[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 143 (Thursday, September 14, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1094-D1095]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE/D.C./FOREIGN OPERATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  H.R. 1976, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, with amendments;
  H.R.----------, making appropriations for the government of the 
District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996; and
  H.R. 1868, making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1996, with amendments.
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia 
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 
for the government of the District of Columbia, after receiving 
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from 
Annice M. Wagner, Chief Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals; 
Eugene N. Hamilton, Chief Judge, Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia; Andrew F. Brimmer, Chairman, District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority; Wilma R. Harvey, 
President, District of Columbia Board of Education; and Franklin L. 
Smith, Superintendent, District of Columbia Public Schools.
PUBLIC BROADCASTING REFORM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on proposals to privatize the public broadcasting system, 
after receiving testimony from Frederick M.R. Smith, CS First Boston, 
New York, New York; George L. Miles, Jr., WQED Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania; Delano E. Lewis, National Public Radio, and Kenneth 
Robinson, both of Washington, D.C.; Burnhill Clark, KCTS Television, 
Seattle, Washington; and Newton N. Minow, Carnegie Corporation, 
Chicago, Illinois.

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FEDERAL OIL AND GAS LEASING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy 
Production and Regulation concluded hearings on the following bills:
  S. 1014, to improve the management of royalties from Federal and 
Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases, after receiving testimony 
from Cynthia Quarterman, Director, Minerals Management Service, 
Department of the Interior; Don Hoffman, Montana Department of Revenue, 
Helena; J. Larry Nichols, Devon Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, 
Oklahoma; and J.B. Rollins, Chevron U.S.A. Production Company, Houston, 
Texas; and
  S. 1012, to extend the time for construction of certain FERC licensed 
hydro projects, after receiving submitted testimony from Elizabeth A. 
Moler, Chair, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of 
Energy.
CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS AND FOREIGN POLICY IN SOUTH ASIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
Asian Affairs concluded hearings to examine United States conventional 
weapons and foreign policy in South Asia, after receiving testimony 
from Senator Pressler; Robin Raphel, Assistant Secretary of State for 
South Asian Affairs; Bruce O. Riedel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Near East and South Asian Affairs; Stephen P. Cohen, 
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana; George K. Tanham, RAND 
Corporation, Michael Krepon, Henry L. Stimson Center, James Clad, 
Georgetown University, and William Clark, Jr., Center for Strategic and 
International Studies, all of Washington, D.C.; and Bruce Fein, Great 
Falls, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following measures:
  S. 1111, to amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to 
patents on biotechnological processes;
  S. 977, to correct certain references in the Bankruptcy Code; and
  S.J. Res. 20, granting the consent of Congress to the compact to 
provide for joint natural resources and boating at the Jennings 
Randolph Lake Project lying in Garrett County, Maryland and Mineral 
County, West Virginia, entered into between the States of West Virginia 
and Maryland.
RUBY RIDGE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and 
Government Information resumed hearings to examine certain Federal law 
enforcement actions with regard to the 1992 incident at Ruby Ridge, 
Idaho, receiving testimony from Roger Love, Mark Tilton, Christopher 
Whitcomb, Dale Monroe, Edward C. Wenger, Jr., Warren Bamford, Jerome 
Barker, and Christopher Curran, all of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, Department of Justice.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.