[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 31 (Friday, March 8, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D167]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY-TRAVEL EXPENDITURES
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 
continued hearings on the Department of Energy: Travel Expenditures and 
Related Issues. Testimony was heard from John C. Layton, Inspector 
General, Department of Commerce.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual 
Property held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1659, Patent and 
Trademark Office Corporation Act of 1995; and H.R. 2553, United States 
Intellectual Property Organization Act of 1995. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Rohrabacher and Hunter; and public witnesses.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on National Security: Continued hearings on fiscal year 1997 
national defense authorization request. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Togo D. West, Jr., 
Secretary of the Army; John H. Dalton, Secretary of the Navy; and 
Sheila E. Widnall, Secretary of the Air Force.
  Hearings continue March 13.

Joint Meetings
EMPLOYMENT--UNEMPLOYMENT
Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to examine the 
employment-unemployment situation for February, receiving testimony 
from Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
Department of Labor.
  Committee recessed subject to call.