[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 157 (Wednesday, October 11, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1190]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
IRAN SANCTIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to explore the status and effectiveness of the United States 
trade embargo against Iran, and on S. 1228, to impose U.S. trade 
sanctions on foreign companies trading in oil drilling equipment and 
oil field development with Iran, after receiving testimony from Peter 
Tarnoff, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; and John C. 
Gannon, Deputy Director of Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 1012, to extend the time for construction of certain FERC licensed 
hydro projects;
  H.R. 529, to authorize the exchange of National Forest System lands 
in the Targhee National Forest in Idaho for non-Federal lands within 
the Targhee National Forest in Wyoming; and
  The nominations of Patricia J. Beneke, of Iowa, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science, Eluid Levi Martinez, 
of New Mexico, to be Commissioner of Reclamation, Department of the 
Interior, Derrick L. Forrister, of Tennessee, to be Assistant Secretary 
of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Charles 
William Burton, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the United States Enrichment Corporation.
CHINESE MILITARY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs held hearings to examine the growth and role of the Chinese 
military, receiving testimony from Winston Lord, Assistant Secretary of 
State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; Rick Fisher, 
Heritage Foundation, Ron Montaperto, National Defense University, and 
Alfred D. Wilhelm, Jr., Atlantic Council Federation, all of Washington, 
D.C.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.