[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 61 (Tuesday, May 17, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of 
Defense, focusing on environmental programs, receiving testimony from 
Sherri Wasserman Goodman, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for 
Environmental Security.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, May 24.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for foreign 
assistance programs, receiving testimony from numerous public 
witnesses.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, May 24.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Carrye Burley Brown, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Administrator of the United States Fire 
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Lauri Fitz Pegado, 
of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General 
of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, Rachelle B. Chong, 
of California, and Susan Ness, of Maryland, each to be a Member of the 
Federal Communications Commission, William D. Hathaway, of Maine, and 
Joe Scroggins, Jr., of Florida, each to be a Member of the Federal 
Maritime Commission, Arnold Gregory Holz, of Maryland, to be Chief 
Financial Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, T. R. 
Lakshmanan, of New Hampshire, to be Director of the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics, Department of Transportation, Vice Adm. 
Robert E. Kramek, to be Commandant, Rear Adm. Arthur E. Henn, to be 
Vice Commandant, Rear Adm. James M. Loy, to be Commander, Atlantic 
Area, and Rear Adm. Richard D. Herr, to be Commander, Pacific Area, all 
of the United States Coast Guard, Rear Adm. John C. Albright, to be 
Director, Pacific Marine Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Department of Commerce, a routine list in the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a routine list in the United 
States Coast Guard, and a list of officers of the United States Coast 
Guard for appointment to the grade of rear admiral.
AUTHORIZATION--EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS REDUCTION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for the National Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Program, after receiving testimony from Richard Moore, 
Associate Director for Mitigation, Federal Emergency Management Agency; 
Gordon Eaton, Director, and Robert L. Wesson, Chief, Office of 
Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Engineering, both of the United States 
Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; Joseph Bordogna, 
Assistant Director for Engineering, National Science Foundation; and 
Richard Wright, Director, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce.
NATIONAL PARKS AND HISTORIC SITES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, National Parks and Forests concluded hearings on the following 
bills:
  S. 1683, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide funds 
to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission for acquisition of land in 
the Sterling Forest area of the New York/New Jersey Highlands Region, 
after receiving testimony from Senator Lautenberg; Representatives 
Roukema, Klein, and Torricelli; Jim Hall, New Jersey Department of 
Environmental Protection and Energy, Trenton; Barnabas McHenry, Hudson 
River Valley Greenway Communities Council, New York, New York, and 
Malcolm A. Borg, Macromedia Incorporated, Hackensack, New Jersey, both 
on behalf of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission; Robert E. 
Thomson, Sterling Forest Corporation, Tuxedo, New York; Dean C. Noll, 
North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, Wanaque, New Jersey; 
JoAnn Dolan, New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, and James T.B. 
Tripp, Environmental Defense Fund, both of New York, New York; Wilma E. 
Frey, New Jersey Conservation Foundation, Morristown; Edward Morley, 
Sierra Club, Princeton, New Jersey; and Samuel F. Pryor, III, 
Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston, Massachusetts;
  S. 1660 and H.R. 3498, bills to establish the Great Falls Historic 
District in Paterson, New Jersey, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Lautenberg; Representative Klein; Katherine Stevenson, 
Associate Regional Director for Planning and Preservation, Mid-Atlantic 
Region, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and Mayor 
William J. Pascrell, Jr., Paterson, New Jersey;
  S. 1999, to establish the Lower East Side Tenement Museum National 
Historic Site in New York City, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Moynihan; Ruth Abram, Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York, New 
York; and
  S. 112, to establish the Hudson River Artists National Historical 
Park in the State of New York, after receiving testimony from Joan K. 
Davidson, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic 
Preservation, Albany.
  Testimony was also received on S. 112, S. 1683, and S. 1999 (listed 
above) from Marie Rust, North Atlantic Regional Director, National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior.
AUTHORIZATION--TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Toxic 
Substances, Research and Development concluded hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Toxic Substances 
Control Act, after receiving testimony from Representative Synar; Lynn 
R. Goldman, Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides 
and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection Agency; Peter F. 
Guerrero, Director, Environmental Protection Issues, Resources, 
Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting 
Office; Ellen K. Silbergeld, Environmental Defense Fund, and Ron 
Condray, Monsanto Company, on behalf of the Chemical Manufacturers 
Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Warren R. Muir, INFORM, 
Alexandria, Virginia; and Braden R. Allenby, AT&T, Princeton, New 
Jersey.
