[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 69 (Thursday, April 27, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D521-D523]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--FOSSIL ENERGY/CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY/SPR/NPR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior (and Related 
Agencies) held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1996 for fossil energy and clean coal technology programs, the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and the Naval Petroleum Reserve, receiving 
testimony from Patricia Fry Godley, Assistant Secretary of Energy for 
Fossil Energy.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, May 2.
ARMED SERVICES READINESS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held hearings to 
examine the near- and long-term readiness of the Armed Forces as it 
relates to the future years defense plan, receiving testimony from Gen. 
Gordon R. Sullivan, USA, Chief of Staff, United States Army; Adm. 
Jeremy M. Boorda, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy; 
Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman, USAF, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force; 
and Gen. Carl E. Mundy, Jr., USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps, 
United States Marine Corps.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
HUD REORGANIZATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing Opportunity and Community Development resumed hearings on 
proposals to reorganize the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
(HUD), focusing on housing and community development policy, receiving 
testimony from Mayor Steve Bartlett, Dallas, Texas; Richard C. Gentry, 
Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Richmond, Virginia; 
Audley Evans, Tampa Housing Authority, Tampa, Florida; Willie F. 
Carter, Hunter's View Resident Management Corporation, San Francisco, 
California; Shirley Dykshoorn, North Dakota Office of Intergovernmental 
Assistance, Bismarck, on behalf of the Council of State Community 
Development Agencies; James L. Logue III, Michigan State Housing 
Development Authority, Lansing, on behalf of the National Council of 
State Housing Agencies; William R. Frey, Enterprise Foundation, New 
York, New York; and Danette Jones, Madison Park Community Development 
Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts, on behalf of the National Congress 
for Community Economic Development.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee met and approved 
the following new subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Energy Production and Regulation: Senators Nickles 
(Chairman), Jeffords (Vice Chairman), Hatfield, Burns, Bingaman, Ford, 
and Akaka.
  Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development: Senators Domenici 
(Chairman), Craig (Vice Chairman), Kyl, Grams, Ford, Wellstone, and 
Heflin.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management: Senators Craig 
(Chairman), Kyl (Vice Chairman), Hatfield, Domenici, Campbell, Thomas, 
Bradley, Bumpers, Bingaman, and Dorgan.
  Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation: 
Senators Campbell (Chairman), Grams (Vice Chairman), Nickles, Thomas, 
Jeffords, Bumpers, Bradley, Wellstone, and Heflin.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations: Senators Thomas 
(Chairman), Burns (Vice Chairman), Domenici, Craig, Campbell, and 
Akaka.
ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on S. 537 and H.R. 402, bills to [[Page D522]] make certain technical 
corrections to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act to provide for the conveyance 
of certain lands within Alaska and to resolve certain other issues, 
after receiving testimony from Deborah Williams, Special Assistant to 
the Secretary of the Interior for Alaska; and Nelson Angapak, Alaska 
Federation of Natives, Anchorage.
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), receiving testimony 
from Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, Environment and 
Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice; Jan Paul Acton, 
Assistant Director, Natural Resources and Commerce Division, 
Congressional Budget Office; New Jersey Deputy Attorney General R. 
Brian McLaughlin, Trenton, on behalf of the National Association of 
Attorneys General; Robert N. Burt, FMC Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, 
on behalf of the Business Roundtable; Richard D. Smith, Chubb 
Corporation, Warren, New Jersey; Kelvin Herstad, United Truck Body, 
Inc., Duluth, Minnesota, on behalf of the National Federation of 
Independent Businesses; Barbara Price, Phillips Petroleum, 
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, on behalf of the American Petroleum Institute; 
Mary P. Morningstar, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bedford, 
Massachusetts, on behalf of the Electronics Industry Association; 
Richard F. Leavitt, Chelsea Clock Company, Chelsea, Massachusetts, on 
behalf of Superfund Reform '95; Boyd Condie, Alhambra, California, on 
behalf of the American Communities for Cleanup Equity; Peter B. 
Prestley, Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett, New York, New York, on behalf 
of the American Bar Association; Anne Pendegrass Hill, First Interstate 
Bank, Portland, Oregon, on behalf of the American Bankers Association; 
and Joe J. Palacioz, Hutchinson, Kansas.
  Hearings continue on Thursday, May 4.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on proposals to 
reform the national welfare system, including S. 599, S. 707 and H.R. 
4, after receiving testimony from Senators Brown, Conrad, Faircloth, 
Harkin, Kassebaum, and Santorum; Charles A. Murray, American Enterprise 
Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington, D.C.; and Richard P. 
Nathan, State University of New York, Albany.
NATO'S FUTURE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs held 
hearings to examine the future of NATO, focusing on United States 
interests in Europe and potential threats to those interests, receiving 
testimony from Robert B. Zoellick, Executive Vice President of General 
Counsel, Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae); Fred C. 
Ikle, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Lt. Gen. 
William Odom, USA (Ret.), Hudson Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; 
and Arnold Horelick, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
REGULATORY REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: On Wednesday, April 26, committee ordered 
favorably reported S. 343, to reform the Federal regulatory process, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
TERRORISM IN THE UNITED STATES
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine the 
nature and extent of the threat of terrorism in the United States, and 
proposed legislation to enhance and extend the penalties for terrorist 
acts, add the crime of conspiracy to certain terrorism offenses, 
increase the ability of the Federal Government to deport suspected 
terrorists, and add new restrictions on providing material support to 
terrorists, receiving testimony from Senators Dole, Nickles and Inhofe; 
Louis J. Freeh, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Jamie S. 
Gorelick, Deputy Attorney General, both of the Department of Justice; 
Ronald K. Noble, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement; 
Morris S. Dees, Jr., Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Alabama; 
Brian Jenkins, Kroll Associates, Los Angeles, California; Robert 
Kupperman, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Steven 
Emerson, both of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Education, Arts 
and Humanities concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
funds for programs of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied 
Technology Act of 1990, focusing on the Federal and State role in the 
vocational education process, after receiving testimony from Augusta 
Kappner, Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education, and 
David Boesel, Director, National Assessment of Vocational Education, 
and Acting Director, National Institute on Postsecondary Education, 
Libraries, and Lifelong Learning, Office for Educational Research and 
Improvement, both of [[Page D523]] the Department of Education; Rhode 
Island Commissioner of Education Peter McWalters, Providence, on behalf 
of the Council of Chief State School Officers; Phyllis Hudecki, 
National Center for Research in Vocational Education, Berkeley, 
California; Marcia Baker, Burlington Technical Center, Burlington, 
Vermont; Susan Brown, Southern Maine Technical College, South Portland, 
on behalf of the Maine Youth Apprenticeship Program; David Mertes, 
California Community Colleges, Sacramento; and Roy Peters, Jr., 
Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Stillwater.