[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 25 (Wednesday, March 9, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original bill to authorize the Secretary of 
Agriculture to reorganize the Department of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of 
Energy, focusing on energy conservation programs, receiving testimony 
from Christine Ervin, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, March 11.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE/NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued hearings, in closed 
session, on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 
for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, 
focusing on force structure levels in the Bottom Up Review, receiving 
testimony from Edward L. Warner III, Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Strategy and Resources; and Rear Adm. Francis W. Lacroix, USN, Deputy 
Director for Force Structure and Resources (J-8), Office of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff.
  Also, committee ordered favorably reported 12 routine military 
nominations in the Navy and Marine Corps.
  Committee will meet again on Tuesday, March 15.
BANK REGULATORY CONSOLIDATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee resumed 
hearings on proposed legislation to consolidate certain Federal 
agencies which regulate and supervise depository institutions insured 
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, receiving testimony from 
John R. Petty, Washington, D.C., former Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury for International Affairs; Bevis Longstreth, Debevoise and 
Plimpton, New York, New York, former Commissioner of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission; John Sandner, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, 
Chicago, Illinois; Lawrence Connell, Washington, D.C., and Edward J. 
Kane, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, both on behalf of 
the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee; and Donald S. Howard, 
Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
1995 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings in preparation 
for reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1995 
budget for the Federal Government, focusing on the Department of 
Defense, after receiving testimony from William J. Perry, Secretary of 
Defense; Robert D. Reischauer, Director, Congressional Budget Office; 
and Andrew F. Krepinevich, Defense Budget Project, John D. Steinbruner, 
Brookings Institution, and Don M. Snider, Center for Strategic and 
International Studies, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported, with amendments, H.R. 2947, to extend the authorization of 
the Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial, the Women in Military 
Service for America Memorial, and the National Peace Garden under the 
Commemorative Works Act.
  Also, committee completed its review of certain spending reductions 
and revenue increases to meet reconciliation expenditures, and agreed 
on recommendations which it will make thereon to the Committee on the 
Budget.
NRC USER FEES
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air 
and Nuclear Regulation held hearings to examine the equity of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission's user fee policy, receiving testimony 
from Ivan Selin, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; William B. 
Ellis, Northeast Utilities, Hartford, Connecticut, on behalf of the 
American Nuclear Energy Council; Conrad E. Nagle, William Beaumont 
Hospital, Troy, Michigan, on behalf of the Society of Nuclear Medicine 
and the American College of Nuclear Physicians; and Dale L. Alberts, 
Rio Algon Mining, Glenrock, Wyoming, on behalf of the Wyoming Mining 
Association.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
URUGUAY ROUND
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings to examine the results 
of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations and what more 
needs to be accomplished before the trade agreements are to be signed 
on April 15, 1994, focusing on the Agreement on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures, receiving testimony from Senator Bingaman; 
Rufus H. Yerxa, Deputy United States Trade Representative; Mary Lowe 
Good, Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology; Thomas J. Usher, 
United States Steel Group of the USX Corporation, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania, on behalf of the U.S. Member Companies of the American 
Iron and Steel Institute; Lawrence W. Clarkson, The Boeing Company, 
Seattle, Washington; and Erich Bloch, Council on Competitiveness, 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearings continue on Wednesday, March 16.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  The nominations of Thomas A. Constantine, of New York, to be 
Administrator of Drug Enforcement, Department of Justice; Judith W. 
Rogers, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia 
Circuit, Helen G. Berrigan, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Louisiana, Samuel Frederick Biery, Jr., W. Royal 
Furgeson, Jr., and Orlando L. Garcia, each to be a United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, John H. Hannah, Jr., 
to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, 
Janis Graham Jack, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Texas, Daniel T.K. Hurley, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Florida, Cameron M. Currie, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, Walter 
Clinton Holton, Jr., to be United States Attorney for the Middle 
District of North Carolina, Lezin Joseph Hymel, Jr., to be United 
States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, Kristine Olson 
Rogers, to be United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, John 
Marshall Roberts, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District 
of Tennessee, Alfred E. Madrid, to be United States Marshal for the 
District of Arizona, Charles Lester Zacharias, to be United States 
Marshal for the District of Minnesota, Raimon L. Patton, to be United 
States Marshal for the Middle District of Tennessee, Timothy Patrick 
Mullaney, Sr., to be United States Marshal for the District of 
Delaware, Israel Brooks, Jr., to be United States Marshal for the 
District of South Carolina, Laurent F. Gilbert, to be United States 
Marshal for the District of Maine, John James Leyden, to be United 
States Marshal for the District of Rhode Island, and Jack O. Dean, to 
be United States Marshal for the Western District of Texas;
  S.J. Res. 150, designating the week of May 2 through 8, 1994, as 
``Public Service Recognition Week'';
  S.J. Res. 151, designating the week of April 10 through 16, 1994, as 
``Primary Immune Deficiency Awareness Week'';
  S.J. Res. 162, designating March 25, 1994, as ``Greek Independence 
Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy''; 
and
  S.J. Res. 163, to proclaim March 20, 1994, as ``National Agricultural 
Day.''
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and 
Trademarks held oversight hearings to review activities of the Patent 
and Trademark Office of the Department of Commerce, S. 1854, to provide 
for patent simplification, and on proposed authorizations for the 
Patent and Trademark Office, receiving testimony from Bruce A. Lehman, 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and 
Trademarks; Harold C. Wegner, George Washington University, and Gary L. 
Griswold, Intellectual Property Owners, both of Washington, D.C.; Gary 
L. Newtson, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Arlington, 
Virginia; and Richard M. Berman, General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, 
Minnesota, on behalf of the International Trademark Association.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Aging held 
hearings on the Administration's proposed Health Security Act, to 
establish comprehensive health care for every American, and related 
measures, focusing on women's health care issues, receiving testimony 
from Philip Lee, Assistant Secretary for Health, Susan Blumenthal, 
Deputy Assistant of Women's Health, and Samuel Broder, Director, 
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, all of the 
Department of Health and Human Services; Luella Klein, Emory University 
School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the American College 
of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; Janet E. Freedman, on behalf of the 
American Medical Women's Association, and Jeannie I. Rosoff, The Alan 
Guttmacher Institute, both of New York, New York; Susan Wysocki, on 
behalf of the American Nurses Association, Betty Dooley, Women's 
Research and Education Institute, Scott Daniels, Family Research 
Council, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.; Janet Kurland, Jewish Family 
Services, Baltimore, Maryland, on behalf of the National Association of 
Social Workers; and Susan Troyan, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 
Massachusetts.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INDIAN PROGRAMS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1995 for certain 
Indian programs of the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, 
Education, and Labor, and the Administration for Native Americans, 
after receiving testimony from Joseph Shuldiner, Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing, and Dom Nessi, Director, Office of 
Native American Programs, both of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development; Thomas W. Payzant, Assistant Secretary, Jon C. Wade, 
Acting Director, Office of Indian Education, and Chuck Hansen, 
Director, Impact Aid Program, all of the Office of Elementary and 
Secondary Education, and Thomas M. Corwin, Director, Division of 
Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Analysis, Office of the Under 
Secretary, all of the Department of Education; and Mary Jo Bane, 
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Children and 
Families.