[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 24 (Tuesday, March 8, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
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Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a 
hearing on Rural Electrification Administration, Alternative 
Agriculture Research and Commercialization, and on Members of Congress 
and Public Witnesses. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the USDA: Bob Nash, Under Secretary, Small Community and Rural 
Development; Wally Beyer, Administrator, Rural Electrification 
Administration; and Paul F. O'Connell, Director, Alternative 
Agricultural Research and Commercialization; Members of Congress and 
public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and Judiciary held a hearing on the United States Trade Representative. 
Testimony was heard from Michael Kantor, United States Trade 
Representative.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development held a hearing on Department of Energy (Environment, Safety 
and Health, Environment Restoration and Waste Management). Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy: 
Thomas P. Grumbly, Assistant Secretary, Environmental Restoration and 
Waste Management; and Peter N. Brush, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Environment, Safety and Health.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing and Related Agencies held a hearing on AID Programs and 
Foreign Aid Reform. Testimony was heard from J. Brian Atwood, 
Administrator, AID, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued 
appropriation hearings, with emphasis on Indian Programs. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--Health and Human 
Services--Education, held a hearing on the Secretary of Labor. 
Testimony was heard from Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a 
hearing on the Federal Highway Administration. Testimony was heard from 
Rodney E. Slater, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--
General Government held a hearing on the Secretary of the Treasury. 
Testimony was heard from Lloyd Bentsen, Secretary of the Treasury.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies held a hearing on Department of Veterans Affairs. Testimony 
was heard from Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Forces and 
Personnel continued hearings on fiscal year 1995 national defense 
authorization request, with emphasis on Army Guard and Reserve 
restructuring. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Deborah R. Lee, Assistant Secretary, Reserve 
Affairs; Gen. J. H. Binford Peay III, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, Army; 
Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Kilmartin, USA, Deputy Chief, Army Reserve; Maj. 
Gen. John R. D'Araujo, USA, Director, Army National Guard; and Col. 
Charles E. Heller, USA, U.S. Army Reserve Advisor, Strategic Studies 
Institute, U.S. Army War College; Maj. Gen. James H. Mukoyama, Jr., 
USAR, President, Army Reserve Association; and Maj. Gen. William F. 
Ward, Jr., USA (Ret.), former Chief, Army Reserve.
  Hearings continue March 10.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and 
Facilities continued hearings on fiscal year 1995 national defense 
authorization request, with emphasis on Army military construction. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
the Army: Paul W. Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Installations 
and Housing; Brig. Gen. Robert L. Herndon, USA, Director, Facilities 
and Housing, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, Installations 
Management;Brig. Gen. William C. Bilo, USA, Deputy Director, Army 
National Guard;Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Kilmartin, USA, Deputy Chief, Army 
Reserve;and Col. William T. Harvey, USA, Chief, Base Realignment and 
Closure Office.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing 
on fiscal year 1995 national defense authorization request, with 
emphasis on National Defense Stockpile policy and issues. Testimony was 
heard from Kenneth S. Flamm, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Dual 
Use Technology Policy and International Programs, Department of 
Defense; and Alfred R. Greenwood, Senior Analyst, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of 
Congress.
BANK SALES OF MUTUAL FUNDS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Deposit Insurance 
held a hearing on Bank Sales of Mutual Funds. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Neal of Massachusetts; Andrew Hove, Jr., Acting 
Chairman, FDIC; John P. LaWare, member, Board of Governors, Federal 
Reserve System; the following officials of the Department of the 
Treasury: Eugene Ludwig, Comptroller of the Currency; and Jonathan F. 
Fiechter, Acting Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; and public 
witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held 
a hearing on the Department of Energy's Fiscal Year 1995 Budget. 
Testimony was heard from Hazel R. O'Leary, Secretary of Energy.
FRENCH ACTION AGAINST U.S. SEAFOOD IMPORTS; GATT: IMPACT ON AMERICAN 
INDUSTRIES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade 
and Environment approved for full Committee action amended H. Res. 362, 
expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the action 
taken by the Government of France against seafood imports from the 
United States is a totally unwarranted act of protectionism.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on GATT: The Impact on American 
Industries. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
TAX SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION--IMPLICATIONS FOR IRS BUDGET
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, 
and Monetary Affairs held a hearing on Tax Systems Modernization and 
Its Implications for the IRS Fiscal Year 1995 Budget. Testimony was 
heard from Margaret M. Richardson, Commissioner, IRS, Department of the 
Treasury; and a public witness.
