[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 45 (Thursday, March 28, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D290-D293]
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, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a 
hearing on Departmental Administration/Office of Chief Financial 
Officer and on Rural Economic and Community Development. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the USDA: Wardell C. Townsend, 
Jr., Assistant Secretary, Administration; Irwin T. David, Acting Chief 
Financial Officer; Jill Long-Thompson, Under Secretary, Rural Economic 
and Community Development Service; Wally B. Beyer, Administrator, Rural 
Utilities Service; Maureen Kennedy, Administrator, Rural Housing 
Service; Dayton J. Watkins, Administrator, Rural Business Cooperative 
Services; and Bruce Crain, Director, Alternative Agricultural Research 
and Commercialization Center.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and Judiciary held a hearing on the Supreme Court. Testimony was heard 
from the following Associate Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: 
Anthony M. Kennedy; and David H. Souter.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development held a hearing on the Appalachian Regional Commission and 
on the TVA. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Appalachian Regional Commission: Jesse L. White, Jr., Federal Co-
Chairman and Gaston Caperton, States Co-Chairman and Governor, State of 
West Virginia; and Craven Crowell, Chairman, TVA.
  The Subcommittee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on 
Naval Reactors and on the Department of Energy Atomic Energy Defense 
Activities. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Adm. Bruce DeMars, USN, Director, Naval Nuclear 
Propulsion; and Jerry Freedman, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Nuclear 
Matters; and the following officials of the Department of Energy: 
Victor H. Reis, Assistant Secretary, Defense Programs; and Joan B. 
Rohlfing, Director, Office of Nonproliferation and National Security.

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FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on the Export-Import 
Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and on the Trade and 
Development Agency. Testimony was heard from Martin A. Kamarck, Acting 
President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank; Ruth R. Harkin, President 
and CEO, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, U.S. International 
Development Cooperation Agency; and J. Joseph Grandmaison, Director, 
U.S. Trade and Development Agency.'
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held 
a hearing on Budget Overview. Testimony was heard from John J. Hamre, 
Under Secretary (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, Department of 
Defense.
NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security held a 
hearing on fiscal year 1997 Army Posture and on Army Acquisition 
Programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of the Army: Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary: Gen. Dennis J. 
Reimer, USA, Chief of Staff; Gilbert F. Decker, Assistant Secretary, 
RD&A Lt. Gen. Ronald V. Hite, USA, Military Deputy to the Assistant 
Secretary RD&A Lt. Gen. Otto J. Guenther, USA, Director, Information 
Systems for C4; Maj. Gen. Edward G. Anderson III, USA, Assistant Deputy 
Chief of Staff, Operations and Plans for Force Development; and Fenner 
Milton, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Research and Technology, Office of 
the Assistant Secretary, RD&A.
TREASURY, POSTAL OPERATIONS, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government held a hearing on Council of Economic Advisors 
and on Overall Treasury Operations. Testimony was heard from Joseph E. 
Stiglitz, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors; and the following 
officials of the Department of the Treasury: Robert E. Rubin, 
Secretary; and George Munoz, Assistant Secretary for Management/Chief 
Financial Officer.
VETERANS' AFFAIRS, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies held a hearing on the 
Department of Veterans Affairs. Testimony was heard from Jesse Brown, 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
ENTERPRISE RESOURCE BANK ACT OF 1996
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises approved for 
full Committee action amended H.R. 3167, Enterprise Resource Bank Act 
of 1996.
TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUNDS OFF-BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Implications of Taking 
the Transportation Trust Funds Off-Budget. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Shuster, Oberstar, Livingston, Wolf, and Coleman; and 
public witnesses.
COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY MARKETS
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an 
oversight hearing on Technological, Environmental, and Financial Issues 
Raised by Increasingly Competitive Electricity Markets. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
FCC REFORM
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance 
concluded hearings on FCC Reform. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ACT
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Early Childhood, Youth and Families held a hearing on reviewing the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. Testimony was heard 
from Linda O'Neal, Executive Director, Commission on Children and 
Youth, State of Tennessee; Jerry W. Kilgore, Secretary of Public 
Safety, State of Virginia; and public witnesses.
D.C. FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1995
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on the 
District of Columbia continued hearings on implementation of Public Law 
104-8, district of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
Assistance Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the District of Columbia: Marion S. Barry, Mayor; David A. 
Clarke, Chairman, Council; Anthony Williams, Chief Financial Officer; 
Angela Avant, Inspector General; and Andrew Brimmer, Chairman, 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority; and a 
public witness.

