[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 29, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D435-D437]
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 the Department of Agriculture, 
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities 
from Michael R. Taylor, Acting Under Secretary for Food Safety; 
Patricia Jensen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Marketing and 
Regulatory Programs; Lonnie J. King, Acting Administrator, Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service; Lon Hatamiya, Administrator, 
Agricultural Marketing Service; and James R. Baker, Administrator, 
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, all of the 
Department of Agriculture.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 5.
APPROPRIATIONS--JUDICIARY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and Judiciary (and Related Agencies) held hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Judiciary, the Administrative 
Office of the Courts, and the Judicial Conference of the United States, 
receiving testimony from Judge Richard S. Arnold, Chairman, Budget 
Committee, Judicial Conference of the United States.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 5.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 1,361 
routine military nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and the 
Air Force.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland Forces resumed 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 
for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, 
focusing on tactical aviation issues, receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. 
Harold W. Blot, USMC, Deputy Chief of Marine Corps Staff for Aviation; 
Maj. Gen. George K. Mueliner, USAF, Director, Joint Advanced Strike 
Technology Program; Rear Adm. Brent M. Bennitt, USN, Director, Air 
Warfare Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; and Brig. 
Gen. David J. McCloud, USAF, Director of Operational Requirements, 
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
HUD REORGANIZATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing Opportunity and Community Development and the Subcommittee on 
HUD Oversight and Structure concluded joint hearings on proposals to 
reorganize the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), 
focusing on policy reform issues, including national policies to assist 
cities and communities, after receiving testimony from Henry G. 
Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Mayor Stephen 
Goldsmith, Indianapolis, Indiana; Mayor Bret Schundler, Jersey City, 
New Jersey; and Mayor Dennis W. Archer, Detroit, Michigan.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following bills:
  S. 333, to direct the Secretary of Energy to institute certain 
procedures in the performance of risk assessments in connection with 
environmental restoration activities, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  S. 523, to authorize additional funds to carry out the salinity 
control program of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 101, to transfer a parcel of land to the Taos Pueblo Indians of 
New Mexico;
  S. 197, to establish the Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day, with 
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  S. 357, to establish the Friends of Kaloko-Honokohau, an advisory 
commission for the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park in Hawaii;
  S. 363, to improve water quality within the Rio Puerco watershed and 
to restore the ecological health of the Rio Grande through the 
cooperative identification and implementation of best management 
practices which are consistent with the ecological, geological, 
cultural, sociological, and economic conditions in the region;
  S. 378, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to exchange 
certain lands of the Columbia Basin Federal reclamation project in the 
State of Washington;
  S. 392, to amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 
1992 with regard to the appointment of members of the Dayton Aviation 
Heritage Commission;
  S. 551, to revise the boundaries of the Hagerman Fossil Beds National 
Monument and the Craters of the Moon National Monument;
  S. 587, to designate the Old Spanish Trail and the Northern Branch of 
the Old Spanish Trail for potential inclusion into the National Trails 
System;
  S. 610, to provide for an interpretive center at the Civil War 
Battlefield of Corinth, Mississippi;
  S. 601, to revise the boundaries of the Blackstone River Valley 
National Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island;
  H.R. 536, to prohibit the use of Highway 209 within the Delaware 
Water Gap National Recreation Area by certain commercial vehicles;
  H.R. 694, to make minor boundary adjustments to units of the National 
Park System and other miscellaneous changes involving programs and 
functions of the National Park Service, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute; and
  H.J. Res. 50, to designate the visitors center at the Channel Islands 
National Park, California, as the ``Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitors 
Center''.
  Also, committee approved their fiscal year 1996 budgetary views and 
estimates on programs which fall under the jurisdiction of the 
committee which they will make to the Committee on the Budget.
SUPERFUND REFORM
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Waste Control, and Risk Assessment resumed oversight hearings on the 
implementation of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (P.L. 102-426), focusing on Superfund 
program provisions, receiving testimony from Barry L. Johnson, 
Assistant Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry (Atlanta, Georgia), Public Health Service, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Martin Yee, White Spur Dry Cleaners, El 
Paso, Texas, on behalf of the Small Business Fabric Care Superfund 
Coalition; Timothy C. Duffy, Rhode Island Association of School 
Committees, Warwick; Richard L. Bunn, UGI Utilities, Inc., Reading, 
Pennsylvania; James A. Goodrich, San Gabriel Basin Water Quality 
Authority, Covina, California; John F. Spisak, Industrial Compliance, 
Inc., Lakewood, Colorado; Ronald W. Cattany, Colorado Department of 
Natural Resources, Denver; Pat Murphy, Concerned Citizens of Triumph, 
Hailey, Idaho; and Rose Augustine, Tucson, Arizona, on behalf of the 
Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice, and the 
Washington Office on Environmental Justice.
