[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 43 (Tuesday, April 19, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
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Committee Meetings
MEAT AND POULTRY PRODUCTS INSPECTION ISSUES
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations and 
Nutrition and the Subcommittee on Livestock held a joint hearing to 
review meat and poultry products inspection issues. Testimony was heard 
from Representative Kreidler; Patricia Jensen, Acting Assistant 
Secretary, Marketing and Inspection Services, USDA; John W. Harman, 
Director, Food and Agriculture Issues, GAO; 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 Office of the Secretary, Departmental Administration, 
and on the Office of the General Counsel. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the USDA: Wardell C. Townsend, Jr., Assistant 
Secretary, Administration; Anthony A. Williams, Chief Financial 
Officer; and James S. Gilliland, General Counsel.
  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 Justice (U.S. Attorneys, 
Antitrust Division and U.S. Trustees, DEA, and Organized Crime Drug 
Enforcement). Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Justice: Anthony C. Moscato, Director, Executive Office 
for the U.S. Attorneys; Anne K. Bingaman, Assistant Attorney General, 
Antitrust Division; William F. Baity, Acting Director, U.S. Trustee 
System Fund; Thomas Constantine, Director, DEA; and Frederick Kramer, 
Director, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive 
session to hold a hearing on Intelligence Programs. Testimony was heard 
from Emmett Paige, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Command, Control, 
Communications and Intelligence, Department of Defense.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the National Guard Reserve 
Programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Deborah R. Lee, Assistant Secretary (Reserve 
Affairs); Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees, USA, Acting Chief, National Guard 
Bureau; Maj. Gen. John R. D'Araujo, USA, Director, Army National Guard; 
Maj. Gen. Max Baratz, USA, Acting Chief, Army Reserve; RAdm. T. F. 
Hall, USN, Director, Naval Reserve; Maj. Gen. Donald W. Shepperd, USAF, 
Director, Air National Guard; Maj. Gen. John J. Closner, USAF, Chief, 
Air Reserve; and Brig. Gen. Stephen R. Berkheiser, USMC, Director, 
Reserve Affairs.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing and Related Agencies held a hearing on Crisis Prevention and 
Building Democracy in Africa. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of AID, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency: 
John F. Hicks, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa; and Lois C. 
Richards, Acting Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Humanitarian 
Response.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on 
the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission and on the Minerals 
Management Service. Testimony was heard from Senator Hatfield; and 
Thomas Frye, Director, Minerals Management Service, Department of the 
Interior.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--Health and Human 
Services--Education held a hearing on the National Institutes of Health 
Overview and Buildings and Facilities, the National Cancer Institute, 
the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and on the 
National Institute of Dental Research. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of NIH, Department of Health and Human Services: 
Harold Varmus, M.D., Director; Samuel Broder, M.D., Director, National 
Cancer Institute; Kenneth Olden, M.D., Director, National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences; and Harald Loe, DDS, Director, National 
Institute of Dental Research.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a 
hearing on the FAA. Testimony was heard from David R. Hinson, 
Administrator, FAA, Department of Transportation.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Application of 
Nuclear Energy Panel concluded hearings on the fiscal year 1995 
national defense authorization, with emphasis on the deposition of 
plutonium and highly enriched uranium. Testimony was heard from Charles 
Curtis, Under Secretary, Department of Energy; Harold P. Smith, Jr., 
Assistant to the Secretary, Atomic Energy, Department of Defense; 
Robert Einhorm, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Non-Proliferation, 
Department of State; 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 military health care/defining the 
requirements for the future. Testimony was heard from William J. Lynn, 
III, Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation, Department of Defense; 
Neil Singer, Acting Assistant Director, National Security Division, 
CBO; and David P. Baine, Director, Federal Health Care Delivery Issues, 
Human Resources Division, GAO.
  Hearings continue April 21.
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 environmental restoration issues. 
