[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 180 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1351-D1352]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMEMORATIVE COIN MEASURES
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic 
and International Monetary Policy approved for full Committee action 
the following bills; H.R. 2336, to amend the Doug Barnard, Jr., 1996 
Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games Commemorative Coin Act; and H.R. 2614, 
Commemorative Coin Authorization and Reform Act of 1995.
CAPITAL MARKETS DEREGULATION AND LIBERALIZATION ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance 
held a hearing on H.R. 2131, Capital Markets Deregulation and 
Liberalization Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on 
the Department of Defense's Financial Management Problems. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: 
John J. Hamre, Comptroller; Alvin Tucker, Deputy Chief Financial 
Officer; Richard F. Keevey, Director, Finance and Accounting Service; 
Helen T. McCoy, Assistant Secretary of the Army, Financial Management 
and Comptroller; Deborah P. Christie, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 
Financial Management and Comptroller; Robert F. Hale, Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force, Financial Management and Comptroller; and 
Eleanor J. Hill, Inspector General, Gene L. Dodaro, Assistant 
Comptroller General, GAO; and G. Edward DeSeve, Controller, Office of 
Federal Financial Management, OMB.
STATES OF FORMER SOVIET UNION--UNITED STATES POLICY AND ASSISTANCE
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on Newly 
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union: United States Policy and 
Assistance. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of State: James F. Collins, Senior Coordinator, Office of 
Ambassador-at-Large for the Newly Independent States; and Richard 
Morningstar, Coordinator, U.S. Assistance to the Newly Independent 
States; Thomas Dine, Assistant Administrator, Europe and the Newly 
Independent States, AID, U.S. International Development Cooperation 
Agency; Anne Sigmund, Director, Office of East European and Newly 
Independent States Affairs, U.S. Information Agency; Harold Smith, 
Assistant to the Secretary, Atomic Energy, Department of Defense; and 
public witnesses.
SRI LANKA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific held a hearing on Sri Lanka in Turmoil: Implications of 
Intensified Conflict. Testimony was heard from E. Gibson Lanpher, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, South Asia, Department of State; and public 
witnesses.
INDOCHINA--POW/MIAs
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held 
a hearing on Vietnamese Government knowledge and accountability of 
United States POW/MIAs in Indochina. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: James W. Wold, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, POW/MIA Affairs; Lt. Col. Johnie E. Webb, USA 
(Ret.), Deputy to the Commander, Central Identification Laboratory; and 
Capt. James C. Grover, USN; Col. Michael J. Kelly, USAF; and Col. John 
M. Kennery, USA, all members of the Armed 

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Forces Identification Review Board; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE--HANDLING OF INHOLDINGS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2528, to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to renew to the heirs of permittees permits 
for historic cabins located in the Mineral King Addition of the Sequoia 
National Park; and H.R. 1666, to amend the Act of October 21, 1970, 
establishing the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore to permit 
certain persons to continue to use and occupy certain areas within the 
lakeshore. Testimony was heard from Representatives Stupak, Bartlett of 
Maryland, and Knollenberg; former Representative John Krebs of 
California; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Native American and Insular 
Affairs approved for full Committee action H.R. 377, Burt Lake Band of 
Ottawa and Chipewa Indians Act.
  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 377 and 
also on the following bills: H.R. 2490, Saddleback Mountain Arizona 
Settlement Act of 1995; and H.R. 2591, Indian Federal Recognition 
Administrative Procedures Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Hayworth and Stupak; William C. Sturtevant, Curator, 
North American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution; and public 
witnesses.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE REPORT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the conference report on H.R. 2020, making 
appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal 
Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent 
Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995; and against 
its consideration. The rule further provides that if the conference 
report is adopted, then a motion that the House insist on its 
disagreement to Senate amendment 132 shall be considered as adopted. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Lightfoot, Istook, Obey, and 
Hoyer.
GIFT REFORM; RULES OF THE HOUSE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
Committee on Rules: Ordered reported amended, by voice vote, the 
following resolutions: H. Res. 250, to amend the Rules of the House of 
Representatives to provide for gift reform; and H. Res. 254, making 
technical corrections in the Rules of the House of Representatives.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.

Joint Meetings
BUDGET RECONCILIATION
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-
passed versions of H.R. 2491, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
1996, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to 
call.