[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 7, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D302-D304]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS AND FOOD STAMP PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS
Committee on Agriculture: Began markup of H.R. 1135, to improve the 
Commodity Distribution Programs of the Department of Agriculture, to 
reform and simplify the Food Stamp Program.
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a 
hearing on Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the USDA: Patricia A. Jensen, 
Acting Assistant Secretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs; and 
Lonnie J. King, Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development held a hearing on the Secretary of Energy. Testimony was 
heard from Hazel R. O'Leary, Secretary of Energy.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Agencies held a hearing on the Agency for 
International Development and the Peace Corps. Testimony was heard from 
J. Brian Atwood, Administrator, AID, U.S. International Development 
Cooperation Agency; and Carol Bellamy, Director, Peace Corps.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related 
Agencies held a hearing on the Office of Surface Mining. Testimony was 
heard from Robert Uram, Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 
and Enforcement, Department of the Interior.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies held a hearing on Howard 
University, Special Institutions, and on Inspector General, Department 
of Education. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Education: Judith Heumann, Assistant Secretary, Special 
Education and Rehabilitative Services; Tuck Tinsley III, President, 
American Printing House for the Blind; I. King Jordan, President, 
Gallaudet University; Joyce A. Ladner, Interim President, Howard 
University; James J. DeCaro, Dean and Interim Director, National 
Technical Institute for the Deaf; and Grechen C. Schwarz, Acting 
Inspector General.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held 
a hearing on Air Force Military Construction. Testimony was heard from 
Ronald A. Colman, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Air Force.
NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security held a 
hearing on Personnel/Quality of Life Issues. Testimony was heard from 
Fred F.Y. Pang, Assistant Secretary (Force Management), Department of 
Defense.
  The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on 
the U.S. Atlantic Command. Testimony was heard from Gen. John J. 
Sheehan, USMC, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command, Department of 
Defense.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, and 
Related Agencies held a hearing on Research and Special Programs 
Administration. Testimony was heard from Dharmendra K. Sharma, 
Administrator, Department of Transportation.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies held a hearing 
on the Department of Veterans Affairs. Testimony was heard from Jessie 
Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPETITIVENESS ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Continued hearings on the 
following: H.R. 1062, Financial Services Competitiveness Act of 1995; 
Glass-Steagall Reform; and related issues. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
ECONOMIC FORECASTS--ROLES OF DEFICIT REDUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Economic Forecasts and the 
Roles of Deficit reduction and Productivity. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow. [[Page D303]] 
TEAMWORK FOR EMPLOYEES AND MANAGERS ACT
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations approved for full Committee action amended 
H.R. 743, Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act of 1995.
TRAINING ISSUES
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Postsecondary Education and Training continued hearings on training 
issues. Testimony was heard from William Johnson, Mayor, Rochester, New 
York; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue March 9.
FEDERAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Committee Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Civil 
Service held a hearing on the Federal Retirement System (H.R. 804, H.R. 
165, H. Con. Res. 2 and H.R. 575). Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue March 10.
INTEGRITY OF GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on 
the Integrity of Government Documents. Testimony was heard from John 
Puleo, Executive Associate Commissioner, Programs, Immigration and 
Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; Shirley A. Chater, 
Commissioner, SSA, Department of Health and Human Services; the 
following officials of the Accounting and Information Management 
Division, GAO: Frank W. Reilly, Director; John Martin, Assistant 
Director; and Hazel Edwards, Director, Information Resource Management/
General Government Issue Group; and public witnesses.
MEXICO ECONOMIC SUPPORT PROGRAM
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on Mexico Economic 
Support Program. Testimony was heard from Peter Tarnoff, Under 
Secretary, Political Affairs, Department of State; and Lawrence H. 
