[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 8, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D308-D310]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1996 for rural economic and community 
development programs of the Department of Agriculture, receiving 
testimony from Michael V. Dunn, Acting Under Secretary of Small 
Community and Rural Development, Wally Beyer, Administrator, Rural 
Utilities Service, Maureen A. Kennedy, Acting Administrator, Rural 
Housing and Community Development Service, Dayton J. Watkins, Acting 
Administrator, Rural Business and Cooperative Development Service, and 
Stephen B. Dewhurst, Director, Office of Budget and Program Analysis, 
all of the Department of Agriculture.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 15.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for certain 
international organizations and programs, receiving testimony from 
Madeleine K. Albright, United States Permanent Representative to the 
United Nations.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
APPROPRIATIONS--GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related 
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1996 for the United States Geological Survey, receiving testimony from 
Gordon Eaton, Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the 
Interior.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 15.
CORPORATE CREDIT UNION SYSTEM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings on the status of the corporate credit union system, 
after receiving testimony from Norman E. D'Amours, Chairman, National 
Credit Union Administration; James L. Bothwell, Director, Financial 
Institutions and Markets Issues, General Government Division, General 
Accounting Office; James R. Bell, U.S. Central Credit Union, Overland 
Park, Kansas; Albert E. DePrince, Middle Tennessee State University, 
Nashville; and Edward J. Fox, Mid-Atlantic Corporate Federal Credit 
Union, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
DOMESTIC PETROLEUM PRODUCTION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the current situation and outlook for United States oil and 
gas production and imports and implications for national security, 
after receiving testimony from William H. White, Deputy Secretary of 
Energy; Charles J. DiBona, on behalf of the American Petroleum 
Institute and the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association, and William 
L. Randol, Salomon Brothers, Inc., both of Washington, D.C.; John 
Elting Treat, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc., Falls Church, Virginia; and 
David F. Work, Amoco Corp, Victor G. Beghini, Marathon Oil Company, and 
George A. Alcorn, Alcorn Exploration, on behalf of the Independent 
Petroleum Association of America, all of Houston, Texas.
FEDERAL FOREST MANAGEMENT/FOREST SERVICE APPEALS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management held oversight hearings to review Federal forest 
management issues, focusing on the implementation of recent changes to 
the Forest Service administrative appeals process, receiving testimony 
from David Unger, Associate Chief, Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture; Barry Rosenberg, Inland Empire Public Lands Council, 
Spokane, Washington; Jack R. [[Page D309]] Tuholske, Western Ancient 
Forest Campaign, Missoula, Montana; James Rarick, Black Hills Forest 
Resource Association, Rapid City, South Dakota; and Anne E. 
Heissenbuttel, American Forest and Paper Association, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on proposals to reform 
the national welfare system, receiving testimony from Vermont Governor 
Howard Dean, Montpelier; and Wisconsin Governor Tommy G. Thompson, 
Madison.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
UNITED STATES-CHINA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded hearings to examine certain implications involving 
the agreement between the United States and China to provide for 
enforcement of copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets and other 
intellectual property rights in China, after receiving testimony from 
Charlene Barshefsky, Deputy United States Trade Representative; Winston 
Lord, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; 
and Willard A. Workman, United States Chamber of Commerce, Jason S. 
Berman, Recording Industry Association of America, Eric H. Smith, 
International Intellectual Property Alliance, and Robert W. Holleyman 
II, Business Software Alliance, all of Washington, D.C.
REGULATORY REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee resumed hearings on 
proposed legislation to reform the Federal regulatory process, to make 
government more efficient and effective, receiving testimony from Carol 
M. Browner, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Sally 
Katzen, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget; Gary J. Edles, General Counsel, 
Administrative Conference of the United States; Peter L. Strauss, 
Columbia University Law School, New York, New York; C. Boyden Gray, 
Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, on behalf of Citizens for a Sound Economy, 
Frederick L. Webber, Chemical Manufacturers Association, David C. 
Vladeck, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Alan J. Krupnick, Resources 
for the Future, Joseph Goffman, Environmental Defense Fund, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Jonathan B. Wiener, Duke University, Durham, 
North Carolina.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--HEALTH PROFESSIONS PROGRAMS
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for the health professions 
programs of the Public Health Service Act, focusing on the current 
status of the health professions and the Federal role in this area, 
after receiving testimony from Senator Hatfield; Philip R. Lee, 
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Health; Gary L. 
Filerman, Pew Health Professions Commission, and Jordan J. Cohen, 
Association of American Medical Colleges, both of Washington, D.C.; 
David A. Kindig, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison; 
Reed V. Tuckson, University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, 
California; Larry R. Anderson, Wellington, Kansas, on behalf of the 
American Academy of Family Physicians; Allan Rosenfield, Columbia 
University, New York, New York, on behalf of the Association of Schools 
of Public Health; and Eleanor J. Sullivan, University of Kansas, Kansas 
City, on behalf of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ACT
Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings to examine the 
implementation and enforcement of the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 
1980 and its impact on small business, and provisions of the proposed 
Regulatory Flexibility Amendments Act to allow judicial review of 
Federal agency compliance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 
receiving testimony from Jere W. Glover, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, 
Small Business Administration; Johnny C. Finch, Assistant Comptroller 
General, General Government Division, General Accounting Office; 
Michael O. Roush, National Federation of Independent Business, David 
Voight, United States Chamber of Commerce, and John S. Satagaj, Small 
Business Legislative Council, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS REORGANIZATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings on proposals to 
restructure and streamline the Bureau of Indian Affairs, receiving 
testimony from Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior; Ada Deer, 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; John Washakie, 
Ft. Washakie, Wyoming, on behalf of the Joint Tribal Advisory Task 
Force on Reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Ivan Makil, 
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Scottsdale, Arizona; and W. 
Ron Allen, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Sequim, Washington.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call. [[Page D310]] 
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Wednesday, March 15.