[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 98 (Monday, July 25, 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)
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense approved for full 
committee consideration, with amendments, H.R. 4650, making 
appropriations for the fiscal year 1995 for the Department of Defense.
RWANDA
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met to receive a briefing on the 
situation in Rwanda from Vincent D. Kerr, African Region Director, 
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security 
Affairs; Ronald A. Davidson, Deputy Comptroller (Program/Budget), 
Office of the Secretary of Defense; and Lt. Gen. John J. Sheehan, USMC, 
Director for Operations, and Rear Adm. (Lower Half) John T. Scudi, USN, 
Deputy Director for Planning and Resources, both of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Brady Anderson, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador to the 
United Republic of Tanzania; Dorothy Myers Sampas, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania; E. Michael Southwick, 
of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Uganda; and Carl 
Burton Stokes, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf. Mr. Anderson was introduced by Senator Pryor, and Mr. Stokes 
was introduced by Senator Glenn and Representative Stokes. Testimony 
was also received on the nomination of Mr. Anderson from F. Allen 
Harris, American Foreign Service Association, Washington, D.C.
CLEAN AIR ACT--LAKE MICHIGAN REGION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management held oversight hearings to examine the 
Environmental Protection Agency's implementation of the ozone non-
attainment provisions of the Clean Air Act which are applicable to the 
Lake Michigan Region, receiving testimony from Mary Nichols, Assistant 
Administrator for Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; 
and Stephen L. Gerritson, Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium, Des 
Plaines, Illinois.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded 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, 
after receiving testimony from Ada Deer, Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior for Indian Affairs; Gerald Torres, Counsel to the Attorney 
General, Department of Justice; Wisconsin Attorney General James E. 
Doyle, Madison, on behalf of the National Association of Attorneys 
General; Minnesota Assistant Attorney General Alan I. Gilbert, St. 
Paul; Anthony J. Hope and Jana McKeag, both of the National Indian 
Gaming Commission, Gaiashkibos, National Congress of American Indians, 
and Rick Hill, National Indian Gaming Association, all of Washington, 
D.C.; JoAnn Jones, Wisconsin Winnebago Business Committee, Black River 
Falls; Michael Pablo, Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the 
Flathead Nation, Pablo, Montana; Melanie Benjamin, Mille Lacs Band of 
Chippewa Indians, Onamia, Minnesota; W. Ron Allen, Jamestown S'Klallam 
Tribe, Sequim, Washington; Deborah Doxtator, Oneida Business Committee, 
Oneida, Wisconsin; and Matthew Thomas, Narragansett Indian Tribe, 
Charlestown, Rhode Island.