[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 13 (Thursday, February 10, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
[D10FE4-158]{D121}COMMERCE,
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
[D10FE4-159]{D121}Committee
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and 
Judiciary held a hearing on the Commission on Security and Cooperation in 
Europe and on the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Testimony was heard 
from Representative Hoyer, and John D. Holum, Director, U.S. Arms Control 
and Disarmament Agency.
[D10FE4-160]{D121}INTERIOR A
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
[D10FE4-161]{D121}Committee
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the 
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation and the National Capital 
Planning Commission. Testimony was heard from Richard A. Hauser, Chairman, 
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; and Glen T. Urquhart, Chairman, 
National Capital Planning Commission.
[D10FE4-162]{D121}LABOR-HHS-
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
[D10FE4-163]{D121}Committee
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education continued 
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
[D10FE4-164]{D121}TREASURY-P
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
[D10FE4-165]{D121}Committee
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General 
Government held a hearing on the Office of National Drug Control Policy. 
Testimony was heard from Lee Patrick Brown, Director, Office of National 
Drug Control Policy.
[D10FE4-166]{D121}C17 AIRCRA
C-17 AIRCRAFT PROGRAM
[D10FE4-167]{D121}Committee
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Acquisition held a 
hearing on the C-17 aircraft program. Testimony was heard from John M. 
Deutch, Under Secretary, Acquisition and Technology, Department of Defense; 
and Frank C. Conahan, Assistant Comptroller General, National Security and 
International Affairs Division, GAO.
[D10FE4-168]{D121}MISCELLANE
MISCELLANEOUS PERSONNEL
[D10FE4-169]{D121}Committee
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Forces and Personnel 
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1055, to direct the Secretary of 
Defense to issue a commendation to each individual exposed to mustard agents 
during World War II; and H.R. 3273, Military Reserve Retirement Fairness 
Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Goss and Kreidler; and the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Jeanne B. Fites, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Requirements and Resources, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary, Personnel and Readiness; and Frank Rush, Principal Director, 
Manpower and Personnel, Office of the Assistant Secretary, Reserve Affairs.
[D10FE4-170]{D121}CREDIT AND
CREDIT AND CHARGE CARD DISCLOSURE INTEREST RATE AMENDMENTS; CREDIT CARD 
REFORM ACT
[D10FE4-171]{D121}Committee
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Consumer 
Credit and Insurance held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1842, 
Credit and Charge Card Disclosure Interest Rate Amendments of 1993; and H.R. 
2175, Credit Card Reform Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Schumer and Moran; and public witnesses.
[D10FE4-172]{D121}ECONOMIC D
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION BUDGET AND REAUTHORIZATION
[D10FE4-173]{D121}Committee
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic 
Growth and Credit Formation held a hearing on the Administration's fiscal 
year 1995 budget and reauthorization request for the Economic Development 
Administration. Testimony was heard from Wilbur F. Hawkins, Assistant 
Secretary, Economic Development, Department of Commerce; and Francis E. 
Moravitz, Executive Director, Appalachian Regional Commission.
[D10FE4-174]{D121}ADMINISTRA
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET PROPOSAL
[D10FE4-175]{D121}Committee
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's Fiscal 
Year 1995 Budget Proposal. Testimony was heard from Henry G. Cisneros, 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
[D10FE4-176]{D121}HEALTH CAR
HEALTH CARE REFORM
[D10FE4-177]{D121}Committee
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations 
continued hearings on health care reform. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
[D10FE4-178]{D121}Hearings c
  Hearings continue February 22.
[D10FE4-179]{D121}COMPREHENS
COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY AND HEALTH REFORM ACT
[D10FE4-180]{D121}Committee
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor Standards, 
Occupational Health and Safety held a hearing on H.R. 1280, Comprehensive 
Safety and Health Reform Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from Joseph Dear, 
Assistant Secretary of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health, Department of 
Labor.