Testimony was heard from Elliot Laws, Assistant Administrator, Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, EPA; the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Sherri Wasserman Goodman, Deputy Under 
Secretary, Environmental Security; Lewis D. Walker, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Environment and Safety, Department of the Army; Alan 
Babbitt, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Environment and Safety, Department 
of the Air Force; and Cheryl Kanderas, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Environment, Department of the Navy; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations continued hearings on the fiscal year 1995 national 
defense authorization, with emphasis on The Defense Department's role 
in humanitarian assistance. Testimony was heard from Joseph E. Kelley, 
Director-in-Charge, International Affairs Issues, National Security and 
International Affairs Division, GAO; and Patricia L. Irvin, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Humanitarian and Refugee Affairs, Department of 
Defense.
  Hearings continue April 21.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued 
hearings on the fiscal year 1995 national defense authorization, with 
emphasis on unit readiness and morale issues. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of Defense: Col. Thomas F. 
Metz, USA, Commander, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized), 
Fort Riley, Kansas; Capt. William W. Copeland, Jr., USN, Former 
Commanding Officer, USS America, Norfolk, Virginia; Col. William R. 
Looney III, USAF, Commander, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, 
Florida; Col. Jan Huly, USMC, Former Commanding Officer, 22nd Marine 
Expeditionary Unit, Camp LeJeune, North Carolina; Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Willie 
H. Porter, USA, Engineer Brigade, 2nd Armored Division, Fort Hood, 
Texas; Master Chief Virginia Martinez, USN, Command Master Chief, USS 
Merrimack, Norfolk, Virginia; CMSgt. Virgil Leon Hosfelt, USAF, Senior 
Enlisted Advisor, 436th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware; 
and Sgt. Maj. Robert Holub, USMC, Sergeant Major, 5th Marine Regiment, 
Camp Pendleton, California.
  Hearings continue April 21.
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy held a 
hearing on the International Monetary Fund. Testimony was heard from 
Jeffrey Shafer, Assistant Secretary, International Affairs, Department 
of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held 
an oversight hearing on the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program 
(JOBS). Testimony was heard from Mary Jo Bane, Assistant Secretary, 
Administration of Children and Families, Department of Health and Human 
Services; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on 
Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf approved 
for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 4008, amended, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 
1994; and H.R. 4236, to establish a National Undersea Research Program 
within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
HELIUM ACT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 3967, Helium Act of 1994. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Sarpalius and Cox; Debra Knopmann, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Water and Science, Department of the 
Interior; John H. Anderson, Jr., Assistant Director, Natural Resource 
Management Issues, GAO; James L. Blum, Deputy Director, CBO; and public 
witnesses.
NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM LEGISLATION
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests, and Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
1508, to provide for the reformation of the National Park System; and 
H.R. 3709, to reform the process for the study of areas for potential 
inclusion in the National Parks System. Testimony was heard from Roger 
Kennedy, Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; 
and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Continued oversight 
hearings on the U.S. Postal Service. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
EPA R&D REVIEW BUDGET AND IMPLICATIONS FOR STREAMLINING
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on 
Technology, Environment and Aviation held a hearing on EPA R&D: Review 
of the Budget and Implications for Streamlining. Testimony was heard 
from Robert Sussman, Deputy Administrator, EPA; and public witnesses.
RETIREMENT PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on H.R. 3396, Retirement 
Protection Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from Robert B. Reich, 
Secretary of Labor; Leslie B. Samuels, Assistant Secretary, Tax Policy, 
Department of the Treasury; Martin Slate, Executive Director, Pension 
Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Joseph F. Delfico, Director, Income 
Security Issues, Health, Education and Human Services Division, GAO; 
and public witnesses.
INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and 
Budget Authorization met in executive session to conclude hearings on 
the Fiscal Year 1995 Intelligence budget. Testimony was heard from R. 
James Woolsey, Director, CIA.

Joint Meetings
AUTHORIZATION--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Conferees continue in evening session to resolve the differences 
between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 2333, to 
authorize funds for the Department of State, the United States 
Information Agency, and related agencies, and to authorize funds for 
foreign assistance programs.