Summers, Under Secretary, International Affairs, Department of the 
Treasury.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and 
the Subcommittee on Readiness held a joint hearing on fiscal year 1996 
national defense authorization request, with emphasis on readiness and 
personnel issues related to the Department of Defense's high pace of 
operations. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Adm. William J. Flanagan, Jr., USN, Commander in 
Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; Lt. Gen. Paul E. Funk, USA, Commanding 
General, III Corps; Maj. Gen. James J. Jones, USMC, Commanding General, 
2nd Marine Division, Marine Forces Atlantic; Brig. Gen. John R. 
Dallager, USAF, Commander, 52nd Fighter Wing; Sgt. Maj. Richard A. 
Kidd; U.S. Army; ETCH John Hagan, Master Chief Petty Officer, U.S. 
Navy; Sgt. Maj. Harold Overstreet, USMC; and CMSgt. David Campanale, 
USAF.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Procurement 
and the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development held a joint 
hearing on the fiscal year 1996 national defense authorization request, 
with emphasis on the services' modernization requirements. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: 
Gen. John M. Loh, USAF, Commander, U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command; 
Gen. William W. Hartzog, USA, Commanding General, U.S. Army Training 
and Doctrine Command; VAdm. Thomas J. Lopez, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval 
Operations, Resources, Warfare Requirements and Assessments; and Lt. 
Gen. Charles E. Wilhelm, USMC, Commanding General, U.S. Marine Corps 
Combat Development Command; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue March 9.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Native American and Insular 
Affairs held an oversight hearing on the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 
the Indian Health Service fiscal year 1996 budget requests. Testimony 
was heard from Ada E. Deer, Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, 
Department of the Interior; the following officials of the Indian 
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services: Michael H. 
Trujillo, M.D., Director, Indian Health Service; Jim Crouch, Executive 
Director, California Rural Indian Health Board; Julia Davis, Chair, 
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board; and Gail Schubert, General 
Counsel, Alaska Native Health Board; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources held 
an oversight hearing on the Department of Energy and Bureau of 
Reclamation fiscal year 1996 budget requests. Testimony was heard from 
Daniel P. Beard, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the 
Interior; and William H. White, Deputy Secretary, Department of 
Energy. [[Page D304]] 
COMMON SENSE LEGAL STANDARDS REFORM ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a voice vote, a rule providing for 2 
hours of general debate only on H.R. 956, Common Sense Legal Standards 
Reform Act of 1995. The rule also provides that the Committee shall 
rise after general debate without motion and that there shall be no 
further consideration of the bill except by a subsequent order of the 
House. Testimony was heard from Chairmen Hyde and Bliley; and 
Representatives McCollum, Gekas, Schiff, Hoke, Bryant of Tennessee, 
Oxley, Cox of California, Coburn, Conyers, Schroeder, Frank of 
Massachusetts, Schumer, Bryant of Texas, Nadler, Watt of North 
Carolina, Jackson-Lee, Dingell, Gordon, Furse, Deutsch, Eshoo, Stupak, 
Collins of Illinois, Mink, Kaptur, Brewster, Waters and Doggett.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.
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 
Robert Perciasepe, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, EPA; John 
H. Zirschky, Acting Assistant Secretary (Civil Works), Corps of 
Engineers, Department of the Army; Tom Hebert, Deputy Under Secretary, 
Natural Resources and Environment, USDA; Robert P. Davison; Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue March 9.
IMAGERY INTELLIGENCE
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Imagery Intelligence. Testimony was heard from 
departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources' 
Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation and Recreation concluded 
joint hearings with the House Committee on Resources' Subcommittee on 
National Parks, Forests, and Lands to examine the condition of the 
National Park System, after receiving testimony from James Duffus III, 
Director, Natural Resources Management Issues, Resources, Community, 
and Economic Development Division, and Cliff Fowler, Assistant 
Director, Natural Resources Management Issues, both of the General 
Accounting Office.
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs concluded joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to review the 
legislative recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the 
United States, after receiving testimony from Allen F. Kent, Veterans 
of Foreign Wars of the United States, Washington, D.C.