[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 82 (Wednesday, May 17, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D620-D622]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Legal Services Corporation, 
receiving testimony from Alex Forger, President, Doug Eakeley, Board 
Chairman, and John Broderick, Board Member, all of the Legal Services 
Corporation; Melville Miller, New Jersey Legal Services, Trenton; 
Nathan Bowles, West Virginia Legal Services, Charleston; John Robb, New 
Mexico Ad Hoc Committee on Legal Services, Santa Fe; Chip Mellor, 
Institute for Justice, and David Keene, American Conservative Union, 
both of Washington, D.C.; and other public witnesses.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related 
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1996 for the National Park Service, receiving testimony from George T. 
Frampton, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, 
Mary Ann Lawler, Director, Office of Budget, and Roger G. Kennedy, 
Director, John J. Reynolds, Deputy Director, C. Bruce 
[[Page D621]] Sheaffer, Comptroller, and Denis P. Galvin, Associate 
Director, Planning and Development, all of the National Park Service, 
all of the Department of the Interior.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 24.
NAPA REPORT ON EPA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies held hearings to examine the National Academy of Public 
Administration (NAPA) report on the effectiveness of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, receiving testimony from Peter Guerrero, Director, 
Environmental Protection Issues, General Accounting Office; former 
Representative Don Ritter, on behalf of the National Environmental 
Policy Institute; Mayor Gregory Lashutka, Columbus, Ohio; Jonathan 
Howes, North Carolina Department of the Environment, Health and Natural 
Resources, Raleigh, on behalf of the NAPA Project Panel; David 
Sonstegard, 3M Corporation, St. Paul, Minnesota; Mary Gade, Illinois 
State Environmental Protection Agency, Springfield, on behalf of the 
Environmental Council of States; and William Roberts, Environmental 
Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, May 19.
START II TREATY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to examine the 
national security implications of United States ratification of the 
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START II) (Treaty Doc. 103-1), 
receiving testimony from Walter B. Slocombe, Under Secretary for 
Policy, Lt. Gen. Wesley K. Clark, USA, Director for Strategic Plans and 
Policy, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Col. Max Harshman, Chief, START INS 
Division, On-Site Inspection Agency, all of the Department of Defense.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology 
resumed 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 dual-use technology programs, receiving 
testimony from Paul G. Kaminski, Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Technology; David Cooper, Director, Acquisition Policy, 
Technology and Competitiveness Issues, General Accounting Office; and 
Robert J. Hermann, United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, 
Connecticut.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: On Tuesday, May 16, Subcommittee on 
Strategic Forces resumed open and closed 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 Energy weapons activities, non-proliferation and 
national security programs, receiving testimony from Charles B. Curtis, 
Under Secretary, Victor H. Reis, Assistant Secretary for Defense 
Programs, Kenneth E. Baker, Director, Office of Nonproliferation and 
National Security, Siegfried S. Hecker, Director, Los Alamos National 
Laboratory, C. Bruce Tarter, Director, Lawrence Livermore National 
Laboratory, and Roger Hagengruber, Vice President for Defense Programs, 
Sandia National Laboratories, all of the Department of Energy; and 
Harold P. Smith, Jr., Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic 
Energy.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 18.
MEDICARE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the fiscal 
solvency of Medicare and the status of the program's delivery of health 
care services, focusing on methods to preserve and improve the Medicare 
program, after receiving testimony from former Senator Rudman, on 
behalf of the Concord Coalition, Richard J. Davidson, American Hospital 
Association, and Eugene I. Lehrmann, American Association of Retired 
Persons, all of Washington, D.C.; and Nancy W. Dickey, Richmond, Texas, 
on behalf of the American Medical Association.
AUTHORIZATION--STATE DEPARTMENT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original bill to authorize funds for fiscal years 1996 through 1999 and 
to reorganize certain functions of the Department of State.
EXECUTIVE BRANCH REORGANIZATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine 
proposals to reorganize the Executive Branch of the Federal Government, 
receiving testimony from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the 
United States, General Accounting Office; Alice M. Rivlin, Director, 
and John Koskinen, Deputy Director for Management, both of the Office 
of Management and Budget; R. Scott Fosler and Alan L. Dean, both of the 
National Academy of Public Administration, Washington, D.C.; Andrew 
Foster, The Audit Commission, United Kingdom; Paul C. Light, University 
of Minnesota, Minneapolis; and Robert S. Gilmour, University of 
Connecticut, Storrs.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
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INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Wednesday, May 24.