[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.