[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 13, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D190-D192]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, FDA, and Related Agencies held a hearing on Inspector 
General Overview. Testimony was heard from Roger C. Viadero, Inspector 
General, USDA.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on 
the National Endowment for the Arts. Testimony was heard from Jane 
Alexander, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts, National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Sciences.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education held a hearing on the following: the National 
Mediation Board; the Railroad Retirement Board; the Armed Forces 
Retirement Home; the Physician Payment Review Commission; and the 
Prospective Payment Assessment Commission. Testimony was heard from 
Magdalena G. Jacobsen, Chairwoman, National Mediation Board; Glen L. 
Bower, Chairman, Railroad Retirement Board; Dennis W. Jahnigan, M.D., 
Chairman, Armed Forces Retirement Home; Gail R. Wilensky, Chair, 
Physician Payment Review Commission; and Stuart Altman, Chairman, 
Prospective Payment Assessment Commission.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held 
a hearing on the Navy. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of the Navy: Robert B. Pirie, Jr., Assistant 
Secretary (Installations and Environment); RAdm. David J. Nash, USN, 
Civil Engineer Corps, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command; 
Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Braaten, USMC, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, 
Installations and Logistics (Facilities); and Capt. John F. Brunelli, 
USN, Executive Assistant, Director, Naval Reserve.
NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security met in 
an executive session to hold a hearing on Commander in Chief, U.S. 
Pacific Command and the Commander in Chief, U.S. Forces Korea. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Adm. Joseph W. Prueher, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific 
Command; and Gen. Gary E. Luck, USA, Commander, United Nations Command/
Combined Forces Command/U.S. Forces Korea.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a 
hearing on Federal Railroad Administration and AMTRAK. Testimony was 
heard from Jolene M. Molitoris, Administrator, Federal Railroad 
Administration, Department of Transportation; and Thomas M. Downs, 
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of Directors, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK).
RISK ASSESSMENT--BANKS
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Held a hearing on the Risk 
Assessment of Banks. Testimony was heard from Rich Spillenkothen, 
Director, Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, Federal 
Reserve System; the following officials of the Department of the 
Treasury: Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the Currency; and Jonathan 
L. Flechter, Acting Director, Office of Thrift Supervision; Ricki 
Helfer, Chairman, FDIC; Aida Alvarez, Director, Office of Federal 
Housing Enterprise Oversight, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development; and public witnesses.
GENERATIONAL ACCOUNTING
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Generational Accounting and 
Long-term Fiscal Prospects. Testimony was heard from June E. O'Neill, 
Director, CBO; Paul Posner, Director, Federal Budget Issues, GAO; and 
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Commerce: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 2596, 
to extend energy conservation programs under the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act through fiscal year 1999; H.R. 2967, amended, to 
extend the authorization of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control 
Act of 1978; H.R. 2501, amended, to extend the deadline under the 
Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of a hydroelectric 
project in Kentucky; H.R. 2630, amended, to extend the deadline for 
commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of 
Illinois; H.R. 2695, amended, to extend the deadline under the Federal 
Power Act applicable to the construction of certain hydroelectric 
projects in the State of Pennsylvania; H.R.2773, amended, to extend the 
deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of 
2 hydroelectric projects in North Carolina; H.R. 2816, to reinstate the 
license for, and extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act 
applicable to the construction of, a hydroelectric project in Ohio; 
H.R. 2869, amended, to extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Kentucky; and 
H.R. 1663, amended, Waste Isolation Pilot Land Withdrawal Amendment 
Act.
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Committee on Governmental Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on the 
Postal Service held on oversight hearing on the U.S. Postal Service. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the U.S. Postal 
Service: Tirso del Junco, M.D., Chairman, Board of Governors; Marvin T. 
Runyon, Postmaster General and CEO; and Kenneth J. Hunter, Inspector 
General and Chief Postal Inspector, U.S. Postal Inspection Service; 
Edward J. Gleiman, Chairman, Postal Rate Commission; and Michael E. 
Motley, Associate Director, Government Business Operations Issues, GAO.
ARMS TRANSFERS TO JORDAN
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on Arms Transfers 
to Jordan. Testimony was heard from Peter Martinez, Director, Lebanon, 
Jordan, Syria Affairs, Office of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of 
State; and the following officials of the Department of Defense; Bruce 
Reidel, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near East and South Asia; and H. 
Diehl McKalip, Deputy Director Defense Security Assistance Agency.
  The Committee also approved Budget Views and Estimates for submission 
to the Committee on the Budget.
RESOLUTIONS--HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA; AND MILITARY STABILITY OF TAIWAN 
STRAITS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific approved for full Committee action the following resolutions: 
H. Res. 345, expressing concern about the deterioration of human rights 
in Cambodia; and H. Con. Res. 148, amended, expressing the sense of the 
Congress that the United States is committed to the military stability 
of the Taiwan Straits and United States military forces should defend 
Taiwan in the event of invasion, missile attack, or blockade by the 
People's Republic of China.
SLAVERY IN MAURITANIA AND SUDAN
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights and Subcommittee on Africa held a joint 
hearing on Slavery in Mauritania and Sudan. Testimony was heard from 
William H. Twaddell, Deputy Assistant Secretary, African Affairs, 
Department of State; former Representative Mervyn M. Dymally of 
California; 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: Gen. Dennis J. 
Reimer, USA, Chief of Staff, Army; Adm. J.M. Boorda, USN, Chief of 
Naval Operations; Gen. C.C. Krulak, USMC, Commandant of the Marine 
Corps; and Gen. Ronald R. Fogelman, USAF, Chief of Staff, Air Force.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.

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DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Installations 
and Facilities began hearings on the fiscal year 1997 national defense 
authorization request, with emphasis on the recapitalization and 
modernization of facilities. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: Maj. Gen. Frank Miller, USA, 
Deputy Chief of Staff, Installation Management, Department of the Army; 
RAdm. Louis M. Smith, USN, Director, Shore Activities Division, Office 
of the Chief of Naval Operations, Department of the Navy; Brig. Gen. 
Thomas A. Braaten, USMC, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Installations 
and Logistics, U.S. Marine Corps; and Maj. Gen. Eugene A. Lupia, USAF, 
Air Force Civil Engineer, Department of the Air Force.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
1823, amended, to amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepayment of 
repayment contracts between the United States and the Central Utah 
Water Conservancy District dated December 28, 1965, and November 26, 
1985; H.R. 2824, Snowbasin Land Exchange Act of 1995; H.R. 1965, 
amended, to reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972; H.R. 
2160, amended, to authorize appropriations to carry out the 
Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1966 and the Anadromous Fish 
Conservation Act; and H.R. 1527, amended, to amend the National Forest 
Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to clarify the authorities and duties of 
the Secretary of Agriculture in issuing ski area permits on National 
Forest System lands and to withdraw lands within ski area permit 
boundaries from the operation of the mining and mineral leasing laws.
  The Committee began markup of H.R. 2107, Visitor Services Improvement 
and Outdoor Legacy Act of 1995.
  Will continue March 28.
  The Committee also approved a motion to go to conference for all 
bills previously reported.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.
AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation continued hearings on the Airport Improvement Program, with 
emphasis on Airport Needs. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENTS IMPLEMENTATION AND WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on 
implementation of Uruguay Round Agreements and World Trade 
Organization. Testimony was heard from Michael Kantor, U.S. Trade 
Representative; JayEtta Hecker, Associate Director, International 
Relations and Trade Issues, GAO; Clayton K. Yeutter, former U.S. Trade 
Representative; and public witnesses.