care delivery system, and
the public, after receiving testimony from Senators Mack and Domenici; Francis
S. Collins, Director, National Center for Human Genome Research, National
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Karen H.
Rothenberg, University of Maryland School of Law, and Neil A. Holtzman, Johns
Hopkins Medical Institutions, both of Baltimore, Maryland; Patricia D. Murphy,
OncorMed, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland; Kate T. Christensen, Permanente
Medical Group, Oakland, California; Judy E. Garber, Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute/Harvard University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; and Wendy
L. McGoodwin, Council for Responsible Genetics, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Joint Meetings
BUDGET RECONCILIATION
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed
versions of H.R. 3734, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section
201(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget D817for fiscal year 1997,
but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
1996/07/26
Daily Digest - Friday, July 26, 1996; pages D820 - D828
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
to review a report on the operations and management of the Federal Reserve
System, and S. 1993, to require Federal Reserve System expenses, excluding any
related to the establishment and conduct of monetary policy, be subject to the
congressional appropriations process, after receiving testimony from Senators
Dorgan and Reid; Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States,
and James L. Bothwell, Director, and Helen Hsing, Associate Director, both of
Financial Institutions and Market Issues, all of the General Accounting
Office; and Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System.
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
to review a report on the operations and management of the Federal Reserve
System, and S. 1993, to require Federal Reserve System expenses, excluding any
related to the establishment and conduct of monetary policy, be subject to the
congressional appropriations process, after receiving testimony from Senators
Dorgan and Reid; Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States,
and James L. Bothwell, Director, and Helen Hsing, Associate Director, both of
Financial Institutions and Market Issues, all of the General Accounting
Office; and Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System.
1996/07/29
Daily Digest - Monday, July 29, 1996; pages D829 - D836
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine how
international drug trafficking is impacting the United States, focusing on how
to stop the flow of illegal drugs across U.S. borders, after receiving
testimony from John P. Walters, New Citizenship Project, and former Acting
Director and Deputy Director for Supply Reduction, Office of National Drug
Control Policy, Washington, D.C.; Terry L. Sult, Charlotte Mecklenburg Police
Department, Charlotte, North Carolina; B.J. Barnes, Sheriff of Guilford
County, Greensboro, North Carolina; Brian Waldon, Inglewood, California; and a
former Drug Enforcement Agency informant in the Cali Cartel, Cali, Columbia.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/07/30
Daily Digest - Tuesday, July 30, 1996; pages D837 - D846
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary approved for full committee consideration, with amendments, H.R.
3814, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1997.
FOREST HEALTH CONDITIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Public
Land Management concluded oversight hearings to examine the conditions that
have made the National Forests of the Southwest susceptible to catastrophic
fires and disease, and to explore solutions and new management techniques,
after receiving testimony from Jack Ward Thomas, Chief, Chip Cartwright,
Regional Forester, Southwestern Region, and Mary Jo Lavin, Director, Fire and
Aviation Management Staff, all of the Forest Service, Department of
Agriculture; Peter Coppelman, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of
Justice; John Hafterson, Arizona State Land Department, Phoenix; Tom Kolb,
Northern Arizona University, Dennis R. Kingsberry, Stone Forest Industries,
and Charles Babbitt, Southwest Forest Alliance, all of Flagstaff, Arizona;
William R. Murray, American Forest and Paper Association, Washington, D.C.;
Fred Cheever, University of Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado; and
Arthur N. Lee, Apache County Board of Supervisors, Eager, Arizona.
DRUG TRAFFICKING IMPACT ON ECONOMY
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade resumed hearings in
conjunction with the Caucus on International Narcotics Control to examine how
drug trafficking and money laundering may D840pose threats to United States
trade and financial systems, and efforts to combat international drug
trafficking and money laundering, receiving testimony from Senators Domenici
and Gramm; Jeffrey M. Lang, Deputy United States Trade Representative; Stanley
E. Morris, Director, Office of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and
George J. Weise, Commissioner, United States Customs Service, both of the
Department of the Treasury; Jonathan M. Winer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Alan S. Abel,
Coopers and Lybrand, and Robert S. Leiken, New Moment, Inc., both of
Washington, D.C.; and Michael M. Miles, Rudolph Miles and Sons, Inc./The Miles
Group, Inc., El Paso, Texas.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
LIBERTAD ACT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace
Corps Affairs held hearings on the implementation of the Cuban Liberty and
Democratic Solidarity Act (Libertad) (P.L. 104-114) and its impact on
international law, receiving testimony from Jeffrey Davidow, Assistant
Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs; Jennifer A. Hillman, General
Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative; and Monroe Leigh,
Steptoe & Johnson, Alberto Mora, Holland & Knight, Brice Clagett, Covington &
Burling, and Robert L. Muse, Muse and Associates, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ACCESS TO MEDICAL TREATMENT ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S.
