[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D326-D329]
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 was heard from Members of 
Congress and public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and the Judiciary held a hearing on the Legal Services Corporation. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Legal Services 
Corporation: Douglas S. Eakeley, Chairman, Board of Directors; Nancy 
Hardin Rogers, Vice Chair, Board of Directors; and Alexander D. Forger, 
President.
  The Subcommittee also continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued 
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress.
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education held a hearing on Postsecondary Education, on 
Educational Research and Improvement and Libraries and on Vocational 
and Adult Education. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of Education: David A. Longanecker, Assistant 
Secretary, Postsecondary Education; Sharon P. Robinson, Assistant 
Secretary, Educational Research and Improvement; and Patricia W. 
McNeil, Acting Assistant Secretary, Vocational and Adult Education.
NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security held a 
hearing on Ballistic Missile Defense. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen. 
Malcolm R. O'Neill, USA, Director, Ballistic Missile Defense 
Organization, Department of Defense.
TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government held a hearing on Anti-Drug Strategies and on 
Customs Drug Interdiction. Testimony was heard from Gen. Barry 
McCaffrey, USA, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy; and 
George Weise, Commissioner of Customs, Department of the Treasury.
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.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises held an 
oversight hearing on the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie 
Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development: Nicholas P. Retsinas, Assistant 
Secretary, Housing; and Aida Alvarez, Director, Office of Federal 
Housing Enterprise Oversight; Leland C. Brendsel, Chairman and CEO, 
Freddie Mac; and James A. Johnson, Chairman and CEO, Fannie Mae.
ECONOMIC AND BUDGET OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Economic and Budget 
Outlook. Testimony was heard from June E. O'Neill, Director, CBO.
SMALL BUSINESS OSHA RELIEF ACT
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 
3234, Small Business OSHA Relief Act of 1996.
CONGRATULATING PEOPLE OF SIERRA LEONE; DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS: MYTH OR 
REALITY IN AFRICA?
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa approved 
for full Committee action H. Con. Res. 160, congratulating the people 
of the Republic of Sierra Leone on the success of their recent 
democratic multiparty elections.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Democratic Elections: Myth or 
Reality in Africa? Testimony was heard from George Moose, Assistant 
Secretary, African Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses.
SECURITY IN NORTHEAST ASIA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific held a hearing on Security in Northeast Asia: From Okinawa to 
the DMZ. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

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OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS AUTHORIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution approved 
for full Committee action H.R. 3235, to amend the Ethics in Government 
Act of 1978, to extend the authorization of appropriations for the 
Office of Government Ethics for 3 years.
MANDATORY FEDERAL PRISON DRUG TREATMENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime approved for full 
Committee action amended H.R. 2650, Mandatory Federal Prison Drug 
Treatment Act of 1995.
OVERSIGHT--FUNDING PROGRAMS TO PROTECT ENDANGERED SPECIES
Committee on Resources: Held an oversight hearing on funding programs 
to protect Endangered Species. Testimony was heard from Mollie Beattie, 
Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; the 
following officials of the Department of Defense; Sherri W. Goodman, 
Deputy Under Secretary, Environmental Security; and Maj. Gen. Stanley 
G. Genega, USA, Director, Civil Works, Corps of Engineers, Department 
of the Army; Rolland Schmitten, Director, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce; Jack Ward Thomas, Chief, Power 
Service, USDA; Jack Robertson, Deputy Administrator, Bonneville Power 
Administration, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
CONFERENCE REPORT--ANTITERRORISM AND EFFECTIVE DEATH PENALTY ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the conference report to accompany S. 735, 
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, and against its 
consideration. Testimony was heard from Chairman Hyde and 
Representatives Barr of Georgia and Conyers.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET AUTHORIZATIONS
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a 
hearing on Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy and Fossil Energy Programs fiscal year 1997 budget 
authorization. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Energy: Christine A. Ervin, Assistant Secretary, Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy; and Patricia Fry Godley, Assistant 
Secretary, Fossil Energy; Allen Li, Associate Director, Energy 
Resources and Sciences Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a 
hearing on the fiscal year 1997 NASA Authorization. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the NASA: Richard J. Wisniewski, Deputy 
Associate Administrator, Office of Space Flight; Col. Gary Payton, USAF 
(Ret.) Director, Space Transportation Division; Anneila Sargent, Chair, 
NASA Space Science Advisory Committee; Wilbur C. Trafton, Associate 
Administrator, Office of Space Flight; and Dan Tam, Space Station 
Business Manager; and public witnesses.
KEMP COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on Small Business: Held a meeting on the Kemp Commission 
recommendations. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform: Jack Kemp, 
Chairman; Jack Fris and Shirley D. Peterson, both Commissioners.
PAYMENT OF STIPENDS TO BIDDERS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Public 
Buildings and Economic Development held a hearing on the payment of 
stipends to bidders relating to the construction of Federal buildings 
under the Public Buildings Act of 1959. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Davis; the following officials of the GSA: Ida Ustad, 
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Acquisition Policy; and David 
Eakin, Program Manager, Design-Build, Office of Property Development; 
and public witnesses.
VETERANS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension, 
Insurance and Memorial Affairs approved for full Committee action the 
following bills: H.R. 2843, amended, Veterans' Insurance Reform Act of 
1996; H.R. 2850, to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the 
eligibility of certain minors for burial in national cemeteries; H.R. 
1483, to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow revision of 
veterans benefits decisions based on clear and unmistakable error; and 
H.R. 3248, Veterans' Programs Amendments of 1996.
DISSEMINATION, BRIEFING--UPDATE ON NORTH KOREA
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Dissemination. Testimony was heard from departmental 
witnesses.
  The Committee also met in executive session to hold a briefing on 
Update on North Korea. The Committee was briefed by departmental 
witnesses.