[D10FE4-181]{D122}ADMINISTRA
ADMINISTRATION'S HEALTH PLAN
[D10FE4-182]{D122}Committee
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment 
and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Competitiveness 
held a joint hearing on the Administration's Health Plan. Testimony was 
heard from Robert D. Reischauer, Director, CBO.
[D10FE4-183]{D122}HEALTH CAR
HEALTH CARE REFORM PROPOSALS
[D10FE4-184]{D122}Committee
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment 
continued hearings on health care reform proposals. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Thomas of California.
[D10FE4-185]{D122}COMMUNICAT
COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
[D10FE4-186]{D122}Committee
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and 
Finance concluded hearings on Communications Infrastructure, with emphasis 
on H.R. 3626, Antitrust Reform Act of 1993, and on long distance. Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
[D10FE4-187]{D122}SUPERFUND
SUPERFUND PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION ISSUES
[D10FE4-188]{D122}Committee
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and 
Hazardous Materials held a hearing on the proposals on liability issues 
(other than the Environmental Insurance Resolution Fund) contained in the 
Administration's bill to reauthorize the Superfund Program. Testimony was 
heard from Elliot Laws, Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, EPA; Myles E. Flint, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice; Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, State of Colorado; 
and public witnesses.
[D10FE4-189]{D122}POW/MIA: W
POW/MIA: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
[D10FE4-190]{D122}Committee
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific held a 
hearing on POW/MIA: Where Do We Go From Here? Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Torricelli and Gilman; Winston Lord, Assistant Secretary, 
East Asia and the Pacific Affairs, Department of State; Edward Ross, Acting 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, POW/MIA Affairs, Department of Defense; Maj. 
Gen. Thomas Needham, U.S.A., Commander, Joint Task Force Full Accounting; 
and public witnesses.
[D10FE4-191]{D122}ANTITRUST
ANTITRUST AND COMMUNICATIONS REFORM ACT
[D10FE4-192]{D122}Committee
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law 
continued hearings on H.R. 3626, Antitrust and Communications Reform Act of 
1993. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
[D10FE4-193]{D122}MISCELLANE
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
[D10FE4-194]{D122}Committee
Committee on Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial 
Administration held a hearing on the following bills: Title VI of H.R. 2872, 
Crime Control Act of 1993; and H.R. 2892, Violent Crime Control and Regional 
Prison Partnership Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from Representative 
Gekas; Kathleen Hawk, Director, Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice; 
Joseph Lehman, Commissioner, Department of Corrections, State of 
Pennsylvania; and public witnesses.
[D10FE4-195]{D122}MARINE MAM
MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT REAUTHORIZATION: NON-FISHERIES ISSUES
[D10FE4-196]{D122}Committee
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Environment and 
Natural Resources held a hearing on Marine Mammal Protection Act 
reauthorization: non-fisheries issues. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Goss; Nancy Foster, Deputy Assistant Administrator, 
Fisheries, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Mollie Beattie, Director, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; John E. Reynolds, 
Chairman, Marine Mammal Commission; and public witnesses.
[D10FE4-197]{D122}MISCELLANE
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
[D10FE4-198]{D122}Committee
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and 
Public Lands approved for full Committee action amended the following bills: 
S. 375, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating a segment of 
the Rio Grande in New Mexico as a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System; and H.R. 2815, to designate a portion of the Farmington River 
in Connecticut as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
[D10FE4-199]{D122}INTERMODAL
INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
[D10FE4-200]{D122}Committee
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Investigations 
and Oversight held a hearing on Intermodal Transportation Safety. Testimony 
was heard from Federico Pena, Secretary of Transportation; John K. Lauber, 
member, National Transportation Safety Board; and Kenneth M. Mead, Director, 
Transportation Issues, GAO.
[D10FE4-201]{D122}Hearings c
  Hearings continue March 2.