1035, to permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with
any method of medical treatment such individual requests, after receiving
testimony from Senator Daschle; former Representative Berkley Bedell, Spirit
Lake, Iowa; Jerold Mande, Executive Assistant to the Commissioner, Food and
Drug Administration, and Wayne B. Jonas, Director, Office of Alternative
Medicine, National Institutes of Health, both of the Department of Health and
Human Services; Woodson C. Merrell, Columbia University College of Physicians
and Surgeons, New York, New York; James S. Gordon, Center for Mind-Body
Medicine, Washington, D.C.; and Shawn and Zachary McConnell, Fountain Hills,
Arizona.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills:
S. 1983, to amend the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
to provide for Native Hawaiian organizations; and
S. 1973, to provide for the settlement of the Navajo-Hopi land dispute, with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
ELDERLY SUICIDE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
incidence of suicide among the elderly, focusing on the factors that put
elderly persons at risk and strategies and interventions that can prevent
elderly suicides from occurring, after receiving testimony from Jane L.
Pearson, Chief, Clinical and Developmental Psychopathology Program, Mental
Disorders of the Aging Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health,
and Mark Rosenberg, Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and
Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, both of the Department of
Health and Human Services; David C. Clark, Center for Suicide Research and
Prevention/Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois;
Eric D. Caine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York;
Ira R. Katz, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, on
behalf of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry; Joseph Richman,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York; Ray Raschko, Spokane
Community Mental Health Center, and Hy and Esther Nelson, all of Spokane,
Washington; Betty Munley, Senior Connection Program/Crisis Call Center, Reno,
Nevada; Daryl J. Workman, Richmond, Virginia; and Paige Warfield Garber,
Kensington, Maryland.
Joint Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the
Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 3517, making appropriations for
military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for
the Department of Defense for fiscal year ending September
30, 1997.
SMALL BUSINESS JOB PROTECTION ACT
Conferees continued in evening session to resolve the differences between the
Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 3448, to provide tax relief for
small businesses, to protect jobs, to create opportunities, and to increase
the take home pay of workers.
1996/07/31
Daily Digest - Wednesday, July 31, 1996; pages D847 - D856
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Alberto Aleman Zubieta, a citizen of the Republic of Panama, to
be D849Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission, Everett Alvarez, Jr., of
Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Lt. Gen. Howell M. Estes, III, USAF, for
appointment to the grade of general and to be Commander-in-Chief, United
States Space Command/Commander-in-Chief, North American Aerospace Defense
Command, Adm. Jay L. Johnson, USN, for reappointment to the grade of admiral
and to be Chief of Naval Operations, Col. Garry R. Trexler, USAF, for
promotion in the Regular Air Force of the United States to the grade of
Brigadier General, Brig. Gen. Gerald A. Rudisill, Jr., USA, for promotion in
the Reserve of the Army to the grade of Major General, certain nominations on
a Navy promotion list received by the Senate on May 17, 1996, certain
nominations on an Air Force Reserve appointment list received by the Senate on
May 1, 1996, and 3,742 nominations in the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine
Corps.
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Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Lt.
Gen. Estes and Adm. Johnson (listed above), after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf. Adm. Johnson was introduced by Senator
Burns.
EXPORT CONTROL REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
International Finance concluded hearings on provisions of H.R. 361, to
strengthen multilateral export controls, to reduce United States reliance on
unilateral controls, to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction and the missiles to deliver them, to prohibit sensitive exports to
terrorist countries, to remove cold-war impediments to export competitiveness,
and to provide new procedures for ensuring U.S. exporters are treated fairly,
after receiving testimony from Representative Roth; William A. Reinsch, Under
Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration; Mitchel B. Wallerstein,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counterproliferation Policy; Thomas
E. McNamara, Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs;
William T. Archey, American Electronics Association, Washington, D.C.; Thomas
T. Connelly, Hardinge Inc., Elmira, New York, on behalf of the Association for
Manufacturing Technology; and Richard H. Burgess, Dupont Company, Wilmington,
Delaware, on behalf of the Chemical Manufacturers Association.
FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded
hearings to examine the current state of food security in Africa, the future
outlook for world food security, and the role of United States food aid
programs, after receiving testimony from Eugene Moos, Under Secretary for Farm
and Foreign Agricultural Services, and Mary Chambliss, Deputy Administrator,
Export Credits, Foreign Agricultural Service, both of the Department of
Agriculture; Leonard M. Rogers, Acting Assistant Administrator for
Humanitarian Response, Agency for International Development; Harold J.
Johnson, Associate Director, International Relations and Trade Issues, General
Accounting Office; Per Pinstrup-Andersen, International Food Policy Research
Institute, and Judy C. Bryson, Africare, both of Washington, D.C.; and Michael
Davies, Cargill, Cobham Surrey, United Kingdom.