  Hearings will continue on Wednesday, April 5.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on proposals to 
reform the national welfare system, after receiving testimony from 
Robert B. Carleson, Free Congress Research and Education Foundation, 
San Diego, California; Kate Michelman, National Abortion and 
Reproductive Rights Action League, Penny L. Young, Concerned Women for 
America, John L. Carr, United States Catholic Bishops Conference, Peter 
J. Ferrara, National Center for Policy Analysis, and David S. 
Liederman, Child Welfare League of America, Inc., all of Washington, 
D.C.; Sister Mary Rose McGeady, Covenant House, and Audrey Rowe, 
National Urban League, Inc., both of New York, New York; Rev. Donald L. 
Roberts, Goodwill Industries-Manasota, Inc., Sarasota, Florida; Merrill 
J. Bateman, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake 
City, Utah; Terry L. Cross, National Indian Child Welfare Association, 
Portland, Oregon; and Gwen Daye Richardson, Minority Mainstream, 
Houston, Texas.
START II TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings on the 
Treaty Between the United States and the Russian Federation on Further 
Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START II Treaty) 
signed at Moscow on January 3, 1993, including the following documents, 
which are integral parts thereof: the Elimination and Conversion 
Protocol; the Exhibitions and Inspections Protocol; and the Memorandum 
of Attribution (Treaty Doc. 103-1), receiving testimony from Sven 
Kraemer, Global 2000, Stephen J. Hadley, Shea & Gardner, Michael 
Krepon, Henry L. Stimson Center, and Jack Mendelsohn, Arms Control 
Association, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call. [[Page D437]] 
NEW ZEALAND ECONOMY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded hearings to examine recent developments in the 
economic situation in New Zealand, focusing on the effects of United 
States and foreign investment in New Zealand, after receiving testimony 
from Sandra O'Leary, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia 
and Pacific Affairs; Alexander Good, Bell Atlantic International, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Paul Cushman III, Riggs National Bank, and 
Paul M. Cleveland, United States-New Zealand Council, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Donald G. Jones, Cyberstar, Fond du Lac, 
Wisconsin.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 141, to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 to provide new job 
opportunities, effect significant cost savings on Federal construction 
contracts, promote small business participation in Federal contracting, 
and reduce unnecessary paperwork and reporting requirements, with an 
amendment;
  S. 555, to consolidate and authorize funds for health professions and 
minority and disadvantaged health education programs, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 641, authorizing funds for programs of the Ryan White Care Act;
  S. 184, to establish an Office for Rare Disease Research within the 
National Institutes of Health of the Department of Health and Human 
Services; and
  The nominations of Kenneth Byron Hipp, of Hawaii, to be a Member of 
the National Mediation Board; Yerker Andersson of Maryland, John A. 
Gannon of Ohio, Audrey L. McCrimon of Illinois, Lilliam Rangel Pollo of 
Florida, Debra Robinson of Pennsylvania, Rae E. Unzicker of North 
Dakota, and Ela Yazzie-King of Arizona, each to be a Member of the 
National Council on Disability; Robert G. Breunig of Arizona, Kinshasha 
Holman Conwill of New York, Charles Hummel of Delaware, Ayse Manyas 
Kenmore of Florida, Nancy Marsiglia of Louisiana, Arthur Rosenblatt of 
New York, Ruth Y. Tamura of Hawaii, Townsend Wolfe of Arkansas, Phillip 
Frost of Florida, and John L. Bryant, Jr. of the District of Columbia, 
each to be a Member of the National Museum Services Board of the 
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities; E. Gordon Gee of 
Ohio, Joseph E. Stevens, Jr. of Missouri, and Steven L. Zinter of South 
Dakota, each to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S 
Truman Scholarship Foundation; Peggy Goldwater Clay of California, Lt. 
Gen. William W. Quinn, USA (Ret.), Lynda Hare Scribante of Nebraska, 
and Niranjan Shamalbhai Shah of Illinois, each to be a Member of the 
Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in 
Education Foundation; Sanford D. Greenberg of the District of Columbia, 
Eve L. Menger of New York, Claudia Mitchell-Kernan of California, Diana 
S. Natalicio of Texas, Robert M. Solow of Massachusetts, Warren M. 
Washington of Colorado, and John A. White, Jr. of Georgia, each to be a 
Member of the National Science Board of the National Science 
Foundation; Jerome F. Kever of Illinois and Virgil M. Speakman of Ohio, 
each to be a Member of the Railroad Retirement Board; Marciene S. 
Mattleman of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the National Institute for 
Literacy Advisory Board; and Joan Challinor of the District of 
Columbia, to be a Member of the National Commission on Libraries and 
Information Science.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  S. 325, to make certain technical corrections in laws relative to 
Native Americans;
  S. 441, authorizing funds through fiscal year 1997 for programs of 
the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act;
  S. 349, authorizing funds through fiscal year 1997 for the Navajo-
Hopi Relocation Housing Program;
  S. 510, authorizing funds through fiscal year 1999 for the Native 
American Social and Economic Development Strategies Grant Program 
administered by the Administration for Native Americans, Department of 
Health and Human Services, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  Also, committee approved their fiscal year 1996 budgetary views and 
estimates on programs which fall under the jurisdiction of the 
committee which they will make to the Committee on the Budget.
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.