[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 68 (Thursday, May 26, 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)
NATURAL DISASTER PROTECTION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on S. 1350, to provide for an expanded Federal program of 
hazards mitigation and insurance against the risk of catastrophic 
natural disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and volcanic 
eruptions, after receiving testimony from Elaine A. McReynolds, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency; Florida State Representative John 
Cosgrove, Tallahassee; Jerry Ulhmann, Missouri Emergency Management 
Agency, Jefferson City; Rebecca Quin, Maryland Department of Natural 
Resources, Water Resources and Administration, Annapolis; Robert 
Hunter, Texas Department of Insurance, Austin; Peggy Bowker, Flood 
Insurance Services, Inc., Reno, Nevada; Frank Nutter, Reinsurance 
Association of America, and Courtney Wood, Independent Insurance Agents 
of America, both of Washington, D.C.; Harold Covey, State Farm 
Insurance Company, Bloomington, Illinois; and Robin K. Campaniano, AIG 
Hawaii Insurance Company, Honolulu.
INSURANCE POLICY TRANSFER ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on S. 1989, to prohibit the transfer and novation of an 
insurance policy without the prior informed written consent of the 
policyholder, and on issues relating to insurance redlining, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Metzenbaum and Feingold; 
Representatives Cardiss Collins and Kennedy; Mary Griffin, Consumers 
Union, Dan Mica and Richard Minck, both of the American Council of Life 
Insurance, Lynn M. Schubert, American Insurance Association, Gerald 
Bell, National Association of Independent Insurers, and Deepak 
Bhargava, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Steven T. Foster, Kansas City, Missouri, on behalf of 
the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and Robert Hunter, 
Texas Department of Insurance, Austin.
PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings to 
examine policy options for the disposition of excess weapons plutonium, 
receiving testimony from Charles B. Curtis, Under Secretary of Energy; 
Richard J.K. Stratford, Director, Office of Nuclear Energy Affairs, 
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State; Wolfgang 
K.H. Panofsky, Stanford University, Stanford, California, on behalf of 
the National Academy of Sciences; and Richard Wilson, Harvard 
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CIVIL WORKS PROGRAM
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine how the Army Corps of Engineers civil works program is 
operating, focusing on the repair of Federal levees after the Midwest 
floods and the assistance to communities seeking water-based 
recreation, after receiving testimony from Senators Simon and Bond; 
John H. Zirschky, Acting Assistant Secretary, and James Bates, Deputy 
Director, both of the Office of Civil Works, Darrell E. Lewis, Chief, 
Natural Resources Management Branch, Donald Dunwoody, Chief, Natural 
Resources Division (Missouri River Division), and Scott Jackson, 
Research Biologist, all of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 
Department of Defense; Rhode Island State Senator Dennis L. Algiere, 
Providence; John Lamb, Walleyes Unlimited of Montana, Glasgow; Scott 
Faber, American Rivers, Washington, D.C.; and Tom Grasso, Chesapeake 
Bay Foundation, Annapolis, Maryland.
REEMPLOYMENT ACT
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on provisions of S. 1951, 
to establish a comprehensive system of reemployment services, training 
and income support for permanently laid off workers, to facilitate the 
establishment of one-stop career centers to serve as a common point of 
access to employment, education and training information and services, 
and to develop an effective national labor market information system 
(pending on Senate Calendar), receiving testimony from Robert B. Reich, 
Secretary of Labor.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee continued markup of 
proposed legislation to ensure individual and family security through 
health care coverage for all Americans in a manner that contains the 
rate of growth in health care costs and promotes responsible health 
insurance practices, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet 
again on Tuesday, June 7.
CHILDHOOD DISEASE RESEARCH
Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the extent and potential of research by entrepreneurs on childhood 
diseases, after receiving testimony from Robert J. Beall, Cystic 
Fibrosis Foundation, Bethesda, Maryland; James M. Wilson, University of 
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Harry Penner, Neurogen Corporation, 
Branford, Connecticut; Brian Dovey, Domain Associates, Princeton, New 
Jersey; Robert Goldberg, Gordon Public Policy Center, Springfield, New 
Jersey; and Boomer Esiason, Covington, Kentucky.