[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 23, 1994)]
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Committee Meetings
DOMESTIC AND PRIVATE FOOD DONATION ACTIVITIES
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations and 
Nutrition held a hearing to review domestic and private food donation 
activities. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
USDA: Mary Ann Keeffe, Deputy Administrator, Special Nutrition 
Programs, Food and Nutrition Service; and Connie McKenna, Acting Deputy 
Administrator, Home Economics and Human Nutrition, Extension Service; 
and public witnesses.
IMPACT OF WETLAND AND NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION REGULATIONS ON 
AGRICULTURAL LANDS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Environment, Credit, and 
Rural Development held a hearing to review the impact of wetlands and 
nonpoint source pollution regulations on agricultural lands. Testimony 
was heard from Tom Hebert, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Natural 
Resources, USDA; 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 Food and Nutrition Service. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the USDA: Ellen Haas, Assistant Secretary, Food 
and Consumer Services; and William Ludwig, Administrator, Food and 
Nutrition Service.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and Judiciary held a hearing on Department of State (Acquisition and 
Maintenance of Buildings Abroad, Representation Allowances, Emergencies 
in the Diplomatic Service, Foreign Service Retirement, U.S. Bilateral 
Science and Technology Agreements and on Office of Inspector General). 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
State: Patrick F. Kennedy, Assistant Secretary, Administration; Richard 
L. Greene, Acting, Chief Financial Officer; and Roscoe S. Suddarth, 
Acting Inspector General.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on 
DOD Environmental Program. Testimony was heard from Sherri Wasserman 
Goodman, Deputy Under Secretary, Environmental Security, Department of 
Defense.
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 Appropriation: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on 
Fossil Energy Research and Development, Strategic Petroleum Reserves, 
Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves, and Clean Coal Technology. 
Testimony was heard from Jack Siegel, Acting Assistant Secretary, 
Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education held 
a hearing on Elementary and Secondary Education and Bilingual and 
Minority Languages Affairs, Vocational Adult Education, and on 
Educational Research and Improvement. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Education: Thomas W. Payzant, 
Assistant Secretary, Elementary and Secondary Education; Eugene Garcia, 
Director, Office of Biligual Education and Minority Languages Affairs; 
Augusta Souza Kappner, Assistant Secretary, Vocational Adult Education; 
and Sharon Robinson, Assistant Secretary, Educational Research and 
Improvement.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--
General Government held a hearing on the Postal Service. Testimony was 
heard from Marvin Runyon, Postmaster General, U.S. Postal Service.
  The Subcommittee also continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was 
heard from Members of Congress and public witnesses.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies held a hearing on Office of Science and Technology Policy. 
Testimony was heard from John H. Gibbons, Director, Office of Science 
and Technology Policy.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Continued hearings on the fiscal year 1995 
national defense authorization, with emphasis on the role of the U.S. 
military in Europe and U.S. engagement in NATO's efforts to project 
stability eastward with the Partnership for Peace and on the 
Administration's approach to military participation in peacekeeping 
operations. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Gen. George A. Joulwan, USA, Commander in Chief, 
U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; Edward L. 
Warner III, Assistant Secretary, Strategy, Requirements and Resources; 
Douglas J. Bennet, Assistant Secretary for International Organization; 
and RAdm. Frank L. Bowman, USN, Director, Politico-Military Affairs, 
The Joint Staff.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
LUMBER PRICES AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Community Development held a hearing on ``Lumber Prices and 
Housing Affordability.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
INTERNATIONAL LABOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held a 
hearing on International Labor and Environmental Standards. Testimony 
was heard from Representative Gephardt; and public witnesses.
LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources and 
the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce held a joint hearing on the reauthorization of the Low-Income 
Home Energy Assistance Program. Testimony was heard from Mary Jo Bane, 
Assistant Secretary, Administration of Children and Families, 
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--EEOC
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education and 
Civil Rights held an oversight hearing on the Equal Opportunity 
Employment Commission. Testimony was heard from J. Michael Hulihan, 
Deputy Superintendent, Police, State of New York; Maj. Carl A. 
Williams, Superintendent Designee, Police, State of New Jersey; and 
public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
URUGUAY ROUND OF TRADE NEGOTIATIONS--AGREEMENTS REACHED UNDER GATT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer 
Protection, and Competitiveness held a hearing on the agreement reached 
in the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations under the General Agreement 
on Tariffs and Trade. Testimony was heard from Michael Kantor, U.S. 
Trade Representative.
AMTRAK INVESTMENT ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and 
Hazardous Materials held a hearing on H.R. 4111, Amtrak Investment Act 
of 1994. Testimony was heard from Jolene M. Molitoris, Administrator, 
Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation; Thomas 
Downs, President and Chairman of the Board, National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation (AMTRAK); Kenneth M. Mead, Director, Transportation Issues, 
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, GAO; and 
public witnesses.