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings in open 
and closed sessions on the Convention on the Prohibition of 
Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on 
Their Destruction, opened for signature and signed by the United States 
at Paris on January 13, 1993 (Treaty Doc. 103-21), after receiving 
testimony from Donald Mahley, Acting Assistant Director, Bureau of 
Multilateral Affairs, United States Arms Control and Disarmament 
Agency; Maj. Gen. John Landry, USA, National Intelligence Officer for 
General Purpose Forces, National Intelligence Council; and John Lauder, 
Chief of Arms Control, Office of the Director of Central Intelligence.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Frank G. Wisner, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to India, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators 
Pressler and Brown, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine 
United States export licensing procedures for dual-use nuclear items 
(equipment, materials, and technical data that have civilian uses but 
can also be used to develop nuclear explosives or special nuclear 
material), and a related measure S. 1055, to improve the organization 
and management of United States nuclear export controls, receiving 
testimony from Joseph E. Kelley, Director-in-Charge, International 
Affairs Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division, 
General Accounting Office; Robert J. Einhorn, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of State for Nonproliferation; Mitchel B. Wallerstein, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counterproliferation Policy; Iain S. 
Baird, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export 
Administration; Michael E. Rosenthal, Chief, International Nuclear 
Affairs Division, Nonproliferation and Regional Arms Control Bureau, 
United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; Trisha Dedik, 
Director, Export Control Operations Division, Office of 
Nonproliferation and National Security, Department of Energy; and 
Carlton R. Stoiber, Director, Office of International Programs, Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children, 
Family, Drugs and Alcoholism concluded hearings to examine certain 
provisions establishing programs to prevent youth violence as contained 
in the proposed Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Bradley and Domenici; Janet Reno, 
Attorney General, Department of Justice; Angela Blackwell, Urban 
Strategies Council, Oakland, California; Robert Lewis, Boston Housing 
Authority Community Initiatives Department, Boston, Massachusetts; 
Maryellen Chambers De Jong, Waterbury Girls' Club, Waterbury, 
Connecticut, on behalf of Girls Incorporated and the National 
Collaboration for Youth; Chris Campbell, Fayetteville, New York, on 
behalf of the United States Olympic Committee; Donald L. Cahill, 
Fraternal Order of Police, Washington, D.C.; Yahaira Juan and Darnell 
Dalton, both of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Jenna Thomas, Hardeeville, 
South Carolina, all on behalf of Serious Teens Acting Responsibly 
(STAR); Nehme Abouzeid, Weymouth, Massachusetts, on behalf of the 
Weymouth Youth and Family Services; and Otis Ware and Terrill Turner, 
both on behalf of the Black Male Youth Health Enhancement Project, 
Washington, D.C.
AUTHORIZATION--ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Education, Arts 
and Humanities approved for full committee consideration, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 1513, authorizing funds for 
programs of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
MINORITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Education, Arts 
and Humanities concluded hearings to examine certain issues relating to 
minority participation in higher education, focusing on student aid 
programs, after receiving testimony from Cornelia M. Blanchette, 
Associate Director, Education and Employment Issues, Health, Education, 
and Human Services Division, General Accounting Office; Robert Atwell, 
American Council on Education, and Arnold L. Mitchem, National Council 
of Educational Opportunity Associations, both of Washington, D.C.; 
Isaura Santiago Santiago, Hostos Community College, Bronx, New York; 
Thelma Thomas, Nebraska Indian Community College, Winnebago; Harrison 
B. Wilson, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia; and Earl S. 
Richardson, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland.
SBA LOAN PROGRAM
Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2061 
and S. 737, bills to permit prepayment of debentures issued by State 
and local development companies, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Hatfield; Mary Jean Ryan, Associate Deputy Administrator, and Allen 
Mandel, Director, Office of Rural Affairs and Economic Development, 
both of the Small Business Administration; Doris M. Johnson, Vancouver 
Bolt and Supply Inc., Vancouver, Washington; Roger Troutman, Catawba 
Animal Clinic, Rock Hill, South Carolina; and Kenneth Lueckenotte, 
Rural Missouri, Inc., Jefferson City, Missouri, on behalf of the 
National Association of Development Companies.
INDIAN GAMING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee resumed hearings to examine 
Federal and State government regulation of Indian gaming activities, 
receiving testimony from Senators Pell and Chafee; Representative 
Torricelli; Ada E. Deer, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, John 
J. Duffy, Counsel to the Secretary, and Hilda Manuel, Director of 
Indian Gaming Staff, all of the Department of the Interior; Kevin V. Di 
Gregory, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, 
Department of Justice; Wyoming Governor Mike Sullivan, Cheyenne; Rhode 
Island Governor Bruce Sundlun, Providence; Wayne S. Moss, Maine 
Assistant Attorney General, Augusta; Nelson Kempsky, Conference of 
Western Attorneys General, Sacramento, California; Anthony J. Hope, 
Jana McKeag, Michael Cox, and Fred Stuckwisch, each of the National 
Indian Gaming Commission, Mary Ann Antone, National Congress of 
American Indians, and Rick Hill, Paul Alexander, Sharon House, and 
Frank Ducheneaux, each of the National Indian Gaming Association, all 
of Washington, D.C.; Phillip Martin, Mississippi Band of Choctaw 
Indians, Philadelphia, Charles Hobbs, Hobbs, Straus, Dean and Walker, 
Washington, D.C., and James Sappier, Nashville, Tennessee, all on 
behalf of the United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.; and Tom Tureen, 
Portland, Maine.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Tuesday, May 24.