[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 35 (Thursday, March 24, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

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 the Foreign Agriculture Service. 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.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and Judiciary held a hearing on the Federal Trade Commission, the EEOC, 
and the Civil Rights Commission. Testimony was heard from Janet D. 
Steiger, Chairman, FTC; Tony E. Gallegos, Chairman, EEOC; and Mary 
Frances Berry, Chairperson, Commission on Civil Rights.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive 
session to hold a hearing on Marine Corps Procurement and RDT&E, and on 
U.S. European Command. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of Defense: Maj. Gen. J. A. Brabham, USMC, Commander, 
Marine Corps Systems Command; and Gen. George A. Joulwan, USA, 
Commander-in-Chief, Europe.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development continued appropriation hearing. Testimony was heard from 
Members of Congress and public witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on 
the National Park Service. Testimony was heard from Roger Kennedy, 
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--HHS--Education held 
a hearing on Postsecondary Education, Education Departmental 
Management, and on Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Education: David A. Longanecker, Assistant Secretary, Postsecondary 
Education; Marshall S. Smith, Under Secretary; and Judith E. Heumann, 
Assistant Secretary, Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction met 
in executive session to hold a hearing on European Construction and 
NATO Infrastructure. Testimony was heard from Gen. George A. Joulwan, 
USA, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. European Command.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--
General Government held a hearing on the OMB. Testimony was heard from 
Leon E. Panetta, Director, OMB.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Continued hearings on the fiscal year 1995 
national defense authorization, with emphasis on the situation on the 
Korean peninsula. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of Defense: Walter B. Slocombe, Principal Deputy Under 
Secretary, Policy; Franklin C. Miller, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy; David Ochmanek, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Strategy; Robert L. Gallucci, Assistant Secretary, 
Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State; Alan Romberg, Director, 
Research and Studies, U.S. Institute of Peace; and public witnesses.
CHILD NUTRITION ACT AND THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT AMENDMENT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, 
Secondary, and Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 8, to amend 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to 
extend certain authorities contained in such Acts through fiscal year 
1998.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education and 
Civil Rights continued oversight hearings on the Equal Opportunity 
Employment Commission. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
RESTRUCTURING DOE'S MULTIPROGRAM LABORATORIES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power 
continued hearings on the restructuring of the Department of Energy's 
Multiprogram Laboratories. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CHINA: HUMAN RIGHTS AND MFN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, the 
Subcommittee on International Security, International Organizations and 
Human Rights, and the Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade and 
Environment, joint hearing on China: Human Rights and MFN. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of State: 
Winston Lord, Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs; and 
John Shattuck, Assistant Secretary, Human Rights and Humanitarian 
Affairs.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO RUSSIA AND THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle 
East held a hearing on Foreign Assistance to Russia and the New 
Independent States. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of State: James F. Collins, Senior Coordinator, Office 
of the Ambassador at Large to the New Independent States; and Thomas W. 
Simons, Coordinator for U.S. Assistant to the New Independent States; 
Thomas Dine, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Europe and the New 
Independent States, AID, U.S. International Development Cooperation 
Agency; Gloria Duffy, Special Coordinator, Cooperative Threat 
Reduction, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Security and Counter-
proliferation, Department of Defense.
FREE AND INDEPENDENT CUBA ASSISTANCE ACT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere 
Affairs held a hearing on H.R. 2758, Free and Independent Cuba 
Assistance Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Rangel, Diaz-Balart and Gutierrez; Alexander F. Watson, Assistant 
Secretary, Inter-American Affairs, Department of State; Mark Schneider, 
Assistant Administrator, Latin America and the Caribbean, AID, U.S. 
International Development Cooperation Agency; and public witnesses.
GSA'S REFORM INITIATIVE
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and 
National Security held a hearing to Review GSA's Reform Initiative. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Brooks; Roger Johnson, 
Administrator, GSA; and Jack Brock, Director, Accounting and 
Information Management Division, GAO.
