[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 30 (Thursday, March 17, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
RURAL HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing on Rural Health Care Reform: 
to explore the implications for rural citizens of the various health 
care reform bills. Testimony was heard from Representative Long; and 
public witnesses.
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 the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the USDA: Eugene Moos, Under Secretary, 
International Affairs and Commodity Programs and Kenneth D. Ackerman, 
Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and Judiciary held a hearing on the Secretary of State. Testimony was 
heard from Warren Christopher, Secretary of State.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on 
Space Programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: George R. Schneiter, Director, Strategic and 
Space Systems; Thomas P. Quinn, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Command, 
Control, Communications and Intelligence Acquisition; Lt. Gen. Thomas 
S. Moorman, Jr., USAF, Vice Commander, Air Force Space Command; and Gil 
I. Klinger, Under Secretary, Policy, Director of Space and Advanced 
Technology Strategy.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development held a hearing on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the NRC: Ivan Selin, Chairman; Kenneth C. 
Rogers, Forrest J. Remick and E. Gail De Planque, all Commissioners; 
and Elizabeth A. Moler, Chair, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
Department of Energy.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on 
the Office of the Secretary the Office of the Inspector General and the 
Office of the Solicitor. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of the Interior: Bonnie Cohen, Assistant 
Secretary, Policy, Management and Budget; Joyce N. Fleischman, Acting 
Inspector General; and John D. Leshy, Solicitor.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education held 
a hearing on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Railroad 
Retirement Board and the Institute of Peace. Testimony was heard from 
Ambassador Richard W. Carlson, President and Chief Executive Officer, 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Glen L. Bower, Chairman, Railroad 
Retirement Board; and Richard H. Solomon, President, U.S. Institute of 
Peace.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a 
hearing on Amtrak and on the Federal Railroad Administration. Testimony 
was heard from Jolene M. Molitoris, Administrator, Federal Railroad 
Administration, Department of Transportation; and Kenneth M. Mead, 
Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic 
Development Division, GAO.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--
General Government held a hearing on the Federal Election Commission, 
the Executive Residence, the Council of Economic Advisers, the National 
Security Council and the Merit Systems Protection Board. Testimony was 
heard from Trevor Potter, Chairman, Federal Election Commission; Robert 
G. Stanton, Regional Director, National Capitol Region, National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior; Laura D'Andrea Tyson, Chair, 
Council of Economic Advisers; William H. Itoh, Executive Secretary, 
National Security Council; and Ben L. Erdreich, Chairman, U.S. Merit 
Systems Protection Board.
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY BRIEFING; DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Met in executive session to continue 
hearings on the fiscal year 1995 national defense authorization, 
receiving an intelligence community briefing on the situation in Russia 
and the other states of the former Soviet Union. The Committee was 
briefed by George Kolt, National Intelligence Officer for Russia and 
Eurasia; Kenneth Knight, Deputy National Intelligence Officer, General 
Purpose Forces; and Lawrence K. Gershwin, National Intelligence Officer 
for Strategic Forces.
  The Committee also continued hearings on the fiscal year 1995 
national defense authorization, with emphasis on the implications for 
United States security policies of current and potential developments 
in Russia and the other states of the former Soviet Union. Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION RENEWAL
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Growth and Credit Formation continued hearings on Renewing the 
Economic Development Administration. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue March 22.
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Community Development continued hearings on H.R. 3838, 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1994, with emphasis on Public 
Housing and Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program. Testimony 
was heard from Representative Brown of Florida; and public witnesses.
COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held 
a hearing on the 1994 reauthorization of Community Services Block 
Grant. Testimony was heard from Mary Jo Bane, Assistant Secretary, 
Administration of Children and Families, Department of Health and Human 
Services; and public witnesses.
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education and 
Civil Rights held a hearing on the reauthorization of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--EMERGENCY ENERGY RESPONSES TO EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power 
continued oversight hearings on Emergency Energy Responses to Extreme 
Weather Conditions. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENT ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the 
Environment held a hearing on H.R. 3434, Smoke-Free Environment Act of 
1993. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY WORKER EXPOSURE--ADEQUACY OF HEALTH SURVEILLANCE 
PROGRAMS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on the Department of Energy worker 
exposure and the adequacy of DOE's health surveillance programs. 
Testimony was heard from Jim Wells, Associate Director, Energy and 
Science Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development 
Division, GAO; and the following officials of the Department of Energy: 
Tara O'Toole, Assistant Secretary, Office on Environment, Safety, and 
Health; and Robert R. Nordhaus, General Counsel.
ENVIRONMENTAL INSURANCE RESOLUTION FUND
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and 
Hazardous Materials held a hearing on Title VIII of H.R. 3800, 
Environmental Insurance Resolution Fund. Testimony was heard from 
Elliott Laws, Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, EPA; Alicia Munnell, Assistant Secretary, Economic 
Policy, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
U.S. ASSISTANCE TO EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific held 
a hearing on U.S. Assistance to East Asia and the Pacific. Testimony 
was heard from Winston Lord, Assistant Secretary, East Asia and the 
Pacific, Department of State; Margaret Carpenter, Assistant 
Administrator, Asia and the Near East, AID, U.S. International 
Development Cooperation Agency; and public witnesses.
CHALLENGES TO U.S. SECURITY IN THE 1990'S
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security, 
International Organizations and Human Rights held a hearing on 
Challenges to U.S. Security in the 1990's. Testimony was heard from 
Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Adviser.