DRUG TRAFFICKING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine the drug
trafficking situation along the Southwest border of the United States,
focusing on Federal, State, and local efforts to develop and promote U.S.
counterdrug strategies, receiving testimony from Senators Domenici, Gramm, and
Hutchison; Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, Director, Office of National Drug Control
Policy; and Douglas Kruhm, Assistant Commissioner for Border Patrol,
Immigration and Naturalization Service, and Donald F. Ferrarone, Special Agent
in Charge, Houston Field Division, and Harold D. Wankel, Chief of Operations,
both of the Drug Enforcement Administration, all of the Department of Justice.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Richard A. Paez, of California, to be United States Judge for the Ninth
Circuit, Wenona Y. Whitfield, to be United States District Judge for the
Southern District of Illinois, Clarence J. Sundram, to be United States
District Judge for the Northern District of New York, Joseph F. Bataillon, to
be United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska, Colleen
Kollar-Kotelly, to be United States District Judge for the District of
Columbia, and Thomas W. Thrash Jr., to be United States District Judge for the
Northern District of Georgia, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Paez was introduced by Senator Boxer, Mr.
Bataillon was introduced by Senators Kerrey and Exon, Ms. Kollar-Kotelly was
introduced by District of Columbia Delegate Norton, Mr. Sundram was introduced
by Senator Moynihan, Mr. Thrash was introduced by Senator Nunn, and Ms.
Whitfield was introduced by Senator Simon.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: On Tuesday, July 30, Subcommittee on Constitution,
Federalism, and Property D850Rights approved for full committee consideration
the following measures:
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S.J. Res. 8, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States
to prohibit retroactive increases in taxes; and
S. 1990, to authorize funds for fiscal years 1997 and 1998 for the United
States Civil Rights Commission.
PENSION AUDIT IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee began mark up of S. 1490, to
amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to
improve enforcement of such title and benefit security for participants by
adding certain provisions with respect to the auditing of employee benefit
plans, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
Joint Meetings
BUDGET RECONCILIATION
Conferees on Tuesday, July 30, agreed to file a conference report on the
differences between the Senate-and House-passed versions of H.R. 3734, to
provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(a)(1) of the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Conferees on Tuesday, July 30, agreed to file a conference report on the
differences between the Senate-and House-passed versions of H.R. 3230, to
authorize funds for fiscal year 1997 for military activities of the Department
of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the
Department of Energy, and to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal
year for the Armed Forces.
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
Conferees on Tuesday, July 30, agreed to file a conference report on the
differences between the Senate-and House-passed versions of H.R. 3603, making
D854appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1997.
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APPROPRIATIONS--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the
Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 3754, making appropriations for the
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997.
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed
versions of H.R. 3845, making appropriations for the government of the
District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part
against revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1997, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
1996/08/01
Daily Digest - Thursday, August 1, 1996; pages D857 - D866
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--COMMERCE/JUSTICE/STATE
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported, with
amendments, H.R. 3814, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1997.
BOSNIA MISSION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to examine United States
participation in the NATO Implementation Force Mission in Bosnia, receiving
testimony from Walter B. Slocombe, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Rear
Adm. Charles W. Moore, Jr., USN, Deputy Director of Operations, Joint Staff;
and Lt. Gen. Patrick M. Hughes, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AVIATION SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings on
proposals to develop and implement aviation security measures, receiving
testimony from Senators Cohen, Campbell, and Lautenberg, Representative
Burton; Federico PenAE6a, Secretary, and David R. Hinson, Administrator,
Federal Aviation Administration, both of the Department of Transportation;
Keith O. Fultz, Assistant Comptroller General, and John K. Harper, Assistant
Director, both of the Resources Community and Economic Development Division,
General Accounting Office; Edward A. Merlis, Air Transport Association, and
David Plavin, Airports Council International North America, both of
Washington, D.C.; Morris Busby, DGI Incorporated, Arlington, Virginia; and
Richard Everitt, BAA plc, London, England.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
EMERGENCY TIMBER SALVAGE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings to examine
the Secretary of Agriculture directive to the Forest Service concerning the
implementation of the emergency timber salvage program, designed to respond to
the widespread forest fires of 1994, as authorized in section 2001 of Public
Law 104-19, Omnibus Appropriations and Rescissions Act, receiving testimony
from Daniel R. Glickman, Secretary, James R. Lyons, Under Secretary, and Jack
Ward Thomas, Chief, Forest Service, all of the Department of Agriculture.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
PROPRIETY OF A COMMERCIAL LEASE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations concluded oversight hearings to review the propriety of a
commercial lease issued by the Bureau of Land Management at Lake Havasu,
Arizona, including its consistency with the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act and Department of the Interior land use management policies, after
receiving testimony from Edward B. Cohen, Deputy Solicitor, Department of the
Interior; and Mat Millenbach, Deputy Director, Joe Liebhauser, Havasu Resource
Area Manager, and Rich Greenfield, Phoenix, Arizona Field Solicitor, all of
the Department of the Interior.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nominations of Nils J. Diaz, of Florida, and Edward McGaffigan,
Jr., of Virginia, each to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to review the
role for the United States in the world and other foreign policy issues, after
receiving testimony from Warren Christopher, Secretary of State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
bills:
S. 1952, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1997 through 2000 for programs of
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act; and
S. 982, to develop safeguards to protect the national information
infrastructure, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
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TERRORISM
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held hearings on the threat of
terrorism in the United States, focusing on recent terrorist incidents, U.S.
policy response to terrorism, and the role of the U.S. intelligence community,
receiving testimony from Louis J. Freeh, Director, and Robert M. Bryant,
Assistant Director, National Security Division, both of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice; Caspar Weinberger, former Secretary of
Defense; and James R. Schlesinger, former Director of Central Intelligence.