OVERSIGHT--GREAT LAKES PROGRAM
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on 
Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf and the 
Subcommittee on Environmental and Natural Resources held a joint 
oversight hearing on the Great Lakes Program and its applicability to 
other regional programs. Testimony was heard from James D. Giattina, 
Deputy Director, Great Lakes National Program Office, EPA; Alfred 
Beeton, Director, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, NOAA, 
Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
HEADWATERS FOREST ACT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests, and Public Lands approved for full Committee action amended 
H.R. 2866, Headwaters Forest Act.
DOD OVERSEAS EDUCATORS ACT
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil 
Service held a hearing on H.R. 3975, Department of Defense Overseas 
Educators Act. Testimony was heard from John Stremple, Director, 
Dependent Schools, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
HIGH RISK DRIVERS ACT
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface 
Transportation held a hearing on H.R. 1719, High Risk Drivers Act. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Wolf, Goodling and Flake; 
Christopher A. Hart, Acting Administrator, National Highway 
Transportation Administration, Department of Transportation; Carl W. 
Vogt, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; the following 
officials of the State of Michigan: Richard H. Austin, Secretary; and 
Col. Michael D. Robinson, Police Director; Paul Rothberg, Specialist in 
Science and Technology, Congressional Research Service, Library of 
Congress; and public witnesses.
VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Rules: On March 23, the Committee heard testimony from 
Representatives Berman, Washington, Scott, Watt, Becerra, Wilson, 
Volkmer, Foglietta, Hoyer, Kennelly, McCurdy, Ackerman, Durbin, Evans, 
Wise, Stupak, Traficant, Chapman, Furse, Clement, Kennedy, Skaggs, 
Abercrombie, Condit, Hoagland, Geren of Texas, Kopetski, Moran, 
DeLauro, Olver, Waters, Byrne, Barca of Wisconsin, Deal, Filner, 
Harman, Martinez, Reynolds, Thurman, Strickland, Baesler, Velazquez, 
Fish, Smith of Texas, Schiff, Canady, Gilman, Goodling, Livingston, 
Clinger, Dornan, Porter, Hunter, Moorhead, Cunningham, Oxley, Smith of 
New Jersey, Doolittle, Wolf, Burton of Indiana, McCandless, Packard, 
Vucanovich, Duncan, Hefley, Kyl, Molinari, Stearns, Klug, Zimmer, 
Bonilla, Castle, Dunn, Hutchinson, Levy, Franks of New Jersey, 
Manzullo, Quinn, Pryce of Ohio, Smith of Michigan, and Horn, but no 
action was taken on H.R. 4092, Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994.
LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Subcommittee on Rules of the House continued 
hearings on H.R. 3801, Legislative Reorganization Act of 1994. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Hamilton, Norton, Schroeder, 
Frank of Massachusetts, Swett, Klink, Pomeroy, Roemer, Snowe, Goodling, 
Fawell, Shays, Goodlatte, and Blute.
  Hearings continue April 13.
GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM: WHAT CAN'T IT DO?
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on 
Technology, Environment and Aviation held a hearing on ``Global 
Positioning System: What Can't It Do?'' Testimony was heard from Martin 
Pozesky, Associate Administrator, Systems Engineering and Development, 
FAA, Department of Transportation; 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.

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 veterans organizations, after 
receiving testimony from Donald M. Hearon, AMVETS, Lanham, Maryland; 
William E. Bearisto, American Ex-Prisoners of War, Michael D. Tomsey, 
Military Order of the Purple Heart, and James L. Brazee, Jr., Vietnam 
Veterans of America, all of Washington, D.C.; Lt. Commander Virginia M. 
Torsch, MSC, USNR, Retired Officers Association, Alexandria, Virginia; 
and Col. Erik G. Johnson, USA (Ret.), Association of the United States 
Army, Arlington, Virginia.
Board Meeting
Office of Technology Assessment: The Board met and approved the 
following new project proposals:
  1. Global Communications Policy: Issues and Technology.
  2. Telecommunications Technology and Native Americans: Opportunities 
and Challenges.