[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 76 (Tuesday, May 9, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D566-D567]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the National Guard 
and Reserve programs, receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. Edward D. Baca, 
USA, Chief, National Guard Bureau; Maj. Gen. John R. D'Araujo, Jr., 
Director, Army National Guard; Maj. Gen. Donald W. Shepperd, USAF, 
Director, Air National Guard; Maj. Gen. Max Baratz, USA, Chief of Army 
Reserve; Rear Adm. Thomas F. Hall, USN, Director of Naval Reserve; Maj. 
Gen. James Livingston, USMC, Commanding General of Marine Forces 
Reserve; and Maj. Gen. Robert A. McIntosh, USAF, Chief of Air Force 
Reserve.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 17.
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for military 
construction programs of the Department of Defense, receiving testimony 
in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Robert B. 
Pirie, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and 
Environment); and Jimmy G. Dishner, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the 
Air Force (Installations).
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 25.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower concluded 
hearings on S. 727, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense and the future years defense 
program, focusing on the Department of the Navy's implementation of its 
strategy for Littoral Warfare, after receiving testimony from Nora 
Slatkin, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and 
Acquisition; Vice Adm. T. Joseph Lopez, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval 
Operations, Warfare Requirements and Assessment; and Lt. Gen. Charles 
E. Wilhelm, USMC, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development 
Command.
1996 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee continued markup of a proposed 
concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1996 budget for the Federal 
Government, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again 
tomorrow.
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, focusing on the impact of Superfund on 
Federal facility cleanup programs, receiving testimony from Thomas P. 
Grumbly, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management; 
Sherri W. Goodman, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental 
Security; Christopher Jones, Ohio Attorney General's Office, Columbus; 
Frank L. Parker, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Mary P. 
Morningstar, Lockheed-Martin Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts; Barry 
P. Steinberg, Rosslyn, Virginia, on behalf of the National Association 
of Installation Developers; Lenny Siegel, San Francisco State 
University, San Francisco, California; and Andrew Paterson, RIMTech, 
Pasadena, California, on behalf of Environmental Business Partners.
  Hearings continue on Thursday, May 11.
MEDICARE TRUST FUNDS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the fiscal 
solvency of Medicare and the status of the program's delivery of health 
care services, focusing on the 1995 Annual Reports of the Board of 
Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Supplementary Medical 
Insurance Trust Funds, receiving testimony from Donna E. Shalala, 
Secretary, and Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of Social Security, both 
of the Department of Health and Human Services; and Stanford G. Ross, 
Washington, D.C., and 
[[Page D567]] David M. Walker, Atlanta, Georgia, both on behalf of the 
Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees.
  Hearings continue on Thursday, May 11.