Committee recessed subject to call.
Joint Meetings
HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM
Conferees on Wednesday, July 31, agreed to file a conference report on the
differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 3103, to
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve portability and continuity
of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat
waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery, to
promote the use of medical savings accounts, to improve access to long-term
care services and coverage, and to simplify the administration of health
insurance.
SMALL BUSINESS JOB PROTECTION ACT
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on H.R. 3448, to provide tax
relief for small businesses, to protect jobs, to create opportunities, and to
increase the take home pay of workers.
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the
Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 3845, making appropriations for the
government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in
whole or in part against revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1997.
1996/08/02
Daily Digest - Friday, August 2, 1996; pages D868 - D874
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy held
hearings to examine the current and future state of the Social Security Old
Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds, receiving
testimony from Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of Social Security, Steven
Goss, Deputy Chief Actuary, and Stephen G. Kellison and Marilyn Moon, both
Members of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors
Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds, all of Social Security
Administration.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/09/03
Daily Digest - Tuesday, September 3, 1996; pages D876 - D882
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/09/04
Daily Digest - Wednesday, September 4, 1996; pages D884 - D890
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings on S. 1678,
to abolish the Department of Energy, receiving testimony from Representative
Tiahrt; Charles B. Curtis, Deputy Secretary of Energy; Harold P. Smith, Jr.,
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Nuclear and Chemical and Biological
Defense Programs); Victor S. Rezendes, Director, Energy, Resources, and
Science Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division,
General Accounting Office; Capt. John W. Crawford, Jr., USN (Ret.), Member,
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; Caspar Weinberger, Forbes Magazine,
Washington, D.C.; Shelby T. Brewer, S. Brewer Enterprises, Inc., Simsbury,
Connecticut; Carole Keeton Rylander, Railroad Commission of Texas, Austin; and
Egidio V. Silveri, Go-Tane Service Stations, Inc., Melrose Park, Illinois.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
TEEN DRUG USE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine certain
issues with regard to the recent rise in teenage drug use, after receiving
testimony from Senator McConnell; Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and
Human Services; Barry R. McCaffrey, Director, Office of National Drug Control
Policy; and John P. Walters, New Citizen Project, Washington, D.C.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/09/05
Daily Digest - Thursday, September 5, 1996; pages D892 - D898
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Vice Adm. Dennis C. Blair, USN, for reappointment to the grade
of vice admiral in the United States Navy, Vice Adm. Harold W. Gehman, Jr.,
USN, for appointment to the grade of Admiral in the United States Navy, and
Maj. Gen. David J. McCloud, for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general
in the United States Air Force.
WATER RESOURCES AND RECLAMATION PROJECTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Public
Land Management concluded hearings on S. 931, to authorize the construction of
the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System and to authorize assistance to the
Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for the
planning and construction of a water supply system, S. 1564, to provide loan
guarantees for water supply, conservation, quality and transmission projects,
S. 1565, to supplement the Small Reclamation Projects Act and the Federal
reclamation laws by providing for Federal cooperation in non-Federal projects
and for participation by non- Federal agencies in Federal projects, S. 1649,
to extend contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and irrigation districts
in Kansas and Nebraska, S. 1719, to require the Secretary of the Interior to
offer to sell to certain public agencies the indebtedness representing the
remaining repayment balance of certain Bureau of Reclamation projects in
Texas, S. 1921, to transfer certain facilities at the Minidoka project to the
Burley Irrigation District, S. 1986, to provide for the completion of the
Umatilla Basin Project, and S. 2015, to convey certain real property located
within the Carlsbad Project in New Mexico to the Carlsbad Irrigation District,
after receiving testimony from Senators Daschle, Pressler, Grassley,
Hutchison, and Kerrey; Representatives Cooley, Tim Johnson, and Ortiz; Eluid
L. Martinez, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior;
Mayor Mary Rhodes, Corpus Christi, Texas, on behalf of the Choke Canyon
Reservoir System; Mayor Gary Hanson, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Mayor William
Weber, Luverne, Minnesota; Roger Ling and Randy Bingham, both representing the
Burley Irrigation District, Burley, Idaho; Larry Libeu, Municipal Eastern
Water District, Jacinto, California, on behalf of the Eastern and National
Water Resources Associations; Dave McCullum, O'Livenhain Municipal Water
District, Encinitas, California; John Williams, Canadian River Authority/Lake
Meredith Reservoir; Ken Choffel, HDR Engineering, Inc., Austin, Texas; Kenneth
Nelson, Kansas Bostick Irrigation District, Courtland, on behalf of the
Irrigation Project Reauthorization Council; Reed Marbut, Oregon Water
Resources Department, Salem; Donald G. Sampson, Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, and Pete Wells, both of Pendleton, Oregon;
Chester Prior, Westland Irrigation District, Stanfield, Oregon; Pamela Bonrud,
Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc., Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and Randy
Van Dyke, Clay County Rural Water, Spencer, Iowa.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee on Foreign Relations concluded
hearings on the nominations of John Francis Maisto, of Pennsylvania, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Venezuela, Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, Genta Hawkins Holmes, of
California, to be Ambassador to Australia, Arma Jane D895Karaer, of Virginia,
to be Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently and without
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Solomon Islands, and as
Ambassador to the Republic of Vanuatu, and John Stern Wolf, of Maryland, for
the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Coordinator for
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf.