STEMMING PLUTONIUM TIDE: LIMITING ACCUMULATION OF EXCESS WEAPON-USABLE 
NUCLEAR MATERIAL
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security, 
International Organizations and Human Rights held a hearing on Stemming 
the Plutonium Tide: Limiting the Accumulation of Excess Weapon-Usable 
Nuclear Material. Testimony was heard from Robert J. Einhorn, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Nonproliferation, Bureau of Politico-Military 
Affairs, Department of State; Robert DeGrassi, Jr., Director, Surplus 
Fissile Material Control and Disposition Project, Department of Energy; 
Harold P. Smith, Assistant to the Secretary, Atomic Energy, Department 
of Defense; and public witnesses.
UNITED STATES-JAPAN FRAMEWORK TALKS ON TRADE
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, 
and Monetary Affairs continued hearings on United States-Japan 
Framework Talks on Trade. Testimony was heard from Charles Barshefsky, 
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative; Jeffery E. Garten, Under Secretary, 
International Trade, Department of Commerce; Larry Summers, Under 
Secretary, International Affairs, Department of the Treasury; Daniel K. 
Tarullo, Assistant Secretary, Economic and Business Affairs, Department 
of State; and public witnesses.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST ALLEGATIONS--MEMBERS OF REGIONAL FISHERY 
MANAGEMENT COUNCILS
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries 
Management held a hearing on allegations of conflict of interest 
involving members of the regional fishery management councils. 
Testimony was heard from Frank DeGeorge, Inspector General, Department 
of Commerce.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Ordered reported 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; 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; and 
S. 1654, to make certain technical corrections.
FEDERAL AND POSTAL SERVICE EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil 
Service and the Subcommittee on Census, Statistics, and Postal 
Personnel held a joint hearing on H.R. 115, Federal and Postal Service 
Employees Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1993. Testimony was 
heard from Joe Dear, Administrator, Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, Department of Labor; George Siebert, Director, Safety 
and Health, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary, Environmental 
Security, Department of Defense; and Ken Kimbrough, Commissioner, 
Public Building Service, GSA.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Ordered reported the 
following: three site acquisition and design resolutions; H.R. 3693, to 
designate the U.S. Courthouse under construction in Denver, CO, as the 
``Byron White United States Courthouse''; H.R. 3770, to designate the 
United States Courthouse located at 940 Front Street in San Diego, CA, 
and the Federal building attached to the courthouse as the ``Edward J. 
Schwartz Courthouse and Federal Building''; S. 1206, to designate the 
Federal building located at 380 Trapelo Road in Waltham, MA, as the 
``Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center''; and H.R. 3567, amended, John F. 
Kennedy Center Act Amendments of 1993.
LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACTIVITIES
Committee on Rules: The Committee on Rules granted a rule making it in 
order, on the legislative day of March 24, 1994, for the Speaker to 
entertain a motion that the House suspend the rules and pass S. 349, 
insist on the House amendment to the bill and request a conference.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Ordered reported amended 
the following bills: H.R. 3254, National Science Foundation 
Authorization Act of 1993; and H.R. 3476, National Science and 
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act Amendments of 1993.
  The Committee also approved a Report on Oversight Visit--Baikonur 
Cosmodrome.
NASA AUTHORIZATION: SPACE TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space held 
a hearing on NASA Authorization: Space Transportation. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the NASA: Maj. Gen. Jeremiah W. 
Pearson (Ret.), Associate Administrator, Space Flight; Thomas J. Lee, 
Assistant to the Administrator, Access to Space; and Alphonso V. Diaz, 
Deputy Associate Administrator, Space Science.
VETERANS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported the following bills: 
H.R. 4013, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs with necessary flexibility in staffing 
the Veterans Health Administration, to authorize the Secretary to 
establish pilot programs for health care delivery; and H.R. 1617, to 
authorize the establishment on the grounds of the Edward Hines, Jr., 
Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, IL, of a facility to 
provide temporary accommodations for family members of severely ill 
children being treated at a nearby university medical center.
VA'S PLANS--IMPLEMENTING NATIONAL HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health 
Care held a hearing on VA's plans for implementing national health care 
reform. Testimony was heard from Elwood Headley, M.D., Acting Deputy 
Under Secretary, Health, Department of Veterans Affairs.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE; REPORT
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported H.R. 4066, to suspend 
temporarily the duty on personnel effects of participants in, and 
certain other individuals associated with, the 1994 World Cup Soccer 
Games, the 1994 World Rowing Championships, the 1995 Special Olympics 
World Games, the 1996 Summer Olympics, and the 1996 Paralympic.
  The Committee also approved the 1993 Comprehensive Oversight 
Initiative Report.
HEALTH SECURITY ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health approved for full 
committee action as amended, H.R. 3600, Health Security Act.
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.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.