[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 101 (Thursday, July 28, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PESTICIDE REFORM
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Agricultural Research, Conservation, Forestry and General Legislation 
concluded hearings on S. 985, S. 1478, and S. 2050, bills to improve 
existing legislative authority regulating the use of pesticides and to 
insure public health and environmental benefits, and other related 
measures, after receiving testimony from Carolyn Brickey, National 
Campaign for Pesticide Policy Reform, Jay J. Vroom, National 
Agricultural Chemicals Association, Stephen A. Ziller, Grocery 
Manufacturers of America, Inc., and Juanita Duggan, National Food 
Processors Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Albert H. Meyerhoff, 
Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, California; Philip J. 
Landrigan, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York; Keith W. 
Eckel, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, Harrisburg, on behalf of the American 
Farm Bureau Federation; and Jim Bender, Weeping Water, Nebraska.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to further 
discuss certain issues relating to the conference with the House of 
Representatives on H.R. 4301, Department of Defense Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Year 1995.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ENTREPRENEURIAL MANAGEMENT REFORM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands, National Parks and Forests concluded hearings on S. 2121, to 
promote entrepreneurial management of the National Park Service, after 
receiving testimony from Roger G. Kennedy, Director, and Richard H. 
Martin, Chief, Branch of Resource and Visitor Protection, Office of 
Ranger Activities, both of the National Park Service, and Bonnie R. 
Cohen, Assistant Secretary of Policy, Management, and Budget, all of 
the Department of the Interior; and William J. Chandler, National Parks 
and Conservation Association, Washington, D.C.
URUGUAY ROUND
Committee on Finance: Committee continued consideration of proposed 
legislation to implement the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade 
Negotiations, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again 
tomorrow.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AT FEDERAL AGENCIES
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine 
the progress of financial management improvements at the Internal 
Revenue Service, the United States Customs Service, the Department of 
State, and the Office of Personnel Management, focusing on the 
agencies' compliance with the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 
(P.L. 101-576), receiving testimony from Gene L. Dodaro, Assistant 
Comptroller General, Accounting and Information Management Division, 
General Accounting Office; John C. Payne, Acting Inspector General, and 
Larry J. Eisenhart, Acting Chief Financial Officer, both of the 
Department of State; Patrick E. McFarland, Inspector General, and 
William E. Flynn III, Associate Director for Financial Control and 
Management, Retirement and Insurance Group, both of the Office of 
Personnel Management; and C. Morgan Kinghorn, Chief Financial Officer, 
Internal Revenue Service, and Vincette L. Goerl, Chief Financial 
Officer, United States Customs Service, both of the Department of the 
Treasury.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded oversight hearings on 
the activities of the Department of Justice, after receiving testimony 
from Janet Reno, Attorney General, Department of Justice.
DAVIS-BACON REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on the 
Administration's proposal to reform and strengthen enforcement of the 
Davis-Bacon Act, which implements labor standards protections for 
construction workers, receiving testimony from Bernard E. Anderson, 
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards; Steven Kelman, 
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and 
Budget; Robert A. Georgine, AFL-CIO, and Richard T. Stewart, Montgomery 
Mechanical Services, Inc., both of Washington, D.C.; Hamilton V. 
Bowser, Sr., Evanbow Construction Company, Inc., East Orange, New 
Jersey; and Cindy Athey, Precision Wall Tech, Inc., Falls Church, 
Virginia, on behalf of the Associated Builders and Contractors.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
SICKLE CELL RESEARCH CENTER
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on S. 
1724, to award a grant to the Louisiana Department of Health and 
Hospitals to establish and construct the National Center for Sickle 
Cell Disease Research at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 
and for related facilities and equipment at such Center, receiving 
testimony from Senator Johnston; Representative Jefferson; Claude 
Lenfant, Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National 
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Louisiana State Senator Charles D. Jones, Baton Rouge, on behalf of the 
National Black Caucus of State Legislators; Lillian Caldeira McMahon, 
Boston City Hospital (Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center), and Shawnita 
Agnew, both of Boston, Massachusetts; Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, Children's 
Hospital of Philadelphia (Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center), 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Ernest A. Turner, Meharry Medical College 
(Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center), Nashville, Tennessee; and William 
E. Moore, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
SENATE OFFICES
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings on 
S. Res. 230, to designate and assign two permanent Senate offices to 
each State, after receiving testimony from Senator Wofford.