[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 16, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D316-D318]
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 
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony has heard from Members of 
Congress and public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and Judiciary held a hearing on Inspectors General (Departments of 
Justice and State) and on the Federal Judiciary. Testimony was heard 
from the following Inspectors General: Michael R. Bromwich, Department 
of Justice; and Jacquelyn L. Williams-Bridgers, Department of State; 
Richard S. Arnold, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit 
and Chair, Judicial Conference Committee on the Budget; Owen M. Panner, 
Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; Rya W. Zobel, Judge, 
U.S. District Court, Massachusetts, Director, Federal Judicial Center; 
William G. Young, Judge, U.S. District Court, Massachusetts; and 
Leonidas Ralph Mecham, Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. 
Courts.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on 
Department of Energy: Fossil Energy Research and Development and on the 
Department of Energy: Energy Conservation. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Energy: Patricia Fry Godley, 
Assistant Secretary, Fossil Energy; and Christine A. Ervin, Assistant 
Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education held a hearing on Elementary and Secondary 
Education, on Minority Languages Affairs and on Special Education and 
Rehabilitative Services. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Education: Gerald N. Tirozzi, Assistant 
Secretary, Elementary and Secondary Education; Delia Pompa, Director, 
Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs; and 
Judith E. Heumann, Assistant Secretary, Special Education and 
Rehabilitative Services.
NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security held a 
hearing on Military Personnel Issues. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Lt.Gen. Theodore G. 
Stroup, Jr., USA, Deputy Chief of Staff Personnel, Army; Lt.Gen. 
Michael D. McGinty, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff Personnel, Air Force; 
VAdm. Frank L. Bowman, USN, Chief of Naval Personnel; and Lt.Gen. 
George R. Christmas, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower and 
Reserves.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a 
hearing on the FAA. Testimony was heard from David R. Hinson, 
Administrator, FAA, Department of Transportation.
TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government held a hearing on the Federal Election 
Commission. Testimony was heard from the following Commissioners of the 
Federal Election Commission: Scott E. Thomas; Joan D. Aikens and Lee 
Ann Elliott.
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 
EPA. Testimony was heard from Carol M. Browner, Administrator, EPA.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Commerce: Ordered reported amended the following bills: 
H.R. 2024, Mercury Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act 
and H.R. 1514, Propane Education and Research Act.

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JANUARY 1, 2000--COMPUTER DISASTER?
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information and Technology, Is January 1, 2000 
the Date for Computer Disaster? Testimony was heard from D. Dean 
Mesterharm, Deputy Commissioner, Systems, SSA; Emmet Paige, Jr., 
Assistant Secretary, Defense Command, Control, Communications and 
Intelligence, Department of Defense; George Munoz, Assistant Secretary, 
Management and Chief Financial Officer, Department of the Treasury; 
Louis J. Marcoccia, Director, Data Administration and Logistics, New 
York City Transit Authority; and public witnesses.
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION LITIGATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing on legislative responses to school desegregation litigation. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Lipinski and Hoke; and public 
witnesses.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Installations 
and Facilities continued hearings on the fiscal year 1997 national 
defense authorization, with emphasis on the military construction 
request. Testimony was heard from Representatives Buyer, Bryant of 
Tennessee, Smith of New Jersey and Whitfield; and public witnesses.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Procurement 
continued hearings on the fiscal year 1997 national defense 
authorization, with emphasis on the F-14 safety record. Testimony was 
heard from Representative Clement; the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Gen. Harold Blot, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff, 
Aviation, U.S. Marine Corps; and Adm. Jay Johnson, USN, Vice Chief of 
Naval Operations.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Readiness 
continued hearings on the fiscal year 1997 national defense 
authorization, with emphasis on depot maintenance issues. Testimony was 
heard from David Warren, Director, Defense Management Issues, GAO; and 
John P. White. Deputy Secretary, Department of Defense.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 639, West Virginia 
National Rivers Technical Amendments Act of 1995; H.R. 640, West 
Virginia National Rivers Boundary Modifications Act of 1995; H.R. 1825, 
to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to limit acquisition of land on 
the 39-mile headwaters segment of the Missouri River, Nebraska and 
South Dakota, designated as a recreational river, to acquisition from 
willing sellers; H.R. 2255, Lamprey Wild and Scenic River Act; and H.R. 
2292, Hanford Reach Preservation Act. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Johnson of South Dakota, Rahall, Hastings of Washington 
and Zeliff; Katherine H. Stevenson, Associate Director, Cultural 
Resources, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and 
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--RESEARCH PROGRAMS--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND 
TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Technology held an oversight 
hearing to review Research Laboratory Programs at the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, with emphasis on Technology 
Administration/National Institute of Standards Technology fiscal year 
1997 authorization. Testimony was heard from Arati Prabhakar, Director, 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce.
OVERSIGHT--AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health 
Care held an oversight hearing concerning the results of the recent 
study by the Institute of Medicine on health effects in children of 
individuals exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam. Testimony was heard 
from David Erickson, D.D.S., Chief, Birth Defects and Genetic Diseases 
Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease 
Control, Department of Health and Human Services; Kenneth Kizer, M.D., 
Under Secretary, Health, Department of Veterans Affairs; and public 
witnesses.
HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
New Health Professions and Graduate Medical Education Recommendations. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
PDD-35
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on PDD-35. Testimony was heard from departmental 
witnesses.

Joint Meetings
COMPREHENSIVE TERRORISM PREVENTION
Conferees on Monday, April 15, agreed to file a conference report on 
the differences between the Senate-

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and House-passed versions of S. 735, to prevent and punish acts of 
terrorism.