[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 47 (Tuesday, April 26, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and Judiciary continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard 
from Members of Congress and public witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on 
Indian Health Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of Health and Human Services; Donna E. Shalala, 
Secretary; and Michael Trujillo, Director, Indian Health Service; and 
Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor--Health and Human 
Services--Education held a hearing on the Health Resources and Services 
Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, 
the National Institute on Mental Health, the National Institute on 
Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, the National Institute on 
Aging, the National Center for Human Genome Research, the Fogarty 
International Center, the National Library of Medicine, and on the 
National Center for Research Resources. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: 
Ciro V. Sumaya, M.D., Administrator, Health Resources and Services 
Administration; David Satcher, M.D., Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention; and the following officials of NIH: Lawrence E. 
Schulman, M.D., Director, National Institute of Arthritis and 
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Rex W. Cowdry, M.D., Acting Deputy 
Director, National Institute on Mental Health; James B. Snow, Jr., 
M.D., Director, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication 
Disorders; Richard J. Hodes, M.D., Director, National Institute on 
Aging; Francis S. Collins, M.D., Director, National Center for Human 
Genome Research; Phillip E. Schambra, M.D., Director, Fogarty 
International Center; Donald A. B. Lindberg, M.D., Director, National 
Library of Medicine; and Judith L. Vaitukaitis, M.D., Director, 
National Center for Research Resources.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation 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 the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development. Testimony was heard from Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Acquisition 
continued hearings on the fiscal year 1995 national defense 
authorization, with emphasis on Navy programs. Testimony was heard from 
Richard A. Davis, Director, National Security Analysis, National 
Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; and Nora Slatkin, 
Assistant Secretary, Research, Development and Acquisition, Department 
of the Navy.
  Hearings continue April 28.
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. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: 
Stephen C. Joseph, Assistant Secretary, Health Affairs; Lt. Gen. Alcide 
M. LaNoue, USA, Surgeon General of the Army; VAdm. Donald F. Hagen, 
USN, Surgeon General of the Navy; and Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Sloan, 
USAF, Surgeon General of the Air Force.
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 Base Realignment and Closure 
implementation. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Robert E. Bayer, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Economic Reinvestment and Base Closures; and Ronald A. Davidson, Deputy 
Comptroller (Program and Budget).
NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on H.R. 4255, National Guard Bureau Act 
of 1994. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Maj. Gen. James A. Ryan, USA (Ret.), Principal 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Reserve Affairs; William D. Clark, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, 
Department of the Army; Judy Ann Miller, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installations and Environment, 
Department of the Air Force; and Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees, USA, Acting 
Chief, National Guard Bureau; and public witnesses.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued 
hearings on the fiscal year 1995 national defense authorization, with 
emphasis on mobility and sustainment issues. Testimony was heard from 
Norman Rabkin, Associate Director, Military Operations and Capabilities 
Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; and 
the following officials of the Department of Defense: Gen. Ronald R. 
Fogleman, USAF, Commander in Chief, U.S. Transportation Command; RAdm. 
Robert Chamberlin, USN, Executive Director, Supply Management, Defense 
Logistics Agency; and Lt. Gen. Johnnie E. Wilson, USA, Deputy Chief of 
Staff, Logistics, Department of the Army.
  The Subcommittee also continued hearings on the fiscal year 1995 
national defense authorization, with emphasis on Department of Defense 
dependents education (Department of Defense Dependents Schools, Impact 
Aid, and Section 6 Schools). Testimony was heard from Representative 
Thomas of California; Cornelia Blanchette, Associate Director, Health, 
Education and Human Services, GAO; Carolyn H. Becraft, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Personnel Support, Families and Education, Department of 
Defense; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue April 28.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Technology 
continued hearings on the fiscal year 1995 national defense 
authorization, with emphasis on issues relating to the advanced sensor 
applications program. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of Defense: Keith Hall, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Intelligence and Security; and George R. Schneiter, Director, Strategic 
and Space Systems; Richard E. Twogood, Program Leader, Imaging and 
Detection Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; and a public 
witness.
