[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 35 (Friday, February 24, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D240-D241]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held 
a hearing to Review the District of Columbia's Audit and Financial 
Condition. Testimony was heard from John W. Hill, Jr., Director, 
Financial Management Policies and Issues, Accounting and Information 
Management Division, GAO; and a public witness.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development held a hearing on the Galvin Report: Alternative Futures 
for the DOE's National Laboratories. Testimony was heard from Robert 
Galvin, Chairman, Task Force on Alternative Futures for the Department 
of Energy's National Laboratories.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies held a hearing on the Pension 
Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Inspector General, Department of 
Labor. Testimony was heard from Charles C. Masten, Inspector General, 
Department of Labor; and Martin Slate, Executive Director, Pension 
Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
RESCISSION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
approved for full Committee action a rescission measure for Fiscal Year 
1995.
NCUA'S SEIZURE OF CAPITAL FEDERAL CORPORATE CREDIT UNION
Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit held a hearing on the 
National Credit Union Administration's seizure of Capital Federal 
Corporate Credit Union into conservatorship. Testimony was heard from 
Norman E. D'Amours, Chairman, National Credit Union Administration; and 
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an 
oversight hearing on the privatization of the U.S. Enrichment 
Corporation. Testimony was heard from Robert Bernero, Director, Office 
of Nuclear Material, Safety and Safeguards, NRC; Victor Rezendes, 
Director, Energy and Science Issues, GAO; William H. Timbers, Jr., 
President, U.S. Enrichment Corporation; and public witnesses.
BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS; UNITED STATES POLICY AND ACTIVITIES IN HAITI
Committee on International Relations: Approved Budget recommendations 
for the report to the Committee on the Budget.
  The Committee also held a hearing on United States Policy and 
Activities in Haiti. Testimony was heard from Representatives Goss and 
Rangel; the following officials of the Department of State: Strobe 
Talbott, Deputy Secretary; and James F. Dobbins, Special Haiti 
Coordinator; Walter B. Slocombe, Under Secretary, Policy, Department of 
Defense; Mark Schneider, Assistant Administrator, Latin America and 
Caribbean Affairs, AID, United States International Development 
Cooperation Agency; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims held 
an oversight hearing on foreign visitors who violate the terms of their 
visa by remaining in the United States indefinitely. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service, Department of Justice: James Puleo, Executive 
Associate Commissioner, Programs; and Robert Warren, Director, 
Statistics Branch; Diane Dillard, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Consular 
Affairs, Department of State; the following officials of the Commission 
on Immigration Reform: Barbara Jordan, Chair; and Robert Hill, 
Commissioner.
RISK ASSESSMENT AND COST BENEFIT ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a record vote of 9 to 3, a modified 
open rule providing for 2 hours of debate on H.R. 1022, Risk Assessment 
and Cost Benefit Act of 1995. The rule provides for a 10-hour time 
limit on amendment process. Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit. Testimony was heard from Chairmen Walker and Bliley and 
Representatives Bilirakis, Brown of California, and Dingell.
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment continued hearings on the reauthorization of 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
  Hearings continue March 7.
VA BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on the Department of 
Veterans Affairs budget request for [[Page D241]] fiscal year 1996. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs: Jesse Brown, Secretary; D. Mark Catlett, Assistant 
Secretary, Management; and Mary Lou Keener, General Counsel; and 
representatives of veterans organizations.