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FOREIGN POLICY NOTIFICATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held hearings to examine the need
to improve procedures for notifying Congress of significant changes in United
States foreign policy, receiving testimony from John M. Deutch, Director of
Central Intelligence; Michael Matheson, Acting Legal Adviser, Department of
State; Whit Peters, Deputy General Counsel, Department of Defense; and Lloyd
Cutler, former Counsel to Presidents Carter and Clinton, and Morton Halperin,
Council on Foreign Relations, both of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/09/06
Daily Digest - Friday, September 6, 1996; pages D900 - D904
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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Joint Meetings
EMPLOYMENT-UNEMPLOYMENT
Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to examine the
employment-unemployment situation for August, receiving testimony from
Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of
Labor.
Committee recessed subject to call.
1996/09/09
Daily Digest - Monday, September 9, 1996; pages D906 - D910
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
met in closed session to receive a briefing on the situation in North Korea
from Melissa Smislova, Senior North Korean Analyst, Defense Intelligence
Agency, Department of Defense.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1996/09/10
Daily Digest - Tuesday, September 10, 1996; pages D912 - D918
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR/HHS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education approved for full committee consideration, with amendments, H.R.
3755, making appropriations for D914the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1997.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met to consider pending military
nominations, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to
call.
FAIR HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on HUD
Oversight and Structure concluded oversight hearings on the implementation and
enforcement of the Fair Housing Act (P.L. 100-430), after receiving testimony
from Elizabeth K. Julian, Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
AMTRAK PASSENGER SERVICE ROUTE CHANGES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation and Merchant Marine concluded hearings to examine Amtrak's
planned passenger service route restructuring and its impact on the continuity
of the national rail passenger system, after receiving testimony from Senators
Bumpers and Gramm; Representative Hutchinson; Thomas M. Downs, President and
Chairman, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); Delaware Governor
Thomas C. Carper, Wilmington; Mayor Celia Boswell, Mineola, Texas; Mayor Jim
Dailey, Little Rock, Arkansas; Mayor Larry Griffith, Baker City, Oregon; Mayor
Audrey Kariel, Marshall, Texas; Neal A. McCaleb, Oklahoma Department of
Transportation, Oklahoma City; Richard Tankerson, VIA Transit, San Antonio,
Texas; and Ross B. Capon, National Association of Railroad Passengers,
Washington, D.C.
BOSNIA PEACE PROCESS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine the status
of United States policy toward Bosnia, implementation of the Dayton Peace
Agreement and Operation Joint Endeavor, receiving testimony from John C.
Kornblum, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and
Canadian Affairs, William Montgomery, Special Advisor to the President and
Special Advisor to the Bosnian Peace Implementation, and James Pardew, Special
Coordinator for Interagency Office on Arming and Training, all of the
Department of State; Thomas K. Longstreth, Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Requirements and Director, DOD Bosnia
Task Force; Dawn T. Calabia, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;
Anthony Kozlowski, American Refugee Committee, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Diane
Paul, Human Rights Watch/Helsinki, New York, New York; and Susan Woodward,
Brookings Institution, and John Fox, Open Society Institute, both of
Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
IRS MODERNIZATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee resumed hearings to examine the
status of the modernization of the Internal Revenue Service tax information
system, focusing on technical and management issues, receiving testimony from
Gene L. Dodaro, Assistant Comptroller General, and Rona B. Stillman, Chief
Scientist, Computers and Telecommunications, both of the Accounting and
Information Management Division, and Lynda Willis, Associate Director for Tax
Policy and Administration, all of the General Accounting Office; Michael
Dolan, Deputy Commissioner, Arthur Gross, Chief Information Officer, and David
Mader, Chief of Management and Administration, all of the Internal Revenue
Service, Department of the Treasury; Robert P. Claggett, Chairman, Committee
on Continued Review of the Tax Systems Modernization of the Internal Revenue
Service, National Research Council; John Gioia, Robbins-Gioia, Alexandria,
Virginia; and Robert M. Tobias, Bethesda, Maryland, and Steve Herrington,
Columbus, Ohio, both on behalf of the National Treasury Employees Union.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and
Property Rights concluded hearings to examine the constitutionality of the
Convention on the Prohibition of Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use
of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, opened for signature and signed
by the United States at Paris on January 13, 1993 (Treaty Doc. 103-21), after
receiving testimony from Gilbert F. Decker, Assistant Secretary of the Army
for Research, Development, and Acquisition; Richard Shiffron, Office of Legal
Counsel, Department of Justice; John C. Yoo, University of California,
Berkeley; Roger Pilon, Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.; and Barry Kellman,
DePaul University College of Law, DePaul, Illinois.
