[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 15, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D199-D200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS AND RELATED LEGISLATION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, Research 
and Forestry held a hearing to consider private property rights and related 
legislation. Testimony was heard from Senator Brown; Representatives Smith 
of Texas and Tauzin; Jim Lyons, Under Secretary, Natural Resources and 
Environment, USDA; Joe Sax, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy, Management 
and Budget, Department of the Interior; Lance Wood, Assistant Chief Counsel, 
Environmental Law and Regulatory Programs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
Department of Defense; Gary Guzy, Deputy General Counsel, EPA; and public 
witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies 
held a hearing on the Secretary of the Interior. Testimony was heard from 
Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on 
the House of Representatives, Joint Economic Committee and on the Capitol 
Police Board. Testimony was heard from Senator Mack, Representative Saxton; 
from the following officers of the House: Scot M. Faulkner, Chief 
Administrative Officer; Robin H. Carle, Clerk; and Wilson S. Livingood, 
Sergeant at Arms; the following officials of the House of Representatives: 
John W. Lainhart IV, Inspector General; and Edward F. Willett, Jr., Law 
Revision Counsel; and John F. Eisold, Attending Physician; and Howard O. 
Greene, Jr., Sergeant at Arms, U.S. Senate.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction met in 
executive session to hold a hearing on Pacific Construction Program. 
Testimony was heard from VAdm. Richard L. Macke, USN, Commander in Chief, 
U.S. Pacific Command, Department of Defense.
NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security met in 
executive session to hold a hearing on Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Central 
Command. Testimony was heard from Gen. Binford J.H. Peay, III, USA, 
Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command, Department of Defense.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Transportation, 
and Related Agencies held a hearing on the Federal Highway Administration. 
Testimony was heard from Rodney E. Slater, Administrator, Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation.
TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and 
General Government held a hearing on Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
Firearms, Financial Crime Enforcement Network, Department Offices, Inspector 
General and on Financial Management Service. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of the Treasury: John W. Magaw, 
Director, Bureau of Tobacco and Firearms; Stanley E. Morris, Director, 
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; George Munoz, Assistant Secretary, 
Departmental Offices; Valerie Lau, Inspector General; and Russell D. Morris, 
Commissioner, Financial Management Service.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment held an 
oversight hearing on Medicare Select and Medicare Managed Care Issues. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Johnson of Connecticut and Pomeroy; 
Bruce Vladeck, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, 
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Workforce Projections held a hearing on the Davis-Bacon Act and on the 
Service Contract Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights held a hearing on Country Reports on Human 
Rights Practices. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. [[Page D200]] 
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 531, 
amended, to designate the Great Western Scenic Trail as a study trail under 
the National Trails System Act; H.R. 694, amended, Minor Boundary 
Adjustments and Miscellaneous Park Amendments Act of 1995; H.R. 529, 
amended, to authorize the exchange of National Forest System lands in the 
Targhee National Forest in Idaho for non-Federal lands within the forest in 
Wyoming; H.R. 536, amended, to extend indefinitely the authority of the 
Secretary of the Interior to collect a commercial operation fee in the 
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area; H.R. 562, amended, to modify 
the boundaries of Walnut Canyon National Monument in the State of Arizona; 
H.R. 517, Chacoan Outliers Protection Act of 1995; and H.R. 606, to amend 
the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992.
RESCINDING CERTAIN BUDGET AUTHORITY
Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Chairman Livingston and 
Representatives Murtha, Young of Florida, Obey, Brown of California and 
Harman, but no action was taken on H.R. 845, rescinding certain budget 
authority.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Chairman Livingston and 
Representatives Murtha, Young of Florida, Obey, Brown of California and 
Harman, but no action was taken on H.R. 889, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations and rescissions to preserve and enhance the military 
readiness of the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1995.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY R&D PROGRAMS: AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment continued 
hearings on Department of Energy Research and Development Programs: Fiscal 
Year 1996 Authorization. Testimony was heard from Martha A. Krebs, Director, 
Office of Energy Research, Department of Energy; Robin Roy, Project 
Director, OTA; John Peoples, Jr., Director, Fermi National Accelerator 
Laboratory; Nicholas P. Samios, Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory; 
Alvin W. Trivelpiece, Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Alan 
Schriesheim, Director, Argonne National Laboratory; Charles V. Shank, 
Director, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory; and David E. Baldwin, Associate 
Director, Energy, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
JUDICIAL REVIEW--FEDERAL AGENCY COMPLIANCE
Committee on Small Business: Ordered reported amended H.R. 937, to amend 
title 5, United States Code, to clarify procedures for judicial review of 
Federal agency compliance with regulatory flexibility analysis requirements.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.
RESTRUCTURING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation 
continued hearings on Restructuring Air Traffic Control as a Private or 
Government Corporation. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
  Hearings continue February 23.
COAST GUARD BUDGET AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast Guard 
and Maritime Transportation continued hearings on the Coast Guard Budget 
Authorization for Fiscal Year 1996. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources approved for 
full Committee action a welfare reform measure.
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