[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 41 (Friday, March 22, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D255-D256]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET SUBMISSION
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's 
fiscal year 1997 budget submission. Testimony was heard from Members of 
Congress.
OVERSIGHT--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S PROPOSED BUDGET
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an 
oversight hearing on the Department of Energy's Proposed Budget for 
Fiscal Year 1997. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of Energy: Thomas P. Grumbly, Acting Under Secretary; 
Kyle Simpson, Associate Deputy Secretary, Energy Programs; Joseph 
Vivona, Chief Financial Officer; Dan Dreyfus, Director, Office of 
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management; and Joe Romm, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
STATISTICAL CONSOLIDATION ACT OF 1995
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on 
H.R. 2521, Statistical Consolidation Act of 1995. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of Commerce: Everett M. 
Ehrlich, Under Secretary, Economic Affairs; and Martha Farnsworth 
Riche, Director, Bureau of the Census; Katharine Abraham, Commissioner, 
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor; Sally Katzen, 
Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB; L. 
Nye Stevens, Director, Federal Management and Workforce Issues, General 
Government Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
UNFUNDED MANDATES REFORM ACT OF 1995: 1 YEAR REVIEW
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Human 
Resources and Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on Unfunded 
Mandates Reform Act of 1995: A One Year Review. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Portman and Talent; Sally Katzen, Administrator, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB; Shelly H. 
Metzenbaum, Associate Administrator, Office of Regional Operations and 
State/Local Relations, EPA; Bernard Anderson, Assistant Secretary, 
Employment Standards, Department of Labor; Jamienne Studley, Deputy 
General Counsel, Department of Education; Vincent F. Callahan, Jr., 
member, House of Delegates, State of Virginia; and public witnesses.
OMNIBUS EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 1995
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Economic Policy and Trade approved for full Committee action amended 
H.R. 361, Omnibus Export Administration Act of 1995.
OVERSIGHT--ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT AND LOBBY REFORM PROPOSALS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held an 
oversight hearing on ethics in government and lobbying reform 
proposals. Testimony was heard from Representatives Flanagan, Upton, 
Kaptur, English of Pennsylvania, Zimmer, DeFazio, Fox, and Traficant; 
and public witnesses.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Procurement 
and the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development continued 
joint hearings on fiscal year 1997 national defense authorization, with 
emphasis on the Air Force modernization request. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of the Air Force: Arthur 
L. Money, Assistant Secretary, Acquisition; and Lt. Gen. George K. 
Muellner, USAF, Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary, 
Acquisition.
  Hearings continue March 29.
PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION BAN ACT--DISPOSITION OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule providing that it 
shall be in order to take the bill H.R. 1833, Partial-Birth Abortion 
Ban Act of 1995, from the Speaker's table and consider it in the House, 
with the Senate amendments thereto. The rule provides for a single 
motion to concur in each of the Senate amendments. The Senate 
amendments and the motion shall be considered as read and shall be 
debatable for 1 hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. Finally, the 
rule provides that the previous question shall be considered as ordered 
on the motion to final adoption without intervening motion or a demand 
for a division of the question. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Canady of Florida, Frank of Massachusetts, Schroeder 
and Lowey.

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NSF AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Basic Research held a hearing on 
fiscal year 1997 NSF authorization. Testimony was heard from Neal F. 
Lane, Director, NSF.

Joint Meetings
STATE OF THE ECONOMY
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
economic state of the United States, after receiving testimony from 
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Chairman, Michael J. Boskin and Murray L. 
Weidenbaum, each a former Chair, and William A. Niskanen and Alan 
Blinder, each a former Member, all of the Council of Economic Advisers.