HEALTH SECURITY ACT--FRAUD AND ABUSE PROVISIONS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and 
National Security and the Subcommittee on Human Resources and 
Intergovernmental Relations held a joint hearing on The Fraud and Abuse 
Provisions in H.R. 3600, Health Security Act. Testimony was heard from 
Leslie G. Aronovitz, Associate Director, Health Financing, GAO; June 
Gibbs Brown, Inspector General, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Gerald M. Stern, Special Counsel, Financial Institution 
Fraud, Special Counsel, Health Care Fraud, Department of Justice; Derek 
J. Vander Schaaf, Deputy Inspector General, Department of Defense; 
Charles C. Masten, Inspector General, Department of Labor; Stephen A. 
Trodden, Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
3981, amended, to provide mandatory life imprisonment for persons 
convicted of a third violent felony; H.R. 3968, amended, Violent Repeat 
Offender Incarceration Act; H.R. 4032, amended, to provide the penalty 
of death for certain crimes; H.R. 4035, amended, to establish 
constitutional procedures for the imposition of the death penalty; H.R. 
4018, Habeas Corpus Revision Act of 1994; H.R. 4017, Racial Justice 
Act; H.R. 4033, amended, Crime Prevention and Community Justice Act of 
1994; H.R. 4031, amended, Juvenile Prosecution Act of 1994; and H.R. 
3993, Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Act of 1994.
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM PROPOSAL
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant 
Marine held a hearing on H.R. 4003, Maritime Security Trade Act of 
1994. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Transportation: Federico Pena, Secretary; and Albert J. 
Herberger, Administrator, The Maritime Administration.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a 
joint oversight hearing on Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Skeen; Daniel A. Dreyfus, 
Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department 
of Energy; Richard H. Stallings, U.S. Nuclear Waste Negotiator; Kris 
Sanda, Commissioner, Department of Public Service, State of Minnesota; 
John Savage, Acting Director, Department of Energy, State of Oregon; 
and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests, and Public Lands approved for full Committee action amended 
the following bills: H.R. 2843, to establish the Wheeling National 
Heritage Area in the State of West Virginia; H.R. 3498, to establish 
the Great Falls Historic District; and H.R. 2473, to designate certain 
National Forest lands in the State of Montana as wilderness, to release 
other National Forest lands in the State of Montana for multiple use 
management.
FAA STAFFING--BEYOND BUDGET FREEZE
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation 
concluded hearings on FAA Staffing from Fiscal Year 1995 and Beyond 
Budget Freeze. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
FAA, Department of Transportation: Ruth A. Leverenz, Director, Office 
of Budget; Joaquin Archilla, Acting Associate Administrator, Airway 
Facilities; Anthony T. Broderick, Associate Administrator, Regulation 
and Certification; and William Jeffers, Deputy Associate Administrator, 
Air Traffic; and public witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S BUDGET OVERVIEW
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy 
held a hearing on Department of Energy Budget Fiscal Year 1995 
Overview. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Energy: Christine Ervin, Assistant Secretary, Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Martha Krebs, Director, Office of 
Energy Research; Richard Guimond, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Environmental Restoration and Waste Management; Peter Brush, Principal 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Environment, Safety and Health; and Jack 
Siegel, Acting Assistant Secretary, Fossil Energy.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on 
Technology, Environment and Aviation continued hearings on Health Care 
Reform, with emphasis on the Role of Medical Technologies View of the 
Administration. Testimony was heard from Helen Smits, Deputy 
Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of 
Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S CREDIT AVAILABILITY
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the status of the 
Administration's credit availability initiatives. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Frank 
N. Newman, Under Secretary, Domestic Finance; Eugene A. Ludwig, 
Comptroller, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; and Jonathan L. 
Fiechter, Acting Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; and John P. 
LaWare, member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and public 
witnesses.
HEALTH SECURITY ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health continued markup of 
H.R. 3600, Health Security Act.
  Will continue March 21.
FREE TRADE WITH CUBA ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, 
and the Subcommittee on Trade held a joint hearing on H.R. 2229, Free 
Trade with Cuba Act. Testimony was heard from Senator Graham; 
Representatives Miller of California; Torres, Torricelli, Ros-Lehtinen, 
Serrano, Sanders, Deutsch, Diaz-Balart, Menendez and Payne of New 
Jersey; Michael M. Skol, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Latin American 
Affairs, Department of State; Richard Newcomb, Director, Office of 
Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury; and public 
witnesses.
INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and 
Budget Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings of 
Fiscal Year 1995 Intelligence budget. Testimony was heard from 
departmental witnesses.
  Hearings continue March 22.

Joint Meetings
VETERANS PROGRAMS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the 
legislative recommendations of certain veteran's organizations, after 
receiving testimony from Richard F. Johnson, Paralyzed Veterans of 
America, Carl E. Foley, Blinded Veterans Association, and Edward D. 
Blatt, Jewish War Veterans, all of Washington, D.C.; and Charles R. 
Jackson, Non-Commissioned Officers Association, Alexandria, Virginia.
GOALS 2000: EDUCATE AMERICA ACT
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between 
the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 1804, to improve learning 
and teaching by providing a national framework for education reform, to 
promote the research, consensus building, and systemic changes needed 
to ensure equitable educational opportunities and high levels of 
educational achievement for all American students, to provide a 
framework for reauthorization of all Federal education programs, and to 
promote the development and adoption of a voluntary national system of 
skill standards and certifications.