[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 161 (Wednesday, October 18, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1217-D1219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATURAL DISASTER PROTECTION AND INSURANCE ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on S. 1043, to provide for an expanded Federal program of 
hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against the risk of 

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catastrophic natural disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and 
volcanic eruptions, after receiving testimony from Charles Quackenbush, 
California Department of Insurance, Sacramento; Jack Weber, Natural 
Disaster Coalition, Scott Hoffman, Americans for Tax Reform, and Jordan 
Clark, United Homeowners Association, all of Washington, D.C.; James R. 
Klagholz, Independent Insurance Agents of America, Seaside Park, New 
Jersey; David Keating, National Taxpayers Union, Alexandria, Virginia; 
R.D. Paulison, Metro-Dade Fire Rescue Department, Miami,  Florida,  on  
behalf  of  the International Association  of  Fire  Chiefs;  Rebecca  
Quinn, Water Resources Administration, Annapolis, Maryland, on behalf 
of the Association of State Floodplain Managers, Inc.; and Dale W. 
Shipley, Ohio Emergency Management Agency, Columbus.
AMATEUR SPORTS ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce and Tourism concluded oversight 
hearings on the implementation of the Amateur Sports Act of 1978 (P.L. 
95-606), after receiving testimony from former Representative Tom 
McMillen, on behalf of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and 
Sports; Norma V. Cantu, Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil 
Rights; LeRoy T. Walker, Durham, North Carolina, and Richard Schultz, 
Colorado Springs, Colorado, both on behalf of the United States Olympic 
Committee; G. Andrew Fleming, 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games, 
Washington, D.C.; A.D. Frazier, Atlanta Committee for the Olympic 
Games, Atlanta, Georgia; Edward Burke, Community-Based/Armed Forces 
Council, Los Gatos, California; Bobby Dodd, Amateur Athletic Union, 
Indianapolis, Indiana; Jeff Darman, Road Runners Club of America, and 
L. Richard Rader, Sport of Pentathlon, both of Arlington, Virginia; 
Peter Westbrook, Peter Westbrook Foundation, on behalf of the United 
States Olympic Committee Athlete's Advisory Council, and Alpha 
Alexander, Young Womens Christian Association of the USA, both of New 
York, New York; Gary Johansen, United States Olympic Committee 
Membership and Credentials Committee, Cedar Grove, New Jersey; Melanie 
Genung, U.S.A. National Karate-do Federation, Seattle, Washington; 
William Hybl, U.S. Figure Skating Association, Colorado Springs, 
Colorado; Donna Lopiano, Women's Sports Foundation, East Meadow, New 
York; and Peggy Bradley Doppus, National Association of Collegiate 
Women Athletic Administrators, Greensboro, North Carolina.
BUDGET RECONCILIATION
Committee on Finance: Committee continued in evening session to review 
certain spending reductions and revenue increases to meet 
reconciliation expenditures as imposed by H. Con. Res. 67, setting 
forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for 
fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Jim Sasser, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the 
People's Republic of China, after the nominee further testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
PROPERTY RIGHTS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 605, to 
establish a uniform and more efficient Federal process for protecting 
property owners' rights guaranteed by the fifth amendment, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Chafee, Leahy, and Shelby; Joseph L. 
Sax, Counselor to the Secretary of the Interior; Keith W. Eckel, 
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, Camp Hill, on behalf of the American Farm 
Bureau Federation; Merrily Pierce, Fairfax County Federation of 
Citizens Associations, McLean, Virginia; Jonathan H. Adler, Competitive 
Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.; and Richard G. Wilkins, Brigham 
Young University Law School, Provo, Utah.
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 Larry Potts, Assistant Director, 
Criminal Investigation Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and 
Jamie S. Gorelick, Deputy Attorney General, both of the Department of 
Justice.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
EMERGING INFECTIONS
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings to 
examine the threat and risk of certain old and new infectious diseases 
on the nation's health, receiving testimony from David Satcher, 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Robert E. Shope, University of Texas Medical 
Branch, Galveston; James W. LeDuc and David L. Heymann, both of the 
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; Donald J. Krogstad, 
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New 
Orleans, Louisiana; Michael T. Osterholm, Minnesota Department of 
Health, Minneapolis; Margaret A. Hamburg, New York City Department of 
Health, New York, New York; and Jerome O. Klein, Boston University 
School of Medicine, and Allen C. Steere, 

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Tufts University School of Medicine, both of Boston, Massachusetts.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.