[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 34 (Thursday, February 23, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D232-D235]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FEDERAL TAX CODE EFFECTS ON FARMERS, RANCHERS, AND RURAL COMMUNITIES
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities held 
a hearing on the Effects of the Federal Tax Code on Farmers, Ranchers, 
and Rural Communities. Testimony was heard from Representatives Meyers 
of Kansas, Pomeroy, Smith of Michigan, Johnson of South Dakota, Herger 
and Minge; Alan Barkema, Assistant Vice President and Economist, 
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas; and public witnesses.
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Food Safety and Inspection Service. Testimony was heard from Michael R. 
Taylor, Acting Under Secretary, Food Safety, USDA.
RESCISSION; COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and 
State and the Judiciary, and Related Agencies approved for full 
Committee action a rescission measure for Fiscal Year 1995.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the Secretary of Commerce. 
Testimony was heard from Ronald H. Brown, Secretary of Commerce.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development held a hearing on Corps of Engineers: North Central 
Division, New England Division, Pacific Ocean Division, South Pacific 
Division, and on North Atlantic Division. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army: 
Col. Richard W. Craig, USA, Division Commander, North Central Division; 
Col. Earle C. Richardson, Division Engineer, New England Division; 
Brig. Gen. Bruce K. Scott, USA, Division Commander, South Pacific 
Division; Brig. Gen. Henry S. Miller, USA, Commander and Division 
Engineer, Pacific Ocean Division; and Brig. Gen. Milton Hunter, USA, 
Commanding General, North Atlantic Division. [[Page D233]] 
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related 
Agencies held a hearing on Fish and Wildlife Service. Testimony was 
heard from George T. Frampton, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Fish and 
Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior.
LABOR, HHS AND EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies held a hearing on OSHA, Mine 
Safety and Health Administration, Employment Standards Administration, 
Office of the American Workplace, Pension and Welfare Benefits 
Administration, and on the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Labor: Joseph 
A. Dear, Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health; Thomas P. 
Glynn, Deputy Secretary; and Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner, Bureau 
of Labor Statistics.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing 
on the OTA and the GAO. Testimony was heard from Roger C. Herdman, 
Director, OTA; Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO; Members of 
Congress; and public witnesses.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held 
a Budget Overview hearing. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: Joshua Gotbaum, Assistant 
Secretary (Economic Security); and Robert E. Bayer, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary (Installations), Office of the Assistant Secretary (Economic 
Security).
RESCISSION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related 
Agencies approved for full Committee action a rescission measure for 
Fiscal Year 1995.
RESCISSION; TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government approved for full Committee action a rescission 
measure for Fiscal Year 1995.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the Secretary of the 
Treasury. Testimony was heard from Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the 
Treasury.
RESCISSION; VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies approved for 
full Committee action a rescission measure for Fiscal Year 1995.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the Office of Consumer 
Affairs and on the Consumer Information Center. Testimony was heard 
from Bernice Friedlander, Acting Director, U.S. Office of Consumer 
Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services; and Teresa N. Nasif, 
Director, Consumer Information Center, GSA.
MEXICAN SITUATION
Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs: Ordered reported 
amended H. Res. 80, requesting the President to submit information to 
the House of Representatives concerning actions taken through the 
exchange stabilization fund to strengthen the Mexican peso and 
stabilize the economy of Mexico.
OVERSIGHT--HUMPHREY-HAWKINS BIENNIAL REPORT TO THE CONGRESS
Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Domestic and International Monetary Policy held a hearing on the 
Humphrey-Hawkins oversight hearing on the Biennial Report to the 
Congress. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of 
Governors, Federal Reserve System.
ADMINISTRATION'S HUD BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's HUD 
Budget. Testimony was heard from Henry Cisneros, Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development; and public witnesses.
COMMON SENSE PRODUCT LIABILITY REFORM ACT
Committee on Commerce: Ordered reported amended H.R. 917, Common Sense 
Product Liability Reform Act.
