[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 15, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D352-D354]
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 farm and foreign agriculture 
services of the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony from 
Eugene Moos, Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
Services; Grant B. Buntrock, Acting Administrator, Consolidated Farm 
Service Agency; and August Schumacher, Administrator, Foreign 
Agricultural Service, all of the Department of Agriculture.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 22.
APPROPRIATIONS--JUSTICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
the Judiciary and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of Justice, receiving 
testimony from Janet Reno, Attorney General, Department of Justice.
  Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
APPROPRIATIONS--BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1996 for the Bonneville Power Administration, receiving testimony from 
Alice M. Rivlin, Director, Office of Management and Budget; Randy 
Hardy, Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration, Department of 
Energy; Mark Crisson, Tacoma Public Utilities, Tacoma, Washington; 
Richard E. Dyer, Portland General Electric Company, Portland, Oregon; 
Richard Holder, Reynolds Metals Corp., Washington, D.C.; K.C. Golden, 
Northwest Conservation Act Coalition, Seattle, Washington; Ralph 
Cavanagh, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, California; 
Donald Sampson, Umatilla Indian Tribe, Oregon; Warren Seyler, Spokane 
Indian Tribe, Washington; Jim Baker, Sierra Club, Pullman, Washington; 
Glenn Vanselow, Pacific Northwest Waterways Association, Vancouver, 
Washington; and DeWitt Moss, North Side Canal Company, Jerome, Idaho.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
APPROPRIATIONS--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related 
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1996 for the Smithsonian Institution, receiving testimony from I. 
Michael Heyman, Secretary, and Constance B. Newman, Under Secretary, 
both of the Smithsonian Institution.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 22.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland Forces held 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 
for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, 
focusing on Army force modernization, receiving testimony from Gilbert 
F. Decker, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, Development, 
and Acquisition; Maj. Gen. Ronald V. Hite, USA, Deputy for System 
Management and International Cooperation, and Lt. Gen. Otto J. 
Guenther, Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, 
Communications, and Computers, both of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Research, Development, and Acquisition; and Maj. Gen. 
Edward G. Anderson III, USA, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for 
Operations and Plans, Force Development.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--COAST GUARD
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans and Fisheries concluded hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for the United States Coast 
Guard, after receiving testimony for Adm. Robert E. Kramek, USCG, 
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Department of Transportation.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committe on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following bills:
  S. 395, to provide for the sale of Alaska Power Administration and to 
lift the Alaska North Slope crude oil export ban, with an amendment;
  H.R. 400, to provide for the exchange of lands within Gates of the 
Arctic National Park, with an amendment. (As approved by the committee, 
the [[Page D353]] amendment incorporates the text of S. 536 as Title II 
of the bill);
  H.R. 400, to provide for the conveyance of lands to certain 
individuals in Butte County California;
  S. 226, to designate additional and as within the Chaco Culture 
Archaeological Protection Sites;
  S. 444, to provide for the purchase of common stock of Cook Inlet 
Region;
  S. 115, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire and to 
convey certain lands or interests in lands to improve the management, 
protection, and administration of Colonial National Historical Park in 
the State of Virginia, with an amendment;
  S. 134, to provide for the acquisition of certain lands formerly 
occupied by the Franklin D. Roosevelt family, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 188, to establish the Great Falls Historic District in the State 
of New Jersey;
  S. 127, to improve the administration of the Women's Rights National 
Historical Park in the State of New York, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 225, to remove the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission to license projects on fresh waters in the State of Hawaii;
  S. 359, to provide for the extension of certain hydroelectric 
projects located in the State of West Virginia;
  S. 421, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable 
to the construction of a hydroelectric project in Kentucky;
  S. 461, to authorize extension of the time limitation for a Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission issued hydroelectric license;
  S. 223, to provide funds to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission 
for acquisition of land in the Sterling Forest area of the New York/New 
Jersey Highlands Region;
  S. 522, to provide for a limited exemption to the hydroelectric 
licensing provisions of part I of the Federal Power Act for certain 
transmission facilities associated with the El Vado Hydroelectric 
Project in New Mexico;
  S. 538, to reinstate the permit for, and extend the deadline under 
the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of, a 
hydroelectric project in Oregon;
  S. 549, To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable 
to the construction of three hydroelectric projects in the State of 
Arkansas;
  An original bill to provide for the exchange of lands within Gates of 
the Arctic National Park, to provide for the conveyance of lands within 
Butte County, California, to designate the Chaco Culture Archaeological 
Protection Sites, to provide for the purchase of common stock of Cook 
Inlet Region, to provide for the conveyance of land in Colonial 
National Historical Park in Virginia, to provide for the acquisition of 
lands formerly occupied by the Franklin D. Roosevelt family, to 
establish the Great Falls Historic District in New Jersey, to improve 
the administration of the Women's Rights National Historical Park in 
New York, and to provide for the acquisition of land in the Sterling 
Forest area of the New York/New Jersey Highlands Region. (As approved 
by the committee, the bill incorporates the text of H.R. 440, S. 226, 
S. 444, S. 115, S. 134, S. 188, S. 127, and S. 223); and
  An original bill to remove the jurisdiction of the FERC to license 
projects on fresh waters in Hawaii, to provide for the extension of 
certain hydroelectric projects located in West Virginia, to extend the 
deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of 
a hydroelectric project in Kentucky, to extend the time limitation for 
a FERC- issued hydroelectric licenses, to provide for an exemption to 
the hydroelectric licensing provisions of part I of the Federal Power 
Act for certain transmission facilities associated with the El Vado 
Hydroelectric Project in New Mexico, to reinstate the permit for, and 
extend the deadline of a hydroelectric project in Oregon, to extend the 
deadline applicable to the construction of three hydroelectric projects 
in Arkansas, and to exempt hydro projects of less than 5 megawatts in 
Alaska from jurisdiction. (As approved by the committee, the bill 
incorporates the text of S. 225, S. 359, S. 421, S. 461, S. 522, S. 
538, S. 549, and a related committee amendment.)
INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Waste Control, and Risk Assessment approved for full committee 
consideration, with amendments, S. 534, to amend the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act to provide authority for States to limit the interstate 
transportation of municipal solid waste.
HEALTH INSURANCE DEDUCTION EXTENSION
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, H.R. 831, to permanently 
extend the deduction for the health insurance costs of self-employed 
individuals, to repeal the provision permitting nonrecognition of gain 
on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the Federal 
Communications Commission. [[Page D354]] 
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee resumed hearings to 
examine health care reform issues in a changing marketplace, receiving 
testimony from Minnesota State Representative Lee Greenfield, 
Minneapolis, on behalf of The Reforming States Group; Paul M. Ellwood, 
The Jackson Hole Group, Teton Village, Wyoming; Diane Rowland, Henry J. 
Kaiser Family Foundation, Frank Cummings, Lebouf, Lamb, Greene and 
MaCrae, Richard E. Curtis, Institute for Health Policy Solutions, and 
Richard I. Smith, Association of Private Pension and Welfare Plans, all 
of Washington, D.C.; and Josephine Musser, National Association of 
Insurance Commissions, Madison, Wisconsin.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NAVAJO-HOPI RELOCATION PROGRAM
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 349, to 
authorize funds through fiscal year 1997 for the Navajo-Hopi Relocation 
Housing Program, after receiving testimony from Albert A. Hale, Navajo 
Nation, Window Rock, Arizona; Ferrell Secakuku, Hop Tribal Council, 
Kykotsmovi, Arizona; and Christopher J. Bavasi, Office of Navajo-Hopi 
Indian Relocation, Flagstaff, Arizona.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.