[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D115-D117]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ENERGY AND WATER APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water continued 
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Congressional and 
public witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on 
Indian Programs. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing 
on the Joint Economic Committee, the Capitol Police Board, the CBO, the 
Architect of the Capitol and the Botanic Garden. Testimony was heard 
from Senator Mack; Representative Saxton; Wilson S. Livingood, Sergeant 
at Arms, House of Representatives; Howard Greene, Sergeant at Arms, 
Senate; the following officials of CBO: June O'Neill, Director; and 
James Blume, Deputy Director; William Ensign, Acting Architect of the 
Capitol; and Gary Abrecht, Chief, Capitol Police.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held 
a hearing on Marsh Task Force. Testimony was heard from John Marsh, 
former Secretary of the Army.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation continued 
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Congressional and 
public witnesses.
ORGANIZED CRIME AND BANKING; COMMITTEE BUSINESS
 Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Held a hearing on the 
Threat that Organized Criminal Groups Pose to the International Banking 
System. Testimony was heard from JayEtta Hecker, Director, 
International Trade, Finance, and Competitiveness, GAO; Edward W. 
Kelley, Jr., member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; the 
following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Stanley E. 
Morris, Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; and Robert 
Rasor, Deputy Assistant Director, U.S. Secret Service; the following 
officials of the Department of Justice: Harold D. Wankel, Chief of 
Operations, DEA; Mark Richards, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 
Criminal Division; and Chuck Owens, Section Chief, Criminal 
Investigations Division, Financial Crimes Section, FBI; Robert Sims, 
Special Advisor on International Criminal Justice to the Assistant 
Secretary, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, 
Department of State; Richard A. Brown, District Attorney, Queens 
County, State of New York; and public witnesses.
  The Committee also approved pending Committee business.
URANIUM MILL TAILINGS RADIATION CONTROL ACT AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing 
on H.R. 2967, to extend the authorization of the Uranium Mill Tailings 
Radiation Control Act of 1978. Testimony was heard from James Owendoff, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Environmental Restoration, Department of 
Energy; Bernice Steinhardt, Associate Director, Resources, Community, 
and Economic Development Division, GAO; Howard A. Roitman, Division 
Director, Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division, Department 
of Public Health and Environment, State of Colorado; and public 
witnesses.

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SEC AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance 
approved for full Committee action H.R. 2972, Securities and Exchange 
Commission Authorization Act of 1996.
  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this 
legislation. Testimony was heard from Arthur Leavitt, Jr., Chairman, 
SEC.
POSTMARK PROMPT PAYMENT ACT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on the 
Postal Service held a hearing on H.R. 1963, Postmark Prompt Payment Act 
of 1995. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
HAITI--AFTER UNITED STATES DEPARTURE
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere Affairs held a hearing on Haiti: After The Departure of the 
U.S. Contingent from UNMIH. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: John Christiansen, Director, 
Haiti Task Force; and Col. Richard H. Coffin, USA Western Hemisphere 
Division, J-3, Joint Staff; John P. Leonard, Director, Haiti Working 
Group, Department of State; and public witnesses.
HEALTH CARE REFORM ISSUES
Committee on the Judiciary: Concluded hearings on Health Care Reform 
Issues: Antitrust, Medical Malpractice Liability, and Volunteer 
Liability; including discussion of the following measures: H.R. 2925, 
Antitrust Health Care Advancement Act of 1996; H.R. 911, Volunteer 
Protection Act; and H.R. 2938, Charitable Medical Care Act of 1996. 
Testimony was heard from Senator McConnell; Representatives Archer, 
Goodlatte and Stark; and public witnesses.
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on National Security: Held a hearing on Ballistic Missile 
Defense. Testimony was heard from Richard N. Cooper, Chairman, National 
Intelligence Council; and public witnesses.
OIL AND GAS ROYALTY SIMPLIFICATION ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resource 
approved for full Committee action H.R. 1975, Federal Oil and Gas 
Royalty Simplification Act of 1995.
ALLOCATING FUNDS--SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Science: Held a hearing on Allocating Federal Funds for 
Science and Technology. Testimony was heard from Frank Press, President 
Emeritus, National Academy of Sciences.
SMALL BUSINESS' ACCESS TO CAPITAL
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on small business' access 
to capital. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment continued hearings on the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1996. Testimony was heard from H. Martin Lancaster, 
Assistant Secretary, Civil Works, Department of the Army; George 
Williamson, Managing Director, Port of Houston, Texas; W. Don Welch, 
Executive Director, State Ports Authority, South Carolina; the 
following officials of the State of Oregon: Mike Thorne, Executive 
Director, Port of Portland; and Keith A. Leavitt, Manager of Ports and 
Transportation Development; David N. Kennedy, Director, Department of 
Water Resources, California; Randy Horiuchi, Commissioner, City of Salt 
Lake, Utah; Jay L. Kimble, Mayor, Stillwater, Minnesota; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
2778, amended, to provide that members of the Armed Forces peacekeeping 
effort in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina be entitled to certain 
tax benefits; H.R. 2853, to authorize the extension of 
nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of Bulgaria; and H.R. 2969, 
Federal Tea Tasters Repeal Act of 1996.

