[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 15, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--ARMY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of 
the Army, receiving testimony from Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of the 
Army; and Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, Chief of Staff, United States Army.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 17.
APPROPRIATIONS--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related 
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1995 for the Bureau of Land Management, receiving testimony from Robert 
Armstrong, Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, and 
Michael P. Dombeck, Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management, both of 
the Department of the Interior.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 23.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN AID
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for foreign 
assistance programs, focusing on sustainable development, receiving 
testimony from J. Brian Atwood, Administrator, Agency for International 
Development.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 22.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 for the Department 
of Defense and the future years defense program, receiving testimony 
from Adm. Frank B. Kelso II, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. 
Merrill A. McPeak, USAF, Chief of Staff of the Air Force; Gen. Gordon 
R. Sullivan, USA, Chief of Staff of the Army; and Gen. Carl E. Mundy, 
Jr., USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Readiness and 
Defense Infrastructure held hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of Defense 
and the future years defense program, focusing on military readiness, 
receiving testimony from Gen. Dennis J. Reimer, USA, Commander in 
Chief, U.S. Forces Command; Rear Adm. James G. Prout, III, USN, Deputy 
Chief of Staff for Resources, Warfare Requirements, Assessments and 
Logistics, U.S. Pacific Fleet; Col. William Schopfel, USMC, Assistant 
Chief of Staff for Operations (G-3), II Marine Expeditionary Force; and 
Lt. Gen. Thad A. Wolfe, USAF, Vice Commander, U.S. Air Combat Command.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on S. 1664, to streamline the currency transaction report 
(CTR) requirements for financial institutions, increase the ability of 
law enforcement agencies to make use of CTR's in criminal 
investigations, and eliminate the filing of reports having little or no 
law enforcement value, after receiving testimony from Ronald K. Noble, 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement, Timothy D. Wagner, Director, 
Financial Investigations Division, United States Customs Services, and 
Edward L. Federico, Jr., Criminal Investigator, all of the Department 
of the Treasury; Henry R. Wray, Director, Administration of Justice 
Issues, General Government Division, General Accounting Office; John J. 
Byrne, American Bankers Association, Washington, D.C.; and Steve 
Greathouse, Nevada Resort Association, Las Vegas.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings to examine health care 
reform issues, focusing on health care premiums and subsidies, 
receiving testimony from Stuart M. Butler, Heritage Foundation, and 
John Holahan, Urban Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; Alain C. 
Enthoven, Stanford University, Stanford, California; and Michael J. 
Graetz, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
  Hearings continue on Thursday, March 17.
OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION
Committee on Finance: On Monday, March 14, Subcommittee on Taxation 
held hearings to examine the state of the domestic oil and natural gas 
industry and the effectiveness of certain tax proposals to increase 
domestic oil and gas exploration and production, receiving testimony 
from William H. White, Deputy Secretary of Energy; Cody L. Graves, 
Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Oklahoma City; James E. Nugent, 
Railroad Commission of Texas, Austin; George A. Alcorn, Alcorn 
Exploration, Inc., on behalf of the Independent Petroleum Association 
of America, and Victor G. Beghini, Marathon Oil Company, on behalf of 
the American Petroleum Institute, both of Houston, Texas; Mike 
Cantrell, Oklahoma Basic Economy Corporation, Ada; Charles J. Mankin, 
Oklahoma Geological Survey, Norman; David Murfin, Murfin Drilling Co., 
Wichita, Kansas, on behalf of the Liaison Committee of Cooperating Oil 
and Gas Associations; Harold Glenn Hamm, Continental Resources, Inc., 
Enid, Oklahoma; and Robert H. Campbell, Sun Company, Inc., 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Independent Refiners 
Coalition.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
U.S. PEACEKEEPING POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on the Administration's peacekeeping policy from 
Douglas J. Bennet, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State for International 
Organization Affairs; Richard Clarke, Special Assistant to the 
President and Senior Director for Global Affairs, National Security 
Council; Karl R. Inderfurth, Alternate Representative for Special 
Political Affairs, United States Mission to the United Nations; Adm. 
Frank Bowman, USN, Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs, Joint 
Chiefs of Staff; and Sarah Sewall, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Peacekeeping/Peace Enforcement Policy, Department of Defense.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
NON-INDIGENOUS PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee resumed hearings to 
examine Federal policies governing the introduction of nonindigenous 
plants and animal species in the United States, receiving testimony 
from Phyllis N. Windle, Senior Associate, Office of Technology 
Assessment; Robert Davison, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior 
for Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Katharine W. Kimball, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; and B. Glen Lee, 
Deputy Administrator for Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service, and William McCleese, Acting Associate 
Deputy Chief, Forest Service, both of the Department of Agriculture.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
PRODUCT LIABILITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 687, to 
regulate interstate commerce by providing for a uniform product 
liability law, after receiving testimony from Representative Mink; 
Chief Justice Stanley G. Feldman, Supreme Court of the State of 
Arizona, Phoenix, on behalf of the Conference of Chief Justices; 
Suzelle M. Smith, Howarth & Smith, Los Angeles, California; Richard M. 
Cooper, Williams & Connolly, on behalf of the Pharmaceutical 
Manufacturers Association, Victor E. Schwartz, Crowell & Moring, and 
Ralph Nader, all of Washington, D.C.; Lucinda M. Finley, State 
University of New York, Buffalo; Harold J. Winch, Minster Machine 
Company, Minster, Ohio, on behalf of the Association for Manufacturing 
Technology; and Dianne Weaver, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
BLACK LUNG BENEFITS
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on S. 
1781, to improve and strengthen certain provisions of the Black Lung 
Benefits Act (P.L. 101-509), receiving testimony from Allen B. Hess, 
National Black Lung Association, Richlands, Virginia; Richard L. 
Trumka, United Mine Workers of America, and Bruce Watzman, National 
Coal Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Jackie Fraley, Lebanon, 
Virginia; Calvin Dunford, Bandy, Virginia; Jean Varney, Shelbiana, 
Kentucky; and Lawrence Zornes, Knox, Indiana.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children, 
Family, Drugs and Alcoholism concluded hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for the low-income home energy assistance program and 
the community services block grant, after receiving testimony from Mary 
Jo Bane, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Children 
and Families; Audrey Rowe, Connecticut State Department of Social 
Services, Hartford; Carey Woodlon, Baltimore City Fire Department, 
Baltimore, Maryland; Deborah A. Frank, Boston City Hospital, Boston, 
Massachusetts; James H. Gatling, New Opportunities for Waterbury, Inc., 
Waterbury, Connecticut, on behalf of the Connecticut Association for 
Community Action; Robert Justis, Northern Community Investment 
Corporation, St. Johnsbury, Vermont; Letitia Fletcher, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania; Catherine Riley, Andover, Minnesota; and Jamie Enochs, 
Atchison, Kansas.