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PERSIAN GULF WAR SYNDROME
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Human 
Resources and Intergovernmental Relations continued hearings on the 
Status of Efforts to Identify Persian Gulf War Syndrome, Part 11. 
Testimony was heard from Thomas Garthwaite, M.D., Deputy Under 
Secretary, Health, Department of Veterans Affairs.
  Hearings continue May 2.
DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on Developments in 
Iraq. Testimony was heard from Madeleine Albright, U.S. Permanent 
Representative to the United Nations, Department of State; and public 
witnesses.
REORGANIZATION OF THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE JUDICIARY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held a hearing on H.R. 1802, Reorganization of the 
Federal Administrative Judiciary Act. Testimony was heard from 
Elizabeth A. Moler, Chair, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
Department of Energy; the following officials of the NLRB: William B. 
Gould, IV, Chairman; and David S. Davidson, Chief Administrative Law 
Judge; the following officials of the SSA: Rita Geier, Deputy Associate 
Commissioner; Ron Bernoski and Seymour Fier, both Administrative Law 
Judges; and Stephen Calkins, General Counsel, FTC.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on National Security: Continued hearings on the fiscal year 
1997 national defense authorization. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Gen. George A. 
Joulwan, USA, Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command; Gen. J. H. 
Binford Peay III, USA, Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command; Adm. 
Joseph W. Prueher, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command; Gen. 
Gary E. Luck, USA, Commander in Chief, United Nations Command, 
Commander in Chief, ROK/U.S. Combined Forces Command, Commander, U.S. 
Forces Korea; and VAdm. Harold Gehman, USN, Deputy Commander in Chief, 
U.S. Atlantic Command.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R. 
3034, to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act to extend for two months the authority for promulgating regulations 
under the Act; H.R. 2107, amended, Visitor Services Improvement and 
Outdoor Legacy Act of 1995; H.R. 1129, amended, to amend the National 
Trails Systems Act to designate the route from Selma to Montgomery as a 
National Historic Trail; H.R. 1772, amended, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to acquire certain interests in the Waihee Marsh for 
inclusion in the Oahu National Wildlife Refuge Complex; H.R. 1836, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire property in the town 
of East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York, for inclusion in the 
Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge; H.R. 2660, to increase the amount 
authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the Interior for the 
Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge; H.R. 2679, to revise the 
boundary of the North Platte National Wildlife Refuge; and H.R. 1975, 
amended, Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of 
1995.
NASA POSTURE
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a 
hearing on NASA Posture. Testimony was heard from Daniel S. Goldin, 
Administrator, NASA.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Public 
Buildings and Economic Development approved for full Committee action 
the following: 10 pending prospectuses; H. Con. Res. 150, authorizing 
the use of the Capitol Grounds for an event sponsored by the Specialty 
Equipment Market Association; H. Con. Res. 153, authorizing the use of 
the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby; H.R. 
3134, to designate the U.S. Courthouse under construction at 1030 
Southwest 3d Avenue, Portland, OR, as the ``Mark O. Hatfield United 
States Courthouse;'' and H.R. 3029, to designate the United States 
courthouse in Washington, District of Columbia, as the ``E. Barrett 
Prettyman United States Courthouse.''
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Surface 
Transportation held a hearing on the Importance of Transportation 
Infrastructure Investments to the Nation's Future. Testimony was heard 
from T.R. Lakshmanan, Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 
Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
DEEPWATER PORT MODERNIZATION ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment and the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and 
Maritime Transportation held a joint hearing on H.R. 2940, Deepwater 
Port Modernization Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Hayes; 
Joseph Canny,

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Deputy Assistant Secretary, Transportation Policy, Department of 
Transportation; and public witnesses.
IRS BUDGET AND TAX RETURN FILING SEASON
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing 
on the IRS budget for Fiscal Year 1997 and the 1996 Tax Return Filing 
Season. Testimony was heard from Margaret Milner Richardson, 
Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury; Lynda D. Willis, 
Director, Tax Policy and Administration issues, GAO; and public 
witnesses.
U.S. TRADE POLICY--STATUS AND FUTURE DIRECTION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings 
on the status and future direction of U.S. trade policy, with emphasis 
on United States-Japan trade relations. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Dreier and Levin; Ira Shapiro, Senior Counsel and 
Negotiator, office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

Joint Meetings
CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS
Conferees continued in evening session to resolve the differences 
between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 3019, making 
appropriations for fiscal year 1996 to make a further downpayment 
toward a balanced budget.