[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 94 (Tuesday, July 19, 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)
WARD VALLEY LAND TRANSFER ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings on 
S. 2151, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey lands in 
Ward Valley to the State of California for the development of a low-
level waste repository, which is required by the Low-Level Radioactive 
Waste Policy Act, receiving testimony from Senator Boxer; John D. 
Leshy, Solicitor, Department of the Interior; and Ron Joseph, Chief 
Deputy Director, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Water, 
Fisheries and Wildlife resumed hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for programs of the Endangered Species Act, focusing 
on how the conservation of endangered species on private lands affects 
landowners, receiving testimony from Senator Craig; Representative 
Pombo; Michael J. Spear, Regional Director, Pacific Region (Portland, 
Oregon), United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the 
Interior; Bob Buster, Riverside County Board of Supervisors, Riverside, 
California; Ned Meister, Texas Farm Bureau, Waco; Mark A. Suwyn, 
International Paper, Washington, D.C.; Hank Fischer, Defenders of 
Wildlife, Missoula, Montana; Michael A. O'Connell, The Nature 
Conservancy, Melbourne, Florida; Lindell L. Marsh, Irvine, California; 
Ted R. Brown, Arvida Company, Boca Raton, Florida, on behalf of the 
Foundation for Environmental and Economic Progress, Inc.; Mary A. 
Davidson, Austin, Texas; and Yshmael, Garcia, Winchester, California.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
URUGUAY ROUND
Committee on Finance: Committee began consideration of proposed 
legislation to implement the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade 
Negotiations, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject 
to call.
RISKS AND FRAUD IN GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine 
what Federal agencies can do to decrease high risks and reduce fraud 
and abuse in Government programs, focusing on the Internal Revenue 
Service's tax enforcement programs, the Department of Education's 
student loan and grant programs, and the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development's multifamily insurance and housing assistance 
programs, receiving testimony from James F. Hinchman, Special Assistant 
to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office; Margaret Milner 
Richardson, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service; James B. Thomas, 
Jr., Inspector General, and Madeleine M. Kunin, Deputy Secretary, both 
of the Department of Education; and Susan Gaffney, Inspector General, 
and Nicholas P. Retsinas, Assistant Secretary for Housing, both of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Stephen G. Breyer, of Massachusetts, to be an Associate 
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and John R. Schmidt, 
of Illinois, to be Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice.
INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 2230, to 
strengthen and improve programs of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 
1988, and to establish an expanded Federal Indian Gaming Commission, 
receiving testimony from Senators Bryan, Pell, and Chafee; 
Representatives Machtley, Reed, Everett, and Torres; Wyoming Governor 
Mike Sullivan, Cheyenne, representing the Indian Gaming Task Force of 
the National Governors' Association; Rhode Island Governor Bruce 
Sundlun, Providence; Vice-Mayor Elect Brian Sobel, Petaluma, 
California; Gene Joseph, Mathew Dick, and Bruce Didesch, all of the 
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Nespelem, Washington; 
Judy-Knight Frank, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Towaoc, Colorado; Ray 
Halbritter, Oneida Indian Nation of New York, Oneida; James J. Hickey, 
Jr., American Horse Council, and Margaret Feinstein, American Greyhound 
Track Operators Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Knute Knudson, 
Sodak Gaming, Inc., Rapid City, South Dakota; and Paula Lynch, Rhode 
Island Coalition Against Casino Gambling, Charlestown.
  Hearings continue on Monday, July 25.