[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 158 (Thursday, October 12, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1200-D1201]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SENIOR CITIZENS HOUSING SAFETY AND ECONOMIC RELIEF ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Ordered reported amended H.R. 
117, Senior Citizens Housing Safety and Economic Relief Act of 1985.
  Prior to this action, the Committee held a hearing on this legislation. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Blute, Flanagan, Moran, and LaHood; 
and public witnesses.
BUDGET RECONCILIATION RECOMMENDATIONS; EXTENSION OF DISCRETIONARY CAPS AND 
PAYGO REQUIREMENTS
Committee on the Budget: Began consideration of the following: 
Reconciliation Recommendations for fiscal year 1996; and Extension of 
Discretionary Caps and Paygo Requirements.
CELLULAR TELEPHONE SERVICE INDUSTRY COMPETITION
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a 
hearing on Competition in the Cellular Telephone Service Industry. Testimony 
was heard from John Anderson, Director, Transportation and 
Telecommunications Issues, GAO; Anne Bingaman, Assistant Attorney General, 
Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; Regina Keeney, Chief-Wireless 
Telecommuncations Bureau, FCC; and public witnesses.
MEDICARE PRESERVATION ACT
Committee on Commerce: On October 11, the Committee ordered reported amended 
H.R. 2425, Medicare Preservation Act of 1995.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Civil Service 
held a hearing on Civil Service Reform I: National Performance Review (NPR) 
and the Case for Reform. Testimony was 

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heard from John Koskinen, Deputy Director, OMB; James B. King, 
Director, OPM; Mortimer L. Downey, Deputy Secretary, Department of 
Transportation; William Broadnax, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and 
Human Services; L. Nye Stevens, Director, Federal Management and Workforce 
Issues, GAO; and the following former Directors, OPM: Donald J. Devine and 
Constance Horner.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
HHS' MANAGEMENT OF THREATS TO NATION'S BLOOD SUPPLY
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Human 
Resources and Intergovernmental Relations held an oversight hearing on the 
Department of Health and Human Services' Management of Threats to the 
Nation's Blood Supply. Testimony was heard from Donna Shalala, Secretary of 
Health and Human Services and public witnesses.
NATIONAL EXPORT STRATEGY REPORT
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic 
Policy and Trade held a hearing to release the Trade Promotion Coordinating 
Committee's Third Annual Report: The National Export Strategy. Testimony was 
heard from the Ronald H. Brown, Secretary of Commerce.
PRESIDENT ARISTIDE'S FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE
 Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on the Western 
Hemisphere held a hearing to review President Aristide's first year in 
office. Testimony was heard from Representative Goss; James Dobbins, Special 
Haiti Coordinator, Department of State; Norma J. Parker, Deputy Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, AID, U.S. 
International Development Cooperation Agency; and public witnesses.
IMMIGRATION IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Continued markup of H.R. 2202, Immigration in 
the National Interest Act of 1995.
  Will continue October 17.
ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT
Committee on Resources: Began markup of H.R. 2275, Endangered Species 
Conservation and Management Act of 1995.
21ST CENTURY--EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Science and the Committee on Economic and Educational 
Opportunities held a joint hearing on Educational Technology in the 21st 
Century. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LOAN PACKAGING
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Government Programs held a 
hearing on Loan Packaging. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the SBA: Karen Lee, Deputy Inspector General; and Patricia Forbes, Acting 
Associate Deputy Administrator, Economic Development; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.
VETERANS' LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension, 
Insurance and Memorial Affairs held a hearing on pending legislative 
proposals (H.R. 109, H.R. 368, H.R. 1482, H.R. 1483, H.R. 1609, H.R. 1809, 
H.R. 2155, H.R. 2156, and H.R. 2157). Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Smith of New Jersey and Bilirakis; the following officials 
of the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. Samuel E. Ebbesen, USA, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Military Personnel Policy, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary, Force Management Policy; and Al Bemis, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Manpower and Personnel; Office of the Assistant Secretary Reserve 
Affairs; the following officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs: R. 
John Vogel, Under Secretary, Benefits; and Charles Cragin, Chairman, Board 
of Veterans' Appeals; and representatives of veterans organizations.
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