[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D323-D324]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of 
Defense, focusing on Air Force programs, receiving testimony from 
Sheila E. Widnall, Secretary of the Air Force; and Gen. Ronald R. 
Fogleman, Chief of Air Force Staff.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 24.
APPROPRIATIONS--INDIAN PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior held hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997, receiving testimony 
in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Ada E. Deer, 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; and Harold 
Monteau, Chairman, National Indian Gaming Commission.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 24.
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service 
and General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1997, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their 
respective activities from James E. Johnson, Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement, Stanley E. Morris, Director, Office of Financial Crimes 
Enforcement Network, Charles F. Rinkevich, Director, Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center, John W. Magaw, Director, Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, George J. Weise, Commissioner, and 
Michael H. Lane, Deputy Commissioner, both of the United States Customs 
Service, and Eljay B. Bowron, Director, United States Secret Service, 
all of the Department of the Treasury.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 8.
DEFENSE PRIVATIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held hearings to 
examine the privatization of Department of Defense depot maintenance 
and other commercial activities, receiving testimony from John P. 
White, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Gen. Henry Viccellio, USAF, 
Commander, Air Force Materiel Command; and David Warren, Director, and 
Julia Denman, Assistant Director, both of Defense Management Issues, 
and John Brosnan, Assistant General Counsel, all of the General 
Accounting Office.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee met and 
began consideration of a committee resolution to authorize the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs to conduct an 
investigation of Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan Association and 
related matters, but did not complete action thereon.
NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Parks, 
Historic Preservation and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 695, to 
provide for the establishment of the Tallgrass Prairie National 
Preserve in Kansas, and S. 1476, to establish the Boston Harbor Islands 
National Recreation Area, after receiving testimony from Senators 
Kennedy, Kassebaum, and Kerry; Representatives Moakley, Studds, 
Roberts, Meyers, and Torkildsen; Roger G. Kennedy, Director, National 
Park Service, Department of the Interior; former Kansas Governor John 
Michael Hayden, Alexandria, Virginia; Trudy Coxe, Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts Office of Environmental Affairs, Cathleen Douglas Stone, 
City of Boston Environmental Services Cabinet, Peter Meade, The New 
England Council, and William L. Lahey, Palmer & Dodge, on behalf of the 
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, all of Boston, Massachusetts; Paul 
Duffendack, National Park Trust, Kansas City, Missouri; Chuck Magathan, 
on behalf of the Chase County Farm Bureau, Chase County Livestock 
Association, and Kansas Grassroots Association, and Lee Fowler, both of 
Cottonwood Falls, Kansas; John Sam Sapiel and Gary McCann, both of 
Falmouth, Massachusetts, both on behalf of the Muhheconneuk Intertribal 
Committee on Deer Island; and William J. Chandler, National Parks and 
Conservation Association, Washington, D.C.
PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight 
and the Courts approved for full committee consideration, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 984, to protect the 
fundamental right of a parent to direct the upbringing of a child.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 969, to require health insurers to allow new mothers and their 
infants to remain in the hospital for a minimum of 48 hours after a 
normal birth and 96 hours after a caesarean delivery, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 295, to allow employers and employees to meet together to address 
issues of mutual interest as long as their organizations do not engage 
in collective bargaining; and
  The nominations of C. E. Abramson, of Montana, to be a Member of the 
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Robert B. 
Rogers, of Missouri, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Corporation for National and Community Service, Elmer B. Staats, of the 
District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the 
Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation, David A. Ucko, of Missouri, and 
Alberta Sebolt George, of Massachusetts, both to be Members of the 
National Museum Services Board, Ronnie Feuerstein Heyman, of New York, 
and Terry Evans, of Kansas, both to be Members of the National Council 
on the Arts, and Audrey Tayse Haynes, of Kentucky, Mary Dodd Greene, of 
Texas, Mark Edwin Emblidge, of Virginia, and Toni G. Fay, of New 
Jersey, each to be a Member of the National Institute for Literacy 
Advisory Board.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee resumed hearings on 
proposals to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide 
for a voluntary system of spending limits and partial public financing 
of Senate primary and general election campaigns, to limit 
contributions by multicandidate political committees, and to reform the 
financing of Federal elections and Senate campaigns, receiving 
testimony from Haley Barbour, Chairman, Republican National Committee; 
Donald L. Fowler, National Chairman, Democratic National Committee; 
James J. Brady, Association of State Democratic Chairs, Washington, 
D.C.; and Robert T. Bennett, Republican State Central and Executive 
Committee of Ohio, Columbus.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INDIAN PROGRAMS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1997 for Indian 
programs, receiving testimony from Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development; and Josephine Nieves, Associate 
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Wednesday, April 24.