[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 53 (Thursday, May 5, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION/SEC
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and the Judiciary held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1995, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective 
activities from Douglas S. Eakeley, Chairman, Board of Directors, and 
Maria Luisa Mercado, Chair, Committee on Audit and Appropriations, both 
of the Legal Services Corporation; and Arthur Levitt, Jr., Chairman, 
Securities and Exchange Commission.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held closed 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the 
Department of Defense, focusing on classified acquisition programs, 
receiving testimony from Brig. Gen. Ralph H. Graham, USAF, Director, 
Special Programs, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition 
and Technology); and Lt. Gen. Richard E. Hawley, USAF, Principal 
Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition).
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 12.
APPROPRIATIONS--SENATE/CBO
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch 
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995, 
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities 
from Martha S. Pope, Secretary of the Senate; Robert L. Benoit, Senate 
Sergeant at Arms; and Robert D. Reischauer, Director, Congressional 
Budget Office.
  Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related 
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1995, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective 
activities from Federico Pena, Secretary of Transportation, Chris Hart, 
Acting Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
and Ana Sol Gutierrez, Acting Administrator, Research and Special 
Programs Administration, all of the Department of Transportation; and 
Carl W. Vogt, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 12.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Jeffrey K. Harris, of New Jersey, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force for Space, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Coalition Defense and 
Reinforcing Forces resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
funds for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of Defense and the future 
years defense programs, focusing on tactical aviation modernization 
programs, receiving testimony from Maj. Gen. George K. Muellner, USAF, 
Program Executive Officer, Joint Advanced Strike Technology Program, 
Office of the Secretary of the Navy; Rear Adm. Brent M. Bennitt, USN, 
Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, Air Warfare, Office of the Chief 
of Naval Operations; Maj. Gen. Larry L. Henry, USAF, Acting Deputy 
Chief of Air Force Staff, Plans and Operations; Maj. Gen. Harold W. 
Blot, USMC, Assistant Deputy Chief of Marine Corps Staff for Aviation; 
and Louis J. Rodrigues, Director, Robert D. Murphy, Assistant Director, 
and Richard Strittmatter, Evaluator in Charge, all of Systems 
Development and Production Issues, National Security and International 
Affairs Division, all of the General Accounting Office.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Nuclear Deterrence, Arms 
Control and Defense Intelligence resumed hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 for the Department 
of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on long-range 
bomber programs and requirements, receiving testimony from Gen. John M. 
Loh, USAF, Commander, Air Force Air Combat Command; and George F. 
Donohue, Glenn C. Buchan, and David R. Frelinger, all of the RAND 
Corporation, Santa Monica, California.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
HUD MANAGEMENT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Urban Affairs held hearings to examine the impact of 
management problems at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
and what actions HUD has taken to remedy management deficiencies and 
improve program performance, receiving testimony from Nicolas P. 
Retsinas, Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, 
Andrew Cuomo, Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, Joseph Shuldiner, Assistant Secretary for Public and 
Indian Housing, and Roberta Achtenberg, Assistant Secretary for Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity, all of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development; Marvin Siflinger, Massachusetts Housing Finance 
Agency, Boston, on behalf of the National Council of State Housing 
Agencies; Richard C. Gentry, Richmond Redevelopment and Housing 
Authority, Richmond, Virginia, on behalf of the National Association of 
Housing and Redevelopment Officials; Diane Voneida, Rockford, Illinois, 
on behalf of the National Community Development Association; and Austin 
Fitts, Hamilton Securities Group, Washington, D.C.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
NATIONAL PARKS AND FORESTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, National Parks and Forests concluded hearings on the following 
bills:
  S. 528, to provide for the transfer of certain Forest Service lands 
to Lincoln County in the State of Montana, after receiving testimony 
from Senators Baucus and Burns; William McCleese, Acting Associate 
Deputy Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; and Lawrence 
A. Dolezal, Lincoln County, Montana; and
  S. 471, to establish a new area study process for proposed additions 
to the National Park System, after receiving testimony from Denis P. 
Galvin, Associate Director for Planning and Development, National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior; and J.W. Wade, Association of 
National Park Rangers, Luray, Virginia.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee continued hearings on health care 
reform issues, focusing on the appropriateness of aggressive treatments 
for dying patients and the implementation of advance directives such as 
living wills, receiving testimony from Christine K. Cassel, University 
of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Eric J. Cassell, Cornell University 
Medical College, Ithaca, New York; Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Harvard 
University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Melvin Konner, Emory 
University, Atlanta, Georgia; and Joanne Lynn, Dartmouth University 
Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire.
