[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 44 (Wednesday, April 20, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENT
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held 
hearings to examine the Uruguay Round trade agreement negotiated under 
the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and 
the agreement's impact on American agriculture, receiving testimony 
from Mike Espy, Secretary of Agriculture; and Michael Kantor, United 
States Trade Representative.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
APPROPRIATIONS--POSTAL SERVICE/TREASURY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, 
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1995, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their 
respective activities from Marvin T. Runyon, Postmaster General, United 
States Postal Service; and Lloyd Bentsen, Secretary of the Treasury.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 for the Department 
of Defense, and the future years defense plan, focusing on the military 
strategy and operational requirements of the unified commands, 
receiving testimony from Adm. Henry G. Chiles, Jr., USN, Commander in 
Chief, United States Strategic Command; and Gen. Charles A. Horner, 
USAF, Commander in Chief, United States Space Command.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
RANGELAND REFORM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings to 
examine the Department of the Interior's proposed rule to amend their 
regulations concerning livestock grazing, S. 1326, to establish a 
forage fee formula on lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of 
Agriculture and the Department of the Interior, and S. 896, to promote 
ecologically healthy and biologically diverse ecosystems on rangelands 
used for domestic livestock grazing, receiving testimony from Bruce 
Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INTERNATIONAL CRIME
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics 
and International Operations held hearings to examine recent 
developments in transnational crime affecting United States law 
enforcement and foreign policy, the Treaty With Panama on Mutual 
Assistance in Criminal Matters (Treaty Doc. 102-15), and the 1994 
international narcotics control strategy report, receiving testimony 
from R. James Woolsey, Director, and Joseph Nye, Chairman, National 
Intelligence Council, both of the Central Intelligence Agency; Robert 
Gelbard, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics 
Matters; and Jo Ann Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal 
Division, John J. Coleman, Assistant Administrator for Operations, Drug 
Enforcement Administration, and James Frier, Deputy Assistant Director, 
Criminal Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, all of the 
Department of Justice.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
AUTHORIZATION--OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management concluded hearings on S. 1413, authorizing funds 
for fiscal years 1995 through 2002 for the Office of Government Ethics, 
after receiving testimony from Stephen D. Potts, Director; Gary Davis, 
Chief Counsel; and Jane Ley, Deputy Counsel; all of the Office of 
Government Ethics.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
COURT SECRECY AND PUBLIC SAFETY/SUNSHINE IN LITIGATION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative 
Practice concluded hearings to examine the effects of the use of 
secrecy agreements in litigation to shield critical information about 
health and safety from the public, and on S. 1404, to revise Rule 26(c) 
of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to require a court to enter an 
order restricting the disclosure of information obtained through 
discovery or restricting access to court records in a civil case only 
after making particularized findings of fact that such order would not 
restrict the disclosure of information which is relevant to the 
protection of public health or safety, after receiving testimony from 
Chief Judge Abner J. Mikva, United States Court of Appeals for the 
District of Columbia Circuit; Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham, United 
States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; Jack H. Friedenthal, 
George Washington University School of Law, Washington, D.C.; Charles 
D. Clausen, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 
Elizabeth Du Fresne, Steel, Hector & Davis, Miami, Florida; Sybil Niden 
Goldrich, Beverly Hills, California; Arleen and Leonard Schmidt, 
Madison, Wisconsin; and Gerry Spence, Jackson, Wyoming.
INDIAN GAMING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine Federal 
and State government regulation of Indian gaming activities, receiving 
testimony from Kevin Di Gregory, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 
Criminal Division, Department of Justice; John W. Raley, Jr., United 
States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, on behalf of the 
United States Attorney General's Advisory Committee on Gaming; 
Wisconsin Attorney General James E. Doyle, Madison, on behalf of the 
National Association of Attorneys General; Tony Hope, National Indian 
Gaming Commission, Washington, D.C.; Bill Curran, Nevada Gaming 
Commission, and William A. Bible, Nevada Gaming Control Board, both of 
Carson City; and Steven P. Perskie, New Jersey Casino Control 
Commission, Atlantic City.
  Hearings will continue on Tuesday, April 26.