[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 12, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D178-D179]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
INTERNATIONAL CRIME
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations 
concluded hearings to assess the costs associated with law enforcement 
training initiatives to combat international crime, terrorism, and 
narcotics, after receiving testimony from Louis J. Freeh, Director, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Maj. Gen. Richard C. Bethurem, USAF, to the grade of 
lieutenant general, Lt. Gen. Michael E. Ryan, USAF, to the grade of 
general, Gen. Richard E. Hawley, USAF, to the grade of general, Alvin 
L. Alm, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for 
Environmental Management, and 131 routine military nominations in the 
Army, Navy, and Air Force.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the Department 
of Defense, and the future years defense plan, receiving testimony from 
John H. Dalton, Secretary of the Navy; Adm. Jeremy M. Boorda, USN, 
Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. Charles C. Krulak, Commandant of 
the Marine Corps.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
WELFARE FOR IMMIGRANTS
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
Federal welfare benefits for immigrants, focusing on the public charge 
exclusion in immigration law and the enforcement of a sponsor's support 
affidavits, after receiving testimony from David A. Martin, General 
Counsel, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; 
Virginia State Delegate Karen Darner, Arlington, on behalf of the 
National Conference of State Legislatures; George J. Borjas, Harvard 
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Mark Tajima, Los Angeles 
County Chief Administrative Office, Los Angeles, California.

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ANGOLA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs 
concluded hearings to examine prospects for peace and democracy in 
Angola, after receiving testimony from J. Brian Atwood, Administrator, 
Agency for International Development; George E. Moose, Assistant 
Secretary of State for African Affairs; Paul Hare, U.S. Special 
Representative to the Angolan Peace Process; Gerald J. Bender, 
University of Southern California, Culver City; R. Bruce McColm, 
Institute for Democratic Strategies, Alexandria, Virginia; and Edward 
DeJarnette, United States-Angola Chamber of Commerce, and Edmond 
Corthesy, International Committee of the Red Cross, both of Washington, 
D.C.
HUMAN RADIATION EXPERIMENTS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine 
human radiation experiment issues, focusing on initiatives to protect 
human subjects in research, receiving testimony from Sarah F. Jaggar, 
Director, Health Financing and Public Health Issues, Health, Education, 
and Human Services Division, and Bernice Steinhardt, Associate 
Director, Energy, Resources, and Science, Resources, Community, and 
Economic Development Division, both of the General Accounting Office; 
Gary B. Ellis, Director, Office for Protection from Research Risks, 
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Tara O'Toole, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environment, Safety and 
Health; Gordon K. Soper, Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs; Mayor 
George N. Ahmaogak, Sr., North Slope Borough, Alaska; Phillip Muller 
and Tony de Brum, both representing the Government of the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands; E. Cooper Brown, Task Force on Radiation and 
Human Rights, Washington, D.C.; Gwendon Plair, Concerned Relatives of 
Cancer Study Patients, Cincinnati, Ohio; and James Nageak, Wainwright, 
Alaska.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
YOUTH VIOLENCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Youth Violence concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Grassley; Ray Luick, Wisconsin Office of Justice 
Assistance, Madison; William R. Woodward, Colorado Department of Public 
Safety, Denver; S. Camille Anthony, Utah Commission on Criminal and 
Juvenile Justice, Salt Lake City; Jerry Regier, Oklahoma Department of 
Juvenile Justice, Oklahoma City; Patricia West, Virginia Department of 
Youth and Family Services, Richmond; Robert G. Schwartz, Pennsylvania 
State Advisory Group on Juvenile Justice, Philadelphia, on behalf of 
the American Bar Association; Steve A. Carson, LaFollette Police 
Department, LaFollette, Tennessee; and Byron F. Oedekoven, Gillette 
Police Department, Gillette, Wyoming.