WELFARE REFORM CONSOLIDATION ACT
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Ordered reported 
amended H.R. 999, Welfare Reform Consolidation Act of 1995.
OVERSIGHT--U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Postal 
Service held a hearing on the general oversight of the U.S. Postal 
Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the U.S. 
Postal Service: Marvin T. Runyon, Postmaster [[Page D234]] General and 
CEO; Michael Coughlin, Deputy Postmaster General; and William 
Henderson, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President; and 
the following officials of the General Government Division, GAO: 
Michael E. Motley, Associate Director, Government Business Operations 
Issues; and James Campbell, Assistant Director, Government Business 
Operations Issues.
  Hearings continue March 2.
NORTH KOREAN MILITARY AND NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION THREAT
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific and the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade 
held a joint hearing on the North Korean Military and Nuclear 
Proliferation Threat: Evaluation of the United States-DPRK Agreed 
Framework. Testimony was heard from Ambassador At Large Robert L. 
Gallucci, Department of State; Edward Warner, Assistant Secretary, 
Strategy and Requirements, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATIONS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights continued hearings on Foreign Relations 
Authorization: Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Testimony was heard 
from John Holum, Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
  Hearings continue March 1.
CUBA AND UNITED STATES POLICY
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere Affairs held a hearing on Cuba and United States Policy. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
COMMON SENSE LEGAL STANDARDS REFORM ACT; ATTORNEY ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported amended the following 
bills: H.R. 956, Common Sense Legal Standards Act of 1995; and H.R. 
988, Attorney Accountability Act of 1995.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on National Security: Continued hearings on the Fiscal Year 
1996 National Defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from 
Gen. J. H. Binford Peay III, USA, Commander in Chief, U.S. Central 
Command.
  Hearings continue February 28.
BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT ISSUES
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Installations 
and Facilities held a hearing on base closure and realignment issues. 
Testimony was heard from Joshua Gotbaum, Assistant Secretary, Economic 
Security, Department of Defense; and Frank C. Conahan, Senior Adviser 
to the Comptroller General, Defense and International Affairs Programs, 
GAO.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources 
held an oversight hearing on U.S. Geological Survey and Bureau of Mines 
fiscal year 1966 budget requests. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of the Interior: Gordon P. Eaton, 
Director, U.S. Geological Survey; and Rhea Lydia Graham, Director, U.S. 
Bureau of Mines; and public witnesses.
MAGNUSON FISHERIES CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans 
held a hearing on the reauthorization of the Magnuson Fisheries 
Conservation and Management Act, in particular H.R. 39, Fishery 
Conservation and Management Amendments of 1995. Testimony was heard 
from Rolland Schmitten, Assistant Administrator, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM REFORM ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Lands held a hearing on H.R. 260, National Park System Reform Act of 
1995. Testimony was heard from Roger Kennedy, Director, National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.
RESTRUCTURING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AS A PRIVATE OR GOVERNMENT 
CORPORATION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation concluded hearings on Restructuring Air Traffic Control as a 
Private or Government Corporation. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Wolf and Lightfoot; Kenneth M. Mead, Director, 
Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development 
Division, GAO; the following former Administrators of the FAA, 
Department of Transportation: Najeeb Halaby, James Busey, and Donald 
Engen; and public witnesses. [[Page D235]] 
MEDICARE SELECT POLICIES OFFERED IN STATES; ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET 
PROPOSAL--MEDICARE PROVISIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health approved for full 
Committee action H.R. 483, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
Act to permit Medicare select policies to be offered in all States.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Medicare provisions in the 
Administration's budget. Testimony was heard from Sarah F. Jaggar, 
Director, Health Financing and Policy, GAO; and public witnesses.
INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TO TARGETING PRECISION WEAPONS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Technical 
and Tactical Intelligence met in executive session to hold a hearing on 
Intelligence Support to Targeting of Precision Weapons. Testimony was 
heard from departmental witnesses.