Joint Meetings
VETERANS PROGRAMS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the 
legislative recommendations of the Disabled American Veterans, after 
receiving testimony from Thomas A. McMasters, III, on behalf of the 
Disabled American Veterans, Washington, D.C., who was accompanied by 
several of his associates.
CUBAN LIBERTY AND DEMOCRATIC SOLIDARITY ACT
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate- and House-
passed versions of H.R. 927, to seek international sanctions against 
the Castro Government in Cuba, and to plan for support of a transition 
government leading to a democratically elected government in Cuba.

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                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 29, 1996

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and 
Independent Agencies, to hold hearings to examine the status of 
recommendations made by the National Academy of Public 
Administration on reforming the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 
a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Finance, to continue hearings on the bipartisan 
National Governors' Association proposals to reform the Federal 
Medicaid and welfare programs, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, to hold hearings to review 
the fiscal year 1997 budget and operations of the Secretary of the 
Senate, Sergeant at Arms, and Architect of the Capitol, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-301.
  Full Committee, to continue hearings to review the fiscal year 
1997 budget and operations of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant 
at Arms, and Architect of the Capitol, 2 p.m., SR-301.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate Committee Meetings scheduled ahead, see page 
E249 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Energy and Water, to 
continue on Congressional and public witnesses, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 
2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
to continue on public witnesses, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative, on Joint Committee on Taxation and 
GAO, 9:30 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, on Quality of Life in the 
Military, 9:30 a.m., B-300 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, to continue on Congressional and 
public witnesses, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises, 
hearing on Rural Credit, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Cancer Patient Access to Unapproved 
Treatments, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, hearing on the 
Public Broadcasting Self-Sufficiency Act of 1996, 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, February 29, 
Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on the Office 
of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and H.R. 2128, Equal 
Opportunity Act of 1995, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, hearing on Census 
2000: Putting Our Money Where it Counts, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, 
hearing on HUD's Management and Tenant Initiative Programs, 2 p.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the Shoot Down of 
U.S. Civilian Aircraft by Castro Regime, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing and markup of H.J. Res. 129, granting 
consent of Congress to the Vermont-New Hampshire Interstate Public 
Water Supply Compact; and to mark up the following: H.R. 2604, 
Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 1995, and a measure to reauthorize the 
Administrative Dispute Resolution Act, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on the Independent Counsel Statute 
and H.R. 892, Independent Counsel Accountability and Reform Act of 
1995, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, to mark up H.R. 2937, for 
the reimbursement of legal expenses and related fees incurred by 
former employees of the White House Travel Office with respect to 
the termination of their employment in that Office on May 19, 1993, 
9:30 a.m., B-352 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military Research 
and Development, hearing on Ballistic Missile Defense, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and 
Oceans, hearing on H.R. 2823, International Dolphin Conservation Act 
and H.R. 2856, International Dolphin Protection and Consumer 
Information Act of 1995, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, oversight 
hearing on the Forest Service's Draft 1995 Renewable Resources 
Planning Act Program, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 994, Regulatory Sunset and 
Review Act of 1995, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, 
hearing on National Weather Service Modernization Program Status, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, executive, to consider 
pending business, 2 p.m., HT-2M Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on Airport Improvement Program, with emphasis on 
Airport Privatization, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing to review the current 
financial condition of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.