[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 92 (Wednesday, June 7, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D692-D693]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE/SELECTIVE SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1996, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their 
respective activities from Eli J. Segal, Chief Executive Officer, 
Corporation for National and Community Service; and Gil Coronado, 
Director, Selective Service System.
BOSNIA
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to examine recent 
developments in Bosnia and changes in United States policy toward the 
conflict in the region, receiving testimony from William J. Perry, 
Secretary of Defense; and Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman, Joint 
Chiefs of Staff.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Martin Neil Baily, of Maryland, to be a 
Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, John D. Hawke Jr., of New 
York, to be Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance, 
Charles L. Marinaccio, of the District of Columbia, Deborah Dudley 
Branson, of Texas, Marianne C. Spraggins, of New York, and Albert J. 
Dwoskin, of Virginia, each to be a Director of the Securities Investor 
Protection Corporation, Steve M. Hays, of Tennessee, to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences, 
and Sheila Anne Smith, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Baily was 
introduced by Senator Sarbanes, Mr. Marinaccio was introduced by 
Representative LaFalce, Ms. Branson was introduced by Senators Bumpers 
and Moseley-Braun, Ms. Spraggins was introduced by Senator Moseley-
Braun, Mr. Hays was introduced by Senator Frist, and Ms. Smith was 
introduced by Senators Simon and Moseley-Braun.
  Also, committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Tony Scallon, 
of Minnesota, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National 
Consumer Cooperative Bank.

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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations concluded hearings to review how the Departments of 
Energy and Interior and the U.S. Forest Service are implementing the 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-
190), focusing on problems associated with Environmental Impact 
Statements, after receiving testimony from Jack Ward Thomas, Chief, 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; John D. Leshy, Solicitor, 
Department of the Interior; Robert R. Nordhaus, General Counsel, 
Department of Energy; David V. Garber, Big Horn Forest Grazing 
Permittees Association, Big Horn, Wyoming; Steve Silver, Robertson, 
Monagle and Eastaugh, Juneau, Alaska; Robert S. Lynch, Colorado River 
Energy Distributors Association, Salt Lake City, Utah; and Robert 
Dreher, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.
SMALL BUSINESS TAX INCENTIVES
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on issues relating to 
small business tax incentives, focusing on proposals to modify estate 
and gift taxation and expensing of equipment for small businesses under 
section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including H.R. 1215, 
S. 105, S. 628, S. 867, S. 161, and S. 692, receiving testimony from 
Cynthia G. Beerbower, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for 
Tax Policy; Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New 
York, on behalf of the National Bureau of Economic Research; Guy B. 
Maxfield, New York University Law School, New York; Edward J. 
McCaffrey, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; and Richard 
W. Rahn, Business Leadership Council, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original bill to authorize reduced levels of appropriations for foreign 
assistance programs for fiscal years 1996 and 1997.
GOVERNMENT PROGRAM STRUCTURING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine 
potential duplication, overlap and fragmentation in Federal Government 
programs, receiving testimony from Susan J. Irving, Associate Director, 
and Michael J. Curro, Assistant Director, both for Budget Issues, 
Accounting and Information Management Division, General Accounting 
Office; William E. Davis III, Executive Director, Advisory Commission 
on Intergovernmental Relations; and Janet L. Norwood and Thomas H. 
Stanton, both of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
JUVENILE CRIME
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Youth Violence concluded 
hearings to examine how welfare dependence and illegitimacy contribute 
to juvenile crime and violence, after receiving testimony from J.T. 
Marlin, Chattanooga Police Department, Hixson, Tennessee; Patrick F. 
Fagan, The Heritage Foundation, James Wootton, Safe Streets Alliance, 
Michael Tanner, CATO Institute, and Robert L. Maginnis, Family Research 
Council, all of Washington, D.C.; Donald Bersoff, Medical College of 
Pennsylvania and Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania; and M. 
Anne Hill, City University of New York, New York.