[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 22, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
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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 Market Promotion Program and Foreign Market Development. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Eugene 
Moos, Under Secretary, International Affairs and Commodity Programs; 
and Richard B. Schroeter, Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural 
Service; and public witnesses.
  The Subcommittee also continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was 
heard from 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 Department of State (Salaries and 
Expenses, Contributions to International Organizations and Peacekeeping 
and International Conferences and Contingencies). Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of State: Richard M. 
Moose, Under Secretary, Management; Madeleine K. Albright, United 
Nations Representative; and Douglas J. Bennet, Assistant Secretary, 
International Conferences and Contingencies.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive 
session to hold a hearing on the Pacific Command. Testimony was heard 
from Adm. Charles R. Larson, USN, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific 
Command.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from 
Members of Congress and public witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on 
the Smithsonian Institution. Testimony was heard from Robert McC. 
Adams, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education held 
a hearing on Special Institutions for the Disabled (Gallaudet, National 
Technical Institute for the Deaf, and American Printing House for the 
Blind), on Howard University, and on Secretary of Education. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Education: 
Richard W. Riley, Secretary; Judith E. Heumann, Assistant Secretary, 
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; I. King Jordan, 
President, Gallaudet University; William E. Castle, Director, National 
Technical Institute for the Deaf; Tuck Tinsley, III, President, 
American Printing House for the Blind; and Franklyn G. Jennifer, 
President, Howard University.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction met 
in executive session to hold a hearing on the Pacific Region. Testimony 
was heard from Adm. Charles R. Larson, USN, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. 
Pacific Command.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a 
hearing on the Coast Guard. Testimony was heard from Adm. J. William 
Kime, USCG, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--
General Government held a hearing on Compensation of the President, 
Official Residence of the Vice President, the White House Office, 
Special Assistance, Office of Administration, Unanticipated Needs and 
on Office of Policy Development. Testimony was heard from Patsy L. 
Thomasson, Special Assistant to the President and Director, Office of 
Administration.
VA--HUD--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies held a hearing on the NSF. Testimony was heard from Neal Lane, 
Director, NSF.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Military Application of Nuclear Energy 
Panel continued hearings on the fiscal year 1995 national defense 
authorization, with emphasis on the future of the national 
laboratories. Testimony was heard from Harold Smith, Assistant to the 
Secretary, Atomic Energy, Department of Defense; Victor Reis, Assistant 
to the Secretary, Defense Programs, Department of Energy; John 
Nuckolls, Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Albert 
Narath, Director, Sandia National Laboratory; James Jackson, Director, 
Los Alamos National Laboratory; and public witnesses.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Forces and 
Personnel continued hearings on the fiscal year 1995 national defense 
authorization, with emphasis on the impact of the Bottom-Up Review on 
Navy forces and personnel requirements. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of the Navy: VAdm. Thomas J. 
Lopez, USN, Deputy Chief, Naval Operations, Resources, Warfare 
Requirements and Assessments; RAdm. Philip A. Dur, USN, Director, 
Strategy and Policy Division, Office, Chief of Naval Operations; RAdm. 
Donald L. Pilling, USN, Director, Programming Division, Office, Chief 
of Naval Operations; and RAdm. Lee F. Gunn, USN, Assistant Chief, Naval 
Personnel, Military Personnel Policy and Career Development, Bureau of 
Naval Personnel; and a panel of the following retired naval officers: 
Adm. Carlisle A.H. Trost, USN (Ret.) former Chief of Naval Operations; 
Adm. Lee Baggett, USN (Ret.), former Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic 
Command and former Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic; Adm. William D. 
Smith, USN, (Ret.), Senior Fellow, Center for Naval Analyses; and Adm. 
Jerry O. Tuttle, USN (Ret.), Chief Staff Officer, Oracle Federal.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and 
Facilities continued hearings on the fiscal year 1995 national defense 
authorization, with emphasis on Navy and Marine Corps military 
construction overview. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of the Navy: RAdm. Jack E. Buffington, USN, 
Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command; RAdm. Patrick W. 
Drennon, USN, Director, Shore Activities Division, Office of the Chief 
of Naval Operations; and Brig. Gen. Claude W. Reinke, USMC, Director, 
Facilities and Services Division, U.S. Marine Corps.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Technology 
continued hearings on the fiscal year 1995 national defense 
authorization, with emphasis on defense technologies and law 
enforcement. Testimony was heard from Anita K. Jones, Director, Defense 
Research and Engineering, Department of Defense; David G. Boyd, 
Director, Science and Technology Division, National Institute of 
Justice, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
HOME EQUITY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Credit and Insurance held a hearing on H.R. 3153, Home Equity 
Protection Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
RENEWING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Growth and Credit Formation concluded hearings on Renewing the 
Economic Development Administration: Improving the Delivery of Economic 
Development Services. Testimony was heard from Robert Atkinson, Senior 
Analyst, Industry, Technology and Employment Program, OTA; and public 
witnesses.
EQUITABLE ESCHEATMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Deposit Insurance 
held a hearing on H.R. 2443, Equitable Escheatment Act of 1993. 
