[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 167 (Thursday, October 26, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1262-D1263]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported a measure making 
appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other 
activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said 
district for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996.
REFORM OF SUPERFUND ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous 
Materials continued hearings on H.R. 2500, Reform of Superfund Act of 
1995. Testimony was heard from Representatives McIntosh, and Zeliff; 
Carol M. Browner, Administrator, EPA; Lois Schiffer, Assistant Attorney 
General, Department of Justice; Sheri W. Goodman, Deputy Under 
Secretary, Environmental Security, Department of Defense; Barry 
Johnson, M.D., Assistant Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry, Department of Health and Human Services; Douglas 
Hall, Assistant Secretary, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Langdon Marsh, 
Director, Department of Environmental Quality, State of Oregon; Martin 
J. McHugh, Office of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental 
Protection, State of New Jersey; and public witnesses.
PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing 
on H.R. 1514, Propane Education and Research Act of 1995. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Civil 
Service held a hearing on Civil Service Reform 11: Performance and 
Accountability. Testimony was heard from Evangeline W. Swift, Director, 
Office of Policy and Evaluation, Merit Systems Protection Board; and 
public witnesses.
UN: MANAGEMENT, FINANCE, AND REFORM
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights held a hearing on the United Nations: 
Management, Finance, and Reform. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Scarborough; Frank Ruddy, former Ambassador to 
Equatorial Guinea; and public witnesses.
PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing on H.R. 1946, Parental Rights and Responsibilities Act of 1995. 
Testimony was heard from Senator Grassley; Representatives Largent and 
Parker; and public witnesses.
PRIOR DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL USE ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual 
Property held a hearing on H.R. 2235, Prior Domestic Commercial Use Act 
of 1995. Testimony was heard from Dieter Holnkes, Senior Counsel, 
Office of Legislative and International Affairs, Patent and Trademark 
Office, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
METHAMPHETAMINE IN AMERICA
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on the 
Rising Scourge of Methamphetamine in America. Testimony was heard from 
Thomas Constantine, Administrator, DEA, Department of Justice; and 
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2067, to facilitate 
improved management of National Park Service Lands; H.R. 2025, Park 
Renewal Fund Act; H.R. 2465, National Park Service Professionalization 
Act; and H.R. 2464, to amend Public Law 103-93 to provide additional 
lands within the State of Utah for the Goshute Indian Reservation. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
the Interior: Roger Kennedy, Director, National Park Service; Wilma 
Lewis, Inspector General; and Mat Millenbach, Deputy Director, Bureau 
of Land Management; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.
FAA REVITALIZATION ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 2276, Federal 
Aviation Administration Revitalization Act of 1995.
BUILDING SALE
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Public 
Buildings and Economic Development held a hearing on the sale of 501 
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Street, S.E. Testimony was heard from Representatives Nussle and 
Brownback; George White, Architect of the Capitol; Gordon Creed, Deputy 
Assistant Commissioner, Office of Property Disposal, Public Buildings 
Service, GSA; Harold Brazil, member, City Council, District of 
Columbia; Natalie Gitelman, Executive Director, Capitol Hill Child Care 
Center; and public witnesses.
THRIFT BAD DEBT RECAPTURE
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on H.R. 2494, Thrift 
Charter Conversion Tax Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from Cynthia 
Beerbower, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Tax Policy, Department of the 
Treasury; and public witnesses.