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Joint Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Conferees met in closed session to resolve the differences between the Senate-
and House-passed versions of H.R. 3610, making appropriations for the
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, but did
not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
1996/09/11
Daily Digest - Wednesday, September 11, 1996; pages D919 - D926
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation and
Infrastructure concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds
for programs of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, and to
examine the role of Federal, State, and local governments in surface
transportation, after receiving testimony from Federico PenAE6a, Secretary,
and Rodney E. Slater, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, both of
the Department of Transportation; Kentucky Governor Paul E. Patton, Frankfort,
on behalf of the National Governors' Association; Virginia Governor George F.
Allen, Richmond, on behalf of the Southern Governors' Association; Mayor Bill
Campbell, Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the United States Conference of
Mayors; William G. Burnett, Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, on
behalf of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials; Stephen J. Del Giudice, Prince George's County, Maryland, on behalf
of the National Association of Regional Councils and the Association of
Metropolitan Planning Organizations; and Carol Roberts, Palm Beach County,
Florida, on behalf of the National Association of Counties.
UNITED NATIONS REFORM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Operations
concluded hearings to examine proposals to reform the United Nations system,
after receiving testimony from Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, American Enterprise
Institute, and former U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and
John R. Bolton, National Policy Forum, and former Assistant Secretary of State
for International Organization Affairs, both of Washington, D.C.; and Edward
C. Luck, United Nations Association, New York, New York.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine recent
developments in the telecommunications industry, focusing on the state of
competition in the telecommunications industry and the application of
antitrust laws with regard to certain mergers, after receiving testimony from
James D921R. Young, Bell Atlantic Corporation, Arlington, Virginia; James D.
Ellis, SBC Communications, Inc., San Antonio, Texas; Bernard J. Ebbers, LDDS
WorldCom, Jackson, Mississippi; Michael H. Salsbury, MCI Communications
Corporation, and Robert W. Crandall, Brookings Institution, both of
Washington, D.C.; William P. Barr, GTE Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut;
Robert C. Atkinson, Teleport Communications Group, Inc., Staten Island, New
York; Peter W. Huber, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Bethesda,
Maryland; Ronald J. Binz, Competition Policy Institute, Denver, Colorado; and
Dale N. Hatfield, Hatfield Associates Inc., Boulder, Colorado.
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Joint Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY AND WATER
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the
Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 3816, making appropriations for
energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997.
APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the
Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 3675, making appropriations for the
D924Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1997.
1996/09/12
Daily Digest - Thursday, September 12, 1996; pages D927 - D934
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported, with
amendments, H.R. 3755, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1997.
COUNTERTERRORISM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary and Related D929Agencies concluded open and closed hearings on
Administration counterterrorism strategies, focusing on a proposed funding
initiative to reduce the threat of terrorism both nationally and abroad, after
receiving testimony from Janet Reno, Attorney General, Department of Justice.
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IRAQ
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to examine the current
situation in Iraq, receiving testimony from James A. Baker, former Secretary
of State; and Anthony Cordesman, Center for Strategic and International
Studies, Washington, D.C.
Committee recessed subject to call.
DOD INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded hearings to
examine the practices and procedures of the investigative services of the
Department of Defense and the military departments concerning investigations
into the deaths of military personnel which may have resulted from
self-inflicted causes, after receiving testimony from Representatives Pallone
and Brownback; Eleanor Hill, Inspector General, Brig. Gen. Daniel A. Doherty,
Commanding General, United States Army Criminal Investigation Command, Roy D.