Testimony was heard from Senator Hutchison; Representative Schumer; Ann 
W. Richards, Governor, State of Texas; Thomas R. Carper, Governor, 
State of Delaware; Michael Easely, Attorney General, State of North 
Carolina; G. Oliver Koppell, Attorney General, State of New York; Bob 
Holden, Treasurer, State of Missouri; Kathleen Brown, Treasurer, State 
of California; and public witnesses.
JUVENILE CRIME AND DELINQUENCY: DO WE NEED PREVENTION?
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held 
a hearing on Juvenile Crime and Delinquency: Do We Need Prevention? 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CRISIS IN ALGERIA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa held a hearing on 
the Crisis in Algeria. Testimony was heard from Mark R. Parris, Acting 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State; 
and public witnesses.
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security, 
International Organizations and Human Rights held a hearing on sexual 
exploitation of women and children. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Kennedy; John Shattuck, Assistant Secretary, Human 
Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State; and public 
witnesses.
PUBLIC HOUSING: VACANT UNITS, WASTED FEDERAL DOLLARS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment, 
Housing, and Aviation held a hearing on public housing: vacant units, 
wasted federal dollars. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: Susan M. 
Gaffney, Inspector General; and Joseph Shuldiner, Assistant Secretary, 
Public and Indian Housing; Jacquelyn L. Williams-Bridgers, Associate 
Director, Housing and Community Development Issues, GAO; and public 
witnesses.
CLEAN WATER ACT LEGISLATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Environment 
and Natural Resources held a hearing on pending Clean Water Act 
legislation (H.R. 350, Wetlands Reform Act of 1993; H.R. 1330, 
Comprehensive Wetland Conservation and Management Act of 1993; H.R. 
2543, Nonpoint Sources Water Pollution Prevention Act of 1993; H.R. 
2873, Natural Disaster Protection Act of 1993; and H.R. 3465, Wetlands, 
Protection and Management Act). Testimony was heard from Representative 
Edwards of California; Robert Perciasepe, Assistant Administrator, 
Water, EPA; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests, and Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
3707, To establish an American Heritage Areas Partnership Program in 
the Department of the Interior; and H.R. 2416, To provide for the 
preservation, interpretation, development and beneficial use of 
natural, cultural, historic and scenic resources that are a source of 
values important to the people of the United States through a national 
partnership system of heritage areas. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Unsoeld; Roger Kennedy, Director, National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior; Robert Bush, Executive Director, Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation; and public witnesses.
MAIL BOMB
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Postal 
Operations and Services held a hearing on the use of mail to send 
bombs. Testimony was heard from Michael Hearst, Deputy Chief Postal 
Inspector, U.S. Postal Service; Edmund Kelso, Unit Chief, Bomb Data 
Center, FBI, Department of Justice; and Jim Brown, Explosives Division, 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of the Treasury.
GSA FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND AND GSA REORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Public 
Buildings and Grounds continued hearings on GSA Federal Buildings Fund 
and GSA reorganization. Testimony was heard from Roger Johnson, 
Administrator, GSA.
VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing one hour of general debate 
on H.R. 4092, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 
1994. All points of order are waived against consideration of the bill. 
The rule provides that after general debate the Committee shall rise 
without motion. The rule provides that no further consideration of the 
bill shall be in order except as subsequently ordered by the House. 
Finally, the rule waives clause 4(b) of Rule XI against a resolution 
reported from the Committee on Rules on the legislative day of March 
23, 1994 providing for further consideration of H.R. 4092. Testimony 
was heard from Chairman Brooks and Representatives Hughes, Frank of 
Massachusetts, Schumer, Hyde, Sensenbrenner, McCollum, and Gekas.
STATUS--NATURAL GAS VEHICLE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy 
held a hearing on the Status of Natural Gas Vehicle Research, 
Development and Demonstration. Testimony was heard from Thomas J. 
Gross, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Transportation Technologies, 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy; and 
public witnesses.
UNFUNDED FEDERAL MANDATES: WHO SHOULD PICK UP THE TAB?
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on 
Investigations and Oversight held a hearing on Unfunded Federal 
Mandates: Who Should Pick Up the Tab? Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Condit and Roberts; E. Benjamin Nelson, Governor, State 
of Nebraska; and public witnesses.
INTERNET SECURITY
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science 
held a hearing on Security of the Internet. Testimony was heard from 
Thomas T. Kubic, Chief, Financial Crimes Section, FBI, Department of 
Justice; Lynn McNulty, Associate Director, Computer Security, Computer 
Systems Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Department of Commerce; 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 tomorrow.
OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT--EMPOWERMENT ZONE PROVISION 
IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures 
and the Subcommittee on Human Resources held a joint hearing on the 
implementation of the empowerment zone provision of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from Representative 
Richardson; Andrew Cuomo, Assistant Secretary, Community Planning and 
Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Bob Nash, 
Under Secretary, Small Community and Rural Development, USDA; Mary Jo 
Bane, Assistant Secretary, Children and Families, Department of Health 
and Human Services; and public witnesses.
EVALUATE ACCURACY AND READABILITY OF NOTICES SENT BENEFICIARIES BY SSA
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a 
hearing to evaluate the accuracy and readability of notices sent to 
beneficiaries by the Social Security Administration. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and 
Human Services: Shirley Sears Chater, Commissioner, SSA; and June Gibbs 
Brown, Inspector General; Joseph F. Delfico, Director, Income Security 
Issues, Human Resources Division, GAO; 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 tomorrow.