[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 2, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D537-D538]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and Judiciary continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security held a 
hearing on Munitions Issues. Testimony was heard from Brig. Gen. 
William R. Holmes, USA, Deputy for Ammunition, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary of the Army (Research, Development and Acquisition), 
Department of Defense.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies held a hearing on the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development. Testimony was heard from Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic 
and International Monetary Policy held a hearing on the 
Administration's plan for authorization of the fiscal year 1996 funding 
for the International Financial Institutions. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Lawrence H. 
Summers, Under Secretary, International Affairs; and Susan B. Levine, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Development, Debt and 
Environment Policy; and public witnesses.
IMPACT OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS ON STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Impact of Federal 
Regulations on State and Local Governments. Testimony was heard from 
the following Governors: Tommy Thompson, Wisconsin; and Pete Wilson, 
California; and the following Mayors: Bret Schundler, Jersey City, New 
Jersey; and Jim Patterson, Fresno, California.
OVERSIGHT--ADULT EDUCATION ACT AND NATIONAL LITERACY ACT
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Early Childhood, Youth and Families held an oversight hearing on the 
Adult Education Act and the National Literacy Act. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of Education: Augusta 
Kappner, Assistant Secretary, Vocational and Adult Education; and 
Andrew J. Hartman, Director, National Institute for Literacy; Jean 
Hurley Simon, Chairperson, U.S. National Commission on Libraries and 
Informational Science; Cheryl L. Keenan, Director, Bureau of Adult 
Basic and Literacy Education, State of Pennsylvania; Bob Bickerton, 
Administrator, Adult and Community Learning Services, Department of 
Education, State of Massachusetts; Steve Steurer, Office of 
Correctional Education, Department of Education, State of Maryland; and 
public witnesses.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations held a hearing on Affirmative Action. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
NATIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on 
the National Performance Review. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the OMB: Alice M. Rivlin, Director; and John Koskinen, 
Deputy Director; the following officials of the GAO: Charles A. 
Bowsher, Comptroller General; L. Nye Stevens, Deputy Director, General 
Government Division; and Gene L. Dodaro, Assistant Comptroller General, 
Accounting and Information Management Division; and public witnesses.
CORRECTIONS DAY POLICY AND PROCEDURES
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on National 
Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs and the 
Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House of the Committee on 
Rules held a joint hearing on ``Corrections Day Policy and 
Procedures''. Testimony was heard from Speaker Gingrich; 
Representatives DeLay, Vucanovich and Bilbray; Roger Cornett, Mayor, 
Richmond, Indiana; and public witnesses.
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REGULATORY SUNSET AND REVIEW ACT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on National 
Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs concluded 
hearings on H.R. 994, Regulatory Sunset and Review Act of 1995, Part 2. 
Testimony was heard from Judy Feder, Principle Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human 
Services; James Gilliland, General Counsel, USDA; Edward Knight, 
General Counsel, Department of the Treasury; Stephen Kaplan, General 
Counsel, Department of Transportation; Richard Roberts, Commissioner, 
SEC; and William E. Kennard, General Counsel, FCC.
U.S. SANCTIONS ON IRAN: NEXT STEPS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Economic Policy and Trade held a hearing on United States Sanctions on 
Iran: Next Steps. Testimony was held from Representative King; Peter 
Tarnoff, Under Secretary, Department of State; and public witnesses.
MEDICARE HOSPITAL INSURANCE TRUST FUND
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the Medicare Hospital 
Insurance Trust Fund. Testimony was heard from Donna E. Shalala, 
Secretary of Health and Human Services and Trustee, Federal Hospital 
Insurance Trust Fund; June E. O'Neil, Director, CBO; and public 
witnesses.