[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 16, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D313-D314]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of Agriculture, 
focusing on food and consumer services, receiving testimony from Ellen 
W. Haas, Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, 
William Ludwig, Administrator, and George A. Braley, Associate 
Administrator, both of the Food and Consumer Service, Eileen Kennedy, 
Director, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, and Dennis L. 
Kaplan, Deputy Director for Budget, Legislative, and Regulatory 
Systems, all of the Department of Agriculture.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 18.

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APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1997 for energy and water development programs, receiving testimony in 
behalf of funds for their respective activities from Victor H. Reis, 
Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, and Joan B. Rohlfiing, 
Director, Office of Non-proliferation and National Security, both of 
the Department of Energy; and Fred Celec, Deputy Assistant to the 
Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense 
Programs.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction 
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 
for Air Force military construction and defense agencies' construction 
programs, after receiving testimony from Rodney A. Coleman, Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, 
Installations, and Environment, Maj. Gen. George K. Anderson, USAF, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Services Operations and 
Readiness, Bruce M. Carnes, Deputy Director for Resource Management, 
Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Fred Baillie, Executive 
Director, Business Management, Defense Logistics Agency, and Millard E. 
Carr, Director, Energy and Engineering, Office of Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Installations, all of the Department of Defense.
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 1997 for Department of Energy 
atomic energy defense activities, and to review the future years 
defense program, after receiving testimony from Hazel O'Leary, 
Secretary of Energy.
AUTHORIZATION--NTSB/PIPELINE SAFETY ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the National 
Transportation Safety Board, after receiving testimony from James E. 
Hall, Chairman, Kenneth U. Jordan, Managing Director, Daniel Campbell, 
General Counsel, Peter Goelz, Director, Governmental Affairs, and 
Bernard Loeb, Director, Aviation Safety, all of the National 
Transportation Safety Board.
  Also, committee concluded hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for programs of the Pipeline Safety Act, after 
receiving testimony from Richard Felder, Associate Administrator of 
Pipeline Safety, Department of Transportation; John F. Riordan, MidCon 
Corporation, Lombard, Illinois; and Rick Marini, New Hampshire Public 
Utilities Commission, Concord.
PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy 
Research and Development held hearings on S. 1646, to authorize and 
facilitate a program to enhance safety, training, research and 
development, and safety education in the propane gas industry for the 
benefit of propane consumers and the public, receiving testimony from 
Daryl McClendon, Hinsdale, Illinois, on behalf of the National Propane 
Gas Association; William Halliburton, The Woodlands, Texas, on behalf 
of the Gas Processors Association; Paul Culver, Farmland Industries, 
Kansas City, Missouri; and James M. Childress, Propane Consumers 
Coalition, Arlington, Virginia.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ALGERIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
Asian Affairs concluded hearings to examine United States policy with 
regard to current developments in Algeria, after receiving testimony 
from Robert H. Pelletreau, Assistant Secretary of State for Near 
Eastern Affairs; Robert Mortimer, Haverford College, Haverford, 
Pennsylvania; and Khalid Duran, Institute for International Studies, 
Washington, D.C.