[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 104 (Tuesday, August 2, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
EXTENDING CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM--BUDGET AND POLICY CONSEQUENCES
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Environment, Credit, and 
Rural Development held a hearing to review budget and policy 
consequences of extending the Conservation Reserve Program. Testimony 
was heard from Keith Collins, Acting Assistant Secretary, Economics, 
USDA; Theresa Gullo, Principal Analyst, Budget Analysis Division, CBO; 
and public witnesses.
WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on H.R. 4605, Work and 
Responsibility Act of 1994. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Mink, Woolsey, Andrews of New Jersey, DeLay, Santorum, McCurdy, and 
Long; and Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
NEW CHALLENGES FACING DEA
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Information, 
Justice, Transportation, and Agriculture held a hearing on New 
Challenges Facing the DEA: Heroin, Methamphetamine, and ``CAT.'' 
Testimony was heard from Thomas Constantine, Administrator, DEA, 
Department of Justice; and Ben Nelson, Associate Director, 
International Affairs, GAO.
HEALTH SECURITY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported amended H.R. 3600, Health 
Security Act.
PACIFIC SALMON TREATY
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Environment 
and Natural Resources and the Subcommittee on Fisheries Management held 
a hearing on Pacific Salmon Treaty. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Swift; Gary Matlock, Program Officer, NOAA, Department 
of Commerce; Charles P. Meacham, Deputy Commissioner, Department of 
Fish and game, State of Alaska; Bob Turner, Director, Department of 
Fish and Game, State of Washington; and public witnesses.
OPAL CREEK FOREST PRESERVE ACT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests, and Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 3905, Opal Creek 
Forest Preserve Act of 1994. Testimony was heard from Representative 
Kopetski; Jack Ward Thomas, Chief, Forest Service, USDA; and public 
witnesses.
CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE RESERVATION GRAND COULEE DAM 
SETTLEMENT ACT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on H.R. 4757, Confederated Tribes of the 
Colville Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Settlement Act. Testimony was 
heard from Jack S. Robertson, Deputy Administrator, Bonneville Power 
Administration, Department of Energy; Ada Deer, Assistant Secretary, 
Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Peter Steenland, Chief, 
Appellate Section, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census, 
Statistics and Postal Personnel held an oversight hearing to review the 
availability and quality of global demographic data. Testimony was 
heard from Scott R. Radloff, Chief, Policy and Evaluation Division, 
AID, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency; Judith 
Banister, Chief, Center for International Research, Bureau of the 
Census, Department of Commerce; John G. Haaga, Director, Committee on 
Population, National Academy of Sciences; and public witnesses.
VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Chairman Brooks and 
Representatives McCollum, Gekas, and Manzullo, but no action was taken 
on the conference report to accompany H.R. 3355, Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
FUSION ENERGY
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy 
held a hearing on Fusion Energy. Testimony was heard from N. Anne 
Davies, Associate Director, Fusion Energy, Department of Energy; Robert 
A. Krakowski, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Thomas E. Shannon, 
Corporate Fellow and Director, Advanced Programs for Fusion Energy 
Development, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; from the following 
officials of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Donald 
Correll, Deputy Program Leader, Inertial Confinement Fusion; and Roger 
Bangerter, Head, Fusion Energy Research Program; and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Joint Economic Committee: Committee met to further discuss the economic 
implications of health care reform, receiving testimony from Mark 
Pauly, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--NATIONAL DEFENSE
Conferees met in closed session to continue to resolve the differences 
between the Senate- and House-passed versions of S. 2182, authorizing 
funds for fiscal year 1995 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense programs of the 
Department of Energy, and to prescribe personnel strengths for such 
fiscal year for the Armed Forces, but did not complete action thereon, 
and recessed subject to call.