[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.