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE'S REVISION OF MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING 
GUIDELINES
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Human Resources and 
Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on the National Cancer 
Institute's of Its Mammography Screening Guidelines. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Schroeder, Snowe, and Slaughter; Samuel 
Broder, M.D., Director, National Cancer Institute, Department of Health 
and Human Services; former Representative Mary Rose Oakar of Ohio; and 
public witnesses.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S STATUTORY USE OF VALUE ENGINEERING
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and 
National Security held a hearing on Statutory Use of Value Engineering 
in the Federal Government. Testimony was heard from Representative 
Byrne; Steven Kelman, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement 
Policy, OMB; Stanley Brezenoff, Executive Director, Port Authority of 
New York and New Jersey; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts approved 
for full Committee action amended H. Res. 369, providing amounts from 
the contingent fund of the House for the expenses of investigations and 
studies by certain committees of the House in the second session of the 
One Hundred Third Congress.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION'S BUDGET
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Elections held a 
hearing on the Federal Election Commission's Fiscal Year 1995 Budget 
and Recommendations. Testimony was heard from Danny McDonald, Vice 
Chairman and Chairman, Finance Committee, FEC; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL NUCLEAR FACILITIES LICENSING AND REGULATION ACT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources continued hearings on H.R. 3920, Federal Nuclear Facilities 
Licensing and Regulation Act. Testimony was heard from Charles B. 
Curtis, Under Secretary, Department of Energy; the following officials 
of the NRC: Ivan Selin, Chairman; Kenneth C. Rogers, Forrest Remick and 
E. Gail de Planque, all Commissioners; John T. Conway, Chairman, 
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; and Margo T. Oge, Director, 
Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, EPA.
RED ROCK CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA BOUNDARY EXPANSION
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests, and Public Lands, hearing on H.R. 3050, to expand the 
boundaries of the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Testimony 
was heard from Representative Bilbray; Michael Penfold, Assistant 
Director, Land and Renewable Resources, Bureau of Land Management, 
Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT WITHIN FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations held a hearing on sexual harassment within Federal 
law enforcement agencies. Testimony was heard from Richard Stiener, 
Director, Office of Special Investigations, GAO; the following 
officials of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of 
Justice: Katherine Churchill, Senior Forensic Chemist; Gail Gricius 
Wyche and Ann Garcia, both Special Agents; Shirley Garcia, 
Investigative Assistant, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 
Department of the Treasury; and a public witness.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM--ANCILLARY ISSUES RELATING TO HIGHWAY AND 
TRANSIT PROGRAMS
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface 
Transportation continued hearings on the proposed National Highway 
System and Ancillary Issues Relating to Highway and Transit Programs. 
Testimony was heard from Members of Congress and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue March 10.
HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE MISSION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Held a hearing to review 
the Hubble Space Telescope Mission. Testimony was heard from the 
following members of the STS-61 Crew: Richard O. Covey, Commander; 
Kenneth D. Bowersox, Pilot; Tom Akers, Mission Specialist 5; Jeffrey A. 
Hoffman, Mission Specialist 3; Kathryn C. Thornton, Mission Specialist 
1; Claude Nicollier, Mission Specialist 2; and F. Story Musgrave, 
Mission Specialist 4; and public witnesses.
VETERANS HEALTH CARE ISSUES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health 
Care held a hearing on the following: H.R. 3808, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
has the necessary authority and flexibility to provide staffing levels 
for the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs as necessary to meet the responsibility of the United States to 
provide health care services to eligible veterans and to permit 
implementation of national health care reform by the Department; and 
legislation authorizing a pilot program for VA participation in State 
Health reform. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs: Elwood Headley, M.D., Acting Deputy 
Under Secretary, Health; officials of Medical Centers from the 
following States: Minnesota, Florida, Vermont, and Washington; 
representatives of veterans organizations and public witnesses.
HEALTH SECURITY ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health began markup of 
H.R. 3600, Health Security Act.
  Will continue tomorrow.
UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a 
hearing on the current unemployment situation and the recommendations 
of the Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation. Testimony was 
heard from Janet L. Norwood, Chair, Advisory Council on Unemployment 
Compensation; and public witnesses.
INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and 
Budget Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on 
Fiscal Year 1995 Intelligence Budget. Testimony was heard from 
departmental witnesses.
  Hearings continue March 10.