[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 80 (Wednesday, June 22, 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)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following bills:
  S. 2095, to reform the Federal crop insurance program, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  S. 1614, to authorize funds through fiscal year 1998 for programs of 
the Child Nutrition Act and the National School Lunch Act, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (As approved by the committee, 
the amendment incorporates provisions of S. 88 and S. 1269).
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the impact of increasing costs and other problems associated with the 
number of illegal immigrants in America, after receiving testimony from 
Doris Meissner, Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, 
Department of Justice; J. Gregory Robinson, Chief, Population Analysis 
and Evaluation Staff, Population Division, Bureau of the Census, 
Department of Commerce; Florida Governor Lawton Chiles, Tallahassee; 
Arizona Fife Symington, Phoenix; and California Governor Pete Wilson, 
Sacramento.
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies approved for full committee 
consideration, with amendments, H.R. 4554, making appropriations for 
fiscal year 1995 for the Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug 
Administration, rural development and related agencies programs.
PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications concluded hearings on S. 2195, to ensure that capacity 
is reserved on telecommunications networks for noncommercial and civic 
uses, after receiving testimony from Hawaii State Senator Carol 
Fukunaga, Honolulu, on behalf of the National Conference of State 
Legislatures; Henry J. Cauthen, South Carolina Educational Television 
Network, Columbia; George P. Connick, University of Maine, Augusta; 
Anthony T. Riddle, Minneapolis Telecommunications Network, Minneapolis, 
Minnesota, on behalf of the Alliance for Community Media; Andrew Blau, 
Benton Foundation, Washington, D.C.; and Monroe E. Price, Yeshiva 
University, New York, New York.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine 
the Department of Defense processes for planning the construction of 
certain military facilities, focusing on the impact of budget cuts, 
changing force structure and weaponry, and the Base Realignment and 
Closure (BRAC) process on military infrastructure, receiving testimony 
from Derek J. Vander Schaaf, Deputy Inspector General, Robert J. 
Lieberman, Assistant Inspector General for Auditing, Robert E. Bayer, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Reinvestment and Base 
Realignment and Closure, Rear Adm. Patrick W. Drennon, USN, Director of 
Shore Activities, Chief of Naval Operations, Paul W. Johnson, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations and Housing), and James 
F. Boatright, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, 
(Installations), all of the Department of Defense; and Donna M. 
Heivilin, Director for Defense Management and NASA Issues, National 
Security and International Affairs Division, Robert L. Meyer, Assistant 
Director, Logistics Issues, both of the General Accounting Office; and 
Thomas A. Oleksac, Associate Regional Auditor General (Southeastern 
Region), United States Army Audit Agency.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.