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                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 18, 1996

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of 
Agriculture, focusing on natural resources and the environment, 10 
a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services, closed business meeting, to mark up 
S. 1635, to establish a United States policy for the deployment of a 
national missile defense system, 5 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on the Budget, to hold hearings to review the 
Congressional Budget Office's economic and budget outlook for fiscal 
years 1997 through 2006, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to resume 
hearings to examine Spectrum's use and management, 9:30 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold oversight 
hearings on the Tongass National Forest draft land management plan, 
9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on International 
Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion, to resume hearings to 
examine the impact of balance the Federal budget on the United 
States trade deficit, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of Kenneth C. 
Brill, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus, 
Christopher Robert Hill, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to The 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Richard L. Morningstar, of 
Massachusetts, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of 
service as Special Advisor to the President and to the Secretary of 
State on Assistance to the New Independent States (NIS) of the 
Former Soviet Union and Coordinator of NIS Assistance, and Day Olin 
Mount, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
Class of Minister-Counseler, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Iceland., 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, business meeting, to consider 
pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting, to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business, to hold hearings on small business 
and employee involvement, focusing on the TEAM Act proposal (S. 
295), 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Indian Affairs, to continue hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1997 for Indian 
programs, 1:30 p.m., SR-485.


                                 NOTICE

  For a listing of Senate Committee Meetings scheduled ahead, see pages 
E564-65 in today's Record.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Congressional and public witnesses, 1 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, on public 
witnesses 10 a.m., and on U.S. Sentencing Commission, the State 
Justice Institute and on the U.S. Parole Commission, 2 p.m., H-310 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs, on the Secretary of the Treasury, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
on the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., and on the 
Director of the National Institutes of Health, 1:30 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, executive, on Intelligence 
Programs, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, on the Secretary of 
Transportation, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, 
on the GSA, 9 a.m., B-307 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs, Housing and Urban Development 
and Independent Agencies, on Consumer Product Safety Commission, 10 
a.m., the Consumer Information Center, 2 p.m., and on the Office of 
Consumer Affairs, 3 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on 
Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises, 
hearing on H.R. 2981, Entrepreneurial Investment Act of 1996, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, Subcommittee 
on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on mandatory assessment of 
union dues, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcomittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 2521, Statistical Consolidation Act of 1995; 
and H.R. 3184, Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996, 9:30 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, 
hearing to examine the characteristics of effective job training 
programs, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific and the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and 
Trade, joint hearing on Economic Opportunities and Pitfalls in South 
Asia, 1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
hearing on H.R. 351, Bilingual Voting Requirements Repeal Act, 9:30 
a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on telemarketing fraud and the 
victimization of the elderly, focusing on H.R. 1499, Consumer Fraud 
Prevention Act of 1995, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, oversight hearing on Federal Management 
and Policies on Federal Lands: State Legislators' Perspective, 2 
p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 2823, International Dolphin Conservation 
Program Act; H.R. 2909, Silvio O.

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Conte National Fish and Wildlife Eminent Domain Prevention Act; and 
H.R. 2982, Carbon Hill National Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act, 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 810, Revolutionary War and War of 1812 
Historic Preservation Study Act of 1995; H.R. 848, to increase the 
amount authorized to be appropriated for assistance for highway 
relocation regarding Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military 
Park in Georgia; H.R. 970, to improve the administration of the 
Women's Right National Historical Park in the State of New York; 
H.R. 1179, Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic 
Building Restoration and Preservation Act; H.R. 2466, to improve the 
process for land exchanges for the Forest Service and the Bureau of 
Land Management; H.R. 2941, to improve the quantity and quality of 
the quarters of land management agency field employees; H.R. 2028, 
Federal Land Management Agency Concession Reform Act of 1995; and 
H.R. 194, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make matching 
contributions toward the purchase of the Sterling Forest in the 
State of New York, 9 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, oversight hearing on 
Results/Status Report of Administrative process on Central Valley 
Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) Implementation; and to hold a 
hearing on the following: H.R. 2392, to amend the Umatilla Basin 
Project Act to establish boundaries for irrigation districts within 
the Umatilla Basin; H.R. 2781, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to provide loan guarantees for water supply, conservation, 
quality, and transmission projects; H.R. 3041, to supplement the 
Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956 and to supplement the Federal 
Reclamation Laws by providing for Federal cooperation in non-Federal 
projects and for participation by nonFederal agencies in Federal 
projects; H.R. 2819, Fort Peck Rural Country Water Supply System Act 
of 1995; and a measure to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey property in New Mexico to the Carlstad Irrigation District, 1 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, hearing on H.R. 3060, Antarctic 
Environmental Protection Act of 1996, 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology, hearing on FAA Research, Engineering 
and Development fiscal year 1997 Authorization and Management 
Reform, 1:30 p.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Government Programs, 
hearing on H.R. 2806, Venture Capital Marketing Association Charter 
Act, 10 a.m., 239 Rayburn.
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, executive, to consider 
pending business, 2 p.m., HT-2M Capitol.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Education, 
Training, Employment and Housing, hearing on the following: H.R. 
2851, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for approval 
of enrollment in courses offered at certain branches or extensions 
of proprietary profit institutions of higher learning in operation 
for more than two years; H.R. 2868, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to make permanent alternative teacher certification programs; 
and a measure HVRP-VETS Homeless programs and the Transition 
Assistance Program (TAP), 9 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Long-Term Care Options, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Denial and Deception, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference, on H.