[D10FE4-202]{D122}HUMAN RADI
HUMAN RADIATION EXPERIMENTATION, ETHICS AND GENE THERAPY
[D10FE4-203]{D122}Committee
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy held a 
hearing on Human Radiation Experimentation, Ethics and Gene Therapy. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Energy: Tara J. O'Toole, Assistant Secretary, Environment, Safety and 
Health; and Martha Krebs, Director, Office of Energy Research; Robyn Y. 
Nishimi, Senior Associate/Project Director, Biological and Behavioral 
Sciences Program, OTA; and public witnesses.
[D10FE4-204]{D122}ENHANCING
ENHANCING U.S. COMPETITIVENESS: NASA AERONAUTICS RESEARCH
[D10FE4-205]{D122}Committee
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Technology, 
Environment and Aviation held a hearing on Enhancing U.S. Competitiveness: 
NASA Aeronautics Research. Testimony was heard from Wesley Harris, Associate 
Administrator, Aeronautics, NASA; and public witnesses.
[D10FE4-206]{D123}DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BUDGET
[D10FE4-207]{D123}Committee
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on Fiscal Year 1995 
Department of Veterans Affairs Budget. Testimony was heard from Jesse Brown, 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Preston M. Taylor, Jr., M.D., Assistant 
Secretary, Veterans Employment and Training, Department of Labor; and 
representatives of veterans organizations.
[D10FE4-208]{D123}HEALTH CAR
HEALTH CARE REFORM
[D10FE4-209]{D123}Committee
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health concluded hearings on 
Health Care Reform: Alternative Health Reform Proposals, including the 
following bills: H.R. 3080, Affordable Health Care Act Now of 1993; H.R. 
3704, Health Equity and Access Reform Today Act of 1993; H.R. 3652, Health 
Plan Purchasing Cooperative Act of 1993; H.R. 3222, Managed Competition Act 
of 1993; and H.R. 3698, Consumer Choice Health Security Act of 1993. 
Testimony was heard from Senators Lott and Chafee; Representatives Rose, 
Michel, Thomas of California, Payne of Virginia, Grandy, Johnson of 
Connecticut, Grams, McCrery and Stearns; and public witnesses.
[D10FE4-210]{D123}TAX REFUND
TAX REFUND FRAUD
[D10FE4-211]{D123}Committee
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing on Tax 
Refund Fraud. Testimony was heard from Margaret Milner Richardson, 
Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury; Jennie S. Stathis, Director, 
Tax Policy and Administration Issues, General Government Division, GAO; and 
public witnesses.
[D10FE4-212]{D123}HIGHER RAT
HIGHER RATES OF TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION AMONG ALCOHOLICS AND DRUG 
ADDICTS
[D10FE4-213]{D123}Committee
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security and the 
Subcommittee on Human Resources held a joint hearing to explore means of 
achieving higher rates of treatment and rehabilitation among alcoholics and 
drug addicts receiving Federal disability benefits. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Rangel, Thomas of California, Kleczka, Roth and Gekas; Jane 
L. Ross, Associate Director, Income Security Issues, Human Resources 
Division, GAO; the following officials of the Department of Health and Human 
Services: Shirley Sears Chater, Commissioner, SSA; and Michele Applegate, 
Acting Deputy Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, 
Administration; and public witnesses.
[D10FE4-214]{D123}Joint Meet
Joint Meetings
[D10FE4-215]{D123}AUTHORIZAT
AUTHORIZATION--HEAD START
[D10FE4-216]{D123}Joint Hear
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources' Subcommittee 
on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism concluded joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Education and Labor's Subcommittee on Human Resources on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Head Start Program, after 
receiving testimony from Mary Jo Bane, Assistant Secretary of Health and 
Human Services for the Administration of Children and Families; Sandra 
Kessler Hamburg, Committee for Economic Development, New York, New York; 
Valora Washington, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan; Donna 
Hogle, South Central Community Action Program, Bloomington, Iowa; Michael 
Hunter, New Haven, Connecticut; Jill Ryan, Worchester, Massachusetts; and 
Jeannie Kendall, Paris, Kentucky.
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