Nedrow, Director, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and Brig. Gen. Francis
X. Taylor, Commander, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, all of the
Department of Defense; and certain public witnesses.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following bills:
H.R. 531, to designate the Great Western Scenic Trail as a study trail under
the National Trails System Act;
H.R. 1091, to improve the National Park System in the Commonwealth of
Virginia, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1844, to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act to direct a study
on the opportunities for enhanced water based recreation, with an amendment;
H.R. 1786, to regulate fishing in certain waters in Alaska;
S. 1010, to amend the "unit of general local government" definition for
Federal payments in lieu of taxes to include unorganized boroughs in Alaska,
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1889, to authorize the exchange of certain lands conveyed to the Kenai
Natives Association
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, to make adjustments to
the National Wilderness System, with an amendment;
S. 1804, to make technical and other changes to the laws dealing with the
territories and Freely Associated States of the United States, with
amendments;
H.R. 655, to authorize funds for fiscal years 1996 through 1998 for hydrogen
research, development, and demonstration programs of the Department of Energy,
with an amendment;
S. 1809, entitled "Aleutian World War II National Historic Sites Act of 1996";
S. 608, to establish the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park in New
Bedford, Massachusetts, with an amendment;
S. 695, to provide for the establishment of the Tallgrass Prairie National
Preserve in Kansas, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 902, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assist in the
construction of a building to be used jointly by the Secretary for park
purposes and by the city of Natchez, Mississippi, as an intermodal
transportation center, with an amendment;
S. 951, to commemorate the service of First Ladies Jacqueline Kennedy and
Patricia Nixon to improving and maintaining the Executive Residence of the
President and to authorize grants to the White House Endowment Fund in their
memory to continue their work, with an amendment;
S. 1127, to establish the Vancouver National Historic Reserve in the State of
Washington, with an amendment;
S. 1699, to establish the National Cave and Karst Research Institute in the
State of New Mexico;
S. 1706, to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for assistance
for highway relocation with respect to the Chickamauga and Chattanooga
National Military Park in the State of Georgia;
H.R. 3198, to authorize funds to establish a national cooperative geologic
mapping program between the United States Geological Survey and State
geological surveys;
S. 1649, to extend contracts between the Bureau of Reclamation and irrigation
districts in Kansas and Nebraska, with an amendment;
S. 1719, to require the Secretary of the Interior to offer to sell to certain
public agencies the indebtedness representing the remaining repayment balance
of certain Bureau of Reclamation projects in Texas, with an amendment in the
nature of a substitute;
S. 1921, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain
facilities at the Minidoka project to the Burley Irrigation District in the
State of Idaho, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1986, to provide for the completion of the Umatilla Basin Project in the
State of Oregon, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
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S. 2015, to convey certain real property located within the Carlsbad Project
in the State of New Mexico to the Carlsbad Irrigation District;
S. 2033, to repeal requirements for unnecessary or obsolete reports from the
Department of Energy, with an amendment; and
H.R. 2636, to transfer jurisdiction over certain parcels of Federal real
property located in the District of Columbia.
NATIONAL PARKS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Parks, Historic
Preservation and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 1965, to authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to assess up to $2 per person visiting the Grand
Canyon or other national parks to secure bonds for capital improvements to the
park, after receiving testimony from Senator McCain; Roger G. Kennedy,
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Robert Koons,
Grand Canyon Fund and Grand Canyon Association, Grand Canyon, Arizona; Aubrey
C. King, Travel and Tourism Government Affairs Council, and James D. Maddy,
National Park Foundation, both of Washington, D.C.; Robert Everidge, National
Tour Association, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia; and Barbara Basser-Bigio,
Goldman, Sachs and Company, New York, New York.
NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
concluded hearings to examine the status of United States-North Korea
relations, after receiving testimony from Representative Tony Hall; Mark
Minton, Director, Office of Korean Affairs, Department of State; RAdm. William
Wright, Director, Office of Asia/Pacific Affairs, Bureau of International
Security Affairs, Department of Defense; Stanley O. Roth, Director of Research
and Studies, United States Institute of Peace; James R. Lilley, American
Enterprise Institute, Robert L. Galucci, Georgetown University, and William J.
Taylor, Jr., Center for Strategic and International Studies, all of
Washington, D.C.; and Donald P. Gregg, Korea Society, and Stephen W. Bosworth,
Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, both of New York, New York.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: On Wednesday, September 11, committee met in
closed session to consider pending committee business, but made no
announcements, and recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/09/13
Daily Digest - Friday, September 13, 1996; pages D936 - D942
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/09/16
Daily Digest - Monday, September 16, 1996; pages D944 - D948
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FOREIGN AID BENEFITS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations concluded
hearings to examine the benefits of foreign assistance to the United States
economy, after receiving testimony from George Burrill, Associates in Rural
Development, Inc., Burlington, Vermont; Steven J. Daugherty, Pioneer Hi-Bred
International, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa; Patrick J. Cronin, Johnson Controls,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Douglas V. Bloss, Armstrong International, Stuart,
Florida; and Bob Foster, Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Association,
Washington, D.C.
No Joint hearings noted.
1996/09/17
Daily Digest - Tuesday, September 17, 1996; pages D950 - D958
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 6,238
military nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
AVIATION SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded closed
hearings to examine aviation security challenges, after receiving testimony
from David R. Hinson, Administrator, Adm. Cathal L. Flynn, Associate
Administrator for Civil Aviation Security, both of the Federal Aviation
Administration, and Adm. Paul E. Busick, Director of Intelligence and
Security, all of the Department of Transportation; Keith O. Fultz, Assistant
Comptroller General for the Resources Community and Economic Development
Division, General Accounting Office; Robert M. Blitzer, Section Chief,
National Security Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of
Justice; and Carol Hallett, Air Transport Association of America, and John O.
Klinkenberg, Northwest Airlines, Inc., both of Washington, D.C.
COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine issues relating to
computational biology, after receiving testimony from David L. Kingsbury,
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; John C. Mazziotta, University
of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Ingrid C. Burke, Colorado State
University, Fort Collins; Robert J. Swenson, Montana State University,
Bozeman; and Mary E. Clutter, National Science Foundation, Arlington,
Virginia.
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded oversight
hearings to examine the Administration's policy with regard to global climate
change, after receiving testimony from Timothy E. Wirth, Under Secretary of
State for Global Affairs; Sallie Baliunas, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics, and W. David Montgomery, Charles River Associates Incorporated,
both of Washington, D.C.; Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography/University of California at San Diego; and John P. Weyant,
Stanford University, Stanford, California.
CONGRESSIONAL/PRESIDENTIAL/JUDICIAL PENSION FORFEITURE ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 1794, to
provide for the forfeiture of retirement benefits in the case of any Member of
Congress, congressional employee, or Federal justice or judge who is convicted
of an offense relating to official duties of that individual, and for the
forfeiture of the retirement allowance of the President for such a conviction,
receiving testimony from Senators Gregg and Reid; John Landers, Chief,
Retirement Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management; John C. Keeney,
Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, Department of
Justice; and Judge S. Jay Plager, United States Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded oversight hearings
on the activities and progress of the National Labor Relations Board, after
receiving testimony from William B. Gould IV, Chairman, and Fred Feinstein,
General Counsel, both of the National Labor Relations Board; Dan Yager, Labor
Policy Association, and Charles Craver, George Washington University Law
School, both of Washington, D.C.; and G. Roger King, Jones, Day, Reavis and
Pogue, Alexandria, Virginia, on behalf of the Society for Human Resource
Management.
INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine how to
foster economic growth and development on Indian reservations, focusing on the
role of Federal policy, tribal policy, and private sector development and
jobs, after receiving testimony from Joseph P. Kalt, Harvard Project on
American Indian Economic Development/Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts; Phillip Martin, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians,
Philadelphia, Mississippi; Ivan Makil, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community, Scottsdale, Arizona; and Peter J. Ferrara, Americans for Tax
Reform, and Richard Cowden, American Association of Enterprise Zones, both of
Washington, D.C.
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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
recommendations of the American Legion, after receiving testimony from Joseph
Frank, American Legion, Washington, D.C.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN OPERATIONS
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-passed
versions of H.R. 3540, making appropriations for foreign operations, export
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997,
but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
1996/09/18
Daily Digest - Wednesday, September 18, 1996; pages D960 - D968
Committee Meetings
( Committees not listed did not meet )
U.S. POLICY IN MIDDLE EAST
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the Report of the
Downing Assessment Task Force on the bomb attack on Khobar Towers in Saudi
Arabia, and other issues related to United States policy in the Middle East,
after receiving testimony from William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense; Gen.
John M. Shaliskashvili, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Gen. Wayne
A. Downing, USA (Ret.), Director, Downing Assessment Task Force.
FAIR HOUSING REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on HUD
Oversight and Structure concluded oversight hearings on the Department of
Housing and Urban Development's Office of Fair Housing, and on S. 1132, to
amend the Fair Housing Act to permit a restriction relating to the maximum
number of unrelated persons in a dwelling if such restriction's purpose is to
limit land use to single family dwellings, after receiving testimony from
Deval J. Patrick, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division,
Department of Justice; Mayor Barbara Fahey, Edmonds, Washington; Mayor Susan
Golding, San Diego, California; Mayor Rita L. Mullins, Palatine, Illinois;
Victor J. Wolski, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California; Rick
Disney, Douglas and Wuester, Fort Worth, Texas; Robert F. Hoyt, Wilmer, Cutler
and Pickering, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the American Alliance for Rights
and Responsibilities; and Joel McNair, Pathway Homes, Inc., Fairfax, Virginia.
ALASKA LANDS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
following bills:
S. 1920, to amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to
ensure that Federal agencies are fairly implementing the Act, after receiving
testimony from Senator Stevens; George T. Frampton, Jr., Assistant Secretary
of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks; Alaska State Senator John
Torgerson, Kenai; Bill Horn, Birch, Horton, Bittner, and Cherot, Washington,
D.C., on behalf of the Alaska Professional Hunters Association and the Alaska
Professional Sportfish Coalition; and Julie Kitka, Alaska Federation of
Natives, Jack Hession, Sierra Club, and Allen Smith, The Wilderness Society,
all of Anchorage, Alaska; and
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S. 1998, to provide for expedited negotiations between the Secretary of the
Interior and the villages of Chickaloon-Moose Creek Native Association, Inc.,
Ninilchik Native Association, Inc., Seldovia Native Association, Inc., Tyonek
Native Corporation and Knikatnu, Inc. regarding the conveyances of certain
lands in Alaska under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, after receiving
testimony from George T. Frampton, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Interior
for Fish and Wildlife and Parks; William J. Chandler, National Parks and
Conservation Association, Washington, D.C.; and Mark W. Kroloff, Co |