  Hearings continue April 28.
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Community Development continued hearings on H.R. 3838, 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1994, with emphasis on the 
Stewart B. McKinney Act Programs for the Homeless and Supportive 
Housing Programs for the Elderly, for Persons with Disabilities, and 
for Persons with AIDS. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
  Hearings continue May 5.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LEGISLATION
Committee on the District of Columbia: Held a hearing on H.R. 4242, to 
enforce the law regulating the height of buildings in the District of 
Columbia by prohibiting the District of Columbia from issuing any 
building or occupancy permit for the project described in Zoning 
Commission Case 93-9C unless the project is modified to conform to such 
law. Testimony was heard from Reginald Griffith, Executive Director, 
National Capital Planning Commission; the following officials of the 
District of Columbia: Joseph F. Bottner, Jr., Zoning Administrator; 
Albert G. Dobbins, III, Director, Office of Planning; and Madeliene H. 
Robinson, Director, Office of Zoning; and public witnesses.
HEALTH SECURITY ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management 
Relations continued markup of H.R. 3600, Health Security Act.
PROFESSIONAL BOXING CORPORATION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer 
Protection, and Competitiveness held a hearing on H.R. 2607, 
Professional Boxing Corporation Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from 
Senator Roth; Representative Richardson; and public witnesses.
IMPACT OF TELEVISION ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the Impact of 
Television on U.S. Foreign Policy. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
INDOCHINESE REFUGEES
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific held 
a hearing on Indochinese Refugees. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Vento; the following officials of the Department of 
State: Phyllis Oakley, Acting Director, Bureau of Refugee Affairs; and 
Thomas Hubbard, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asia and 
Pacific Affairs; and public witnesses.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND RECREATIONAL FIREARMS USE PROTECTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice 
approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 4296, Public Safety 
and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act.
LAW OF THE SEA TREATY AND DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 
REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on 
Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf held a 
hearing on the Law of the Sea Treaty and Reauthorization of the Deep 
Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act. Testimony was heard from Ambassador 
David Colson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Oceans, Department of State; 
David Evans, Senior Scientist, National Ocean Services, NOAA, 
Department of Commerce; the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Capt. Richard Schiff, Assistant Judge Advocate General, Civil 
Law, Department of the Navy; and Myron H. Nordquist, Faculty of Law, 
U.S. Air Force Academy; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests, and Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
3593, to establish the Ohio and Erie Canal National Corridor in the 
State of Ohio as an affiliated area of the National Parks System; and 
H.R. 2633, to revise the boundaries of the Blackstone River Valley 
National Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Testimony 
was heard from Senators Pell, Chafee, and Kennedy; Representatives 
Regula, Sawyer, Neal of Massachusetts, Machtley, Reed, and Blute; Denis 
P. Galvin, Associate Director, Planning and Development, National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Native American Affairs 
approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 3508, 
amended, Tribal Self-Government Act of 1993; and H.R. 4231, to prohibit 
regulations that classify, enhance, or diminish the privileges and 
immunities of an Indian tribe relative to other federally recognized 
Indian tribes.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Continued oversight 
hearings on the U.S. Postal Service. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue May 17.
GATT URUGUAY ROUND: IMPLICATIONS FOR SMALL BUSINESS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the GATT Uruguay Round: 
Implications for Small Business. Testimony was heard from Rufus Yerxa, 
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative; Susan Esserman, Assistant Secretary, 
Import Administration, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Legislation 
concluded hearings on Legislative Proposals. Testimony was heard from 
Harold Relyea, Specialist in American National Government, 
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
  The Subcommittee met in executive session to conclude hearings on 
Legislative Proposals. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
FREEDOM OF ACCESS TO CLINICS
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between 
the Senate- and House-passed versions of S. 636, to permit individuals 
to have freedom of access to certain medical clinics and facilities.