[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 59 (Thursday, March 30, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D446-D448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel resumed hearings 
on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on 
Reserve component programs, receiving testimony from Deborah R. Lee, 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Regional Affairs; Maj. Gen. Donald 
W. Shepperd, USAF, Director, Air National Guard; Maj. Gen. Max Baratz, 
USA, Chief, Army Reserve; Maj. Gen. John R. D'Araujo, USA, Director, 
Army National Guard; Lt. Gen. Edward D. Baca, USA, Chief, National 
Guard Bureau; Rear Adm. Thomas F. Hall, USN, Chief, Naval Reserve; Rear 
Adm. Richard M. Larrabeo, USCG, Chief, Office of Readiness and Reserve, 
Coast Guard; Maj. Gen. Robert A. McIntosh, USAF, Chief, United States 
Air Force Reserve; Brig. Gen. Ronald G. Richard, USMC, Assistant Deputy 
Chief of Marine Corps Staff for Manpower and Reserve Affairs; Maj. Gen. 
Roger W. Sandler, USA (Ret.), Reserve Officers Association of the 
United States, Maj. Gen. Robert F. Ensslin, USA (Ret.), National Guard 
Association of the United States, and Maj. Gen. Ansell M. Stroud, Jr., 
ARNGR, Adjutants General Association of the United States, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Col. Bradley T. MacDonald, USMC, Marine Corps Reserve 
Officers Association, and Rear Adm. Philip W. Smith, USNR (Ret.), Naval 
Reserve Association, both of Alexandria, Virginia; and Master Sgt. 
Michael P. Cline, USA (Ret.), Enlisted Association of the National 
Guard of the United States, Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, 
April 5.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology 
resumed open and closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
funds for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of Defense and the future 
years defense program, focusing on the Counterproliferation Support 
Program, receiving testimony from William B. Shuler, Deputy Assistant 
[[Page D447]] Secretary for Counterproliferation, Office of the 
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy; G. William 
Heiser, Director, Military Assistance and Response, Office of the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Policy; Capt. Ronald D. Gumbert, USN, 
Assistant Deputy Director for Strategy and Policy, Office of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff; and Gordon Oehler, Director, Non-Proliferation Center, 
Central Intelligence Agency.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 6.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space concluded oversight hearings on 
activities of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the 
proposed fiscal year 1996 budget for the National Science Foundation, 
after receiving testimony from John H. Gibbons, Director, Office of 
Science and Technology Policy; Neal F. Lane, Director, National Science 
Foundation; Robert Swenson, Montana State University, Bozeman; Royce 
Engstrom, University of South Dakota, Vermillion; John Saunby, Union 
Carbide Technical Center, Salem, South Carolina; and Joseph Danek, 
EPSCOR Foundation, Washington, D.C.
MINING LAW REFORM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management held hearings on S. 504, to modify the 
requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, 
consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims, and 
S. 506, to provide a reasonable royalty from mineral activities on 
Federal lands, to specify reclamation requirements for mineral 
activities on Federal lands, and to create a State program for the 
reclamation of abandoned hard rock mining sites on Federal lands, 
receiving testimony from John D. Leshy, Solicitor, Department of the 
Interior; Jim Carter, Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining, Salt Lake 
City; Dino DiCianno, Nevada Department of Taxation, Carson City; 
Douglas C. Yearley, Phelps Dodge Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona, on 
behalf of the Mineral Resources Alliance and the National Mining 
Association; Steven C. Borell, Alaska Miners Association, Anchorage; 
Lois VanHoover, Alliance of Independent Miners, Boise, Idaho; Lynne 
Stone, Boulder-White Clouds Council, Ketchum, Idaho; Ed Whitelaw, 
University of Oregon, Eugene; and Philip M. Hocker, Mineral Policy 
Center, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure resumed hearings on S. 440, to 
provide for the designation of the National Highway System, focusing on 
the use of crumb rubber in asphalt pavement and the diversion of funds 
to State safety programs for States without motorcycle helmet and 
safety belt use laws, receiving testimony from Senators Lautenberg, 
Campbell, Nickles, and Snowe; Mark L. Rosenberg, Director, National 
Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (Atlanta, Georgia), Department of Health and Human 
Services; Rhode Island State Senator William Enos, Tiverton; New 
Hampshire State Representative Sherman Packard, Londonderry; Illinois 
State Senator John Cullerton, Chicago; Marshall Moore, North Dakota 
Department of Transportation, Bismarck; Frank Carlile, Florida 
Department of Transportation, Tallahassee; Gary Sauer, Maple Grove, 
Minnesota, on behalf of the National Asphalt Pavement Association; and 
Jed Billings, FNF Construction, Inc., Tempe, Arizona.
  Hearings continue on Thursday, April 6.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS REORGANIZATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings on proposals 
to reorganize and revitalize American foreign affairs institutions, 
focusing on alternatives to the Agency for International Development, 
receiving testimony from Linda F. Powers, ENRON Development 
Corporation, Houston, Texas; John D. Kasarda, Kenan Institute for 
Private Enterprise, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and John W. Sewell, 
Overseas Development Council, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS REORGANIZATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations held hearings on proposals to reorganize and revitalize 
American foreign affairs institutions, receiving testimony from Richard 
M. Moose, Under Secretary of State for Management; John D. Holum, 
Director, United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; Joseph D. 
Duffey, Director, United States Information Agency; J. Brian Atwood, 
Administrator, Agency for International Development; Jeffrey E. Garten, 
Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; Robert M. Kimmitt, 
Lehman Brothers, and John Rhinelander, Shaw, Pittman, Potts and 
Trowbridge, both of Washington, D.C.; and William Schneider, Jr., 
International Planning Services, Inc., Arlington, Virginia.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call. [[Page D448]] 
GAO
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings on 
the roles, mission, and operation of the General Accounting Office and 
its future direction, receiving testimony from Charles A. Bowsher, 
Comptroller General of the United States, and James F. Hinchman, 
Special Assistant to the Comptroller General, both of the General 
Accounting Office; and R. Scott Fosler, Alan K. Campbell, and Annmarie 
Walsh, all of the National Academy of Public Administration, 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Education, Arts 
and Humanities concluded oversight hearings on the implementation and 
administration of the Federal Direct Student Loan Program, focusing on 
the loan disbursement process, including collection and servicing 
issues, after receiving testimony from Madeleine Kunin, Deputy 
Secretary, Steven A. McNamara, Assistant Inspector General for Audit, 
and Leo Kornfeld, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, all of the 
Department of Education; Cornelia M. Blanchette, Associate Director, 
Education and Employment Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services 
Division, General Accounting Office; Lynn M. Fawthrop, Roger Williams 
University, Bristol, Rhode Island, on behalf of the Advisory Committee 
on Student Financial Assistance; Rudolph G. Penner, KPMG Peat Marwick, 
Washington, D.C.; Larry M. Tait, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee; 
James A. Belvin, Jr., Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Joseph 
A. Russo, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana; Donald M. 
Honeman, University of Vermont, Burlington; and Earl E. Dowling, Iowa 
State University, Ames.
SENATE FLOOR PRESS BRIEFINGS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably 
reported, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. Res. 24, 
providing for the broadcasting of press briefings on the floor prior to 
the Senate's daily convening.