  Committee will meet again on Tuesday, May 10.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items: The nominations of Michael K. Kirk, of 
Florida, to be Deputy Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Philip G. 
Hampton, II, of the District of Columbia, and Lawrence J. Goffney, Jr., 
of Michigan, both to be Assistant Commissioners of Patents and 
Trademarks, all of the Department of Commerce, Michael R. Bromwich, of 
the District of Columbia, to be Inspector General, Department of 
Justice, Fortunato P. Benavides, of Texas, and Carl E. Stewart, of 
Louisiana, both to be United States Circuit Court Judges for the Fifth 
Circuit, Robert H. Henry, of Oklahoma, to be United States Circuit 
Court Judge for the Tenth Circuit, Ruben Castillo, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, Audrey B. 
Collins, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of 
California, James G. Carr, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Ohio, Clarence Cooper, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, Frank M. Hull, to 
be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, 
Mary M. Lisi, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Rhode Island, W. Louis Sands, to be United States District Judge for 
the Middle District of Georgia, Deborah A. Batts, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, Raymond L. Finch, 
to be United States District Judge for the District of the Virgin 
Islands, Solomon Oliver, Jr., to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Ohio, Saul A. Green, to be United States 
Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Sheldon Whitehouse, to 
be United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Gregory 
Moneta Sleet, to be United States Attorney for the District of 
Delaware, Faith S. Hochberg, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of New Jersey, Joseph Clyde Fowler, Jr., to be United States 
Marshal for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Ernestine Rowe, to be 
United States Marshall for the District of Colorado, Leonard Trupo, to 
be United States Marshal for the Northern District of West Virginia, 
Barbara C. Jurkas, to be United States Marshal for the Western District 
of Michigan, James W. Lockley, to be United States Marshal for the 
Northern District of Florida, and John W. Marshall, to be United States 
Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia;
  S. 116, for the relief of Fanie Phili Mateo Angeles;
  S. 1485, to extend certain satellite carrier compulsory licenses, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 1758, to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change 
certain general and permanent laws relating to transportation as 
contained in Title 49, United State Code, and to make other technical 
improvements in the Code; and
  H.R. 1933, to authorize funds for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal 
Holiday Commission.
AUTHORIZATION--ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Education, Arts 
and Humanities concluded hearings on S. 1513 and H.R. 6, bills 
authorizing funds for programs of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, and S. 2034, to improve the quality of public 
elementary and secondary school libraries, media centers, and 
facilities, after receiving testimony from Senator Moseley-Braun; 
Representative Engel; Jackie DeFazio, Glenbard East High School, 
Lombard, Illinois, on behalf of the American Association of University 
Women; Thomas K. Seligman, Stanford University Museum of Art, Stanford, 
California; Joseph S. Renzulli, University of Connecticut, Storrs; 
Charles N. Quigley, Center for Civic Education, Calabasas, California; 
Ruth Graves, Reading is Fundamental, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Stephen A. 
Janger, Close Up Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia; and John J. 
Erickson, Osseo Senior High School, Osseo, Minnesota.
LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings on 
S. 1824, to improve the operations of the legislative branch of the 
Federal Government, focusing on provisions of Title III, relating to 
the abolishing of Congressional Joint Committees and for the 
authorization of appropriations for certain Congressional support 
agencies, after receiving testimony from Senators Sarbanes, Moynihan, 
and Pell; Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States, 
General Accounting Office; James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress, 
and Daniel P. Mulhollan, Director, Congressional Research Service, both 
of the Library of Congress; and Roger C. Herdman, Director, Office of 
Technology Assessment.
VA HEALTH CARE
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the financial and policy implications of the veterans' health care 
provisions contained in the Administration's proposed Health Security 
Act, after receiving testimony from David P. Baine, Director, and Jim 
Linz, Assistant Director, both of the Federal Health Care Delivery 
Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division, General 
Accounting Office; Mark Catlett, Assistant Secretary for Finance and 
Information Resources Management, Walter J. Besecker, Director, Medical 
Care Cost Recovery Program, and C. Wayne Hawkins, Deputy Chief Medical 
Director for Administration and Operations, all of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs; Elwood J. Headley, VA Medical Center, Boston, 
Massachusetts, former Acting Under Secretary for Health and Director of 
the Health Care Reform Program Office of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs; Uwe E. Reinhardt, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; 
and James J. Mongan, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Kansas 
City.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: On Wednesday, May 4, Committee held 
closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from 
officials of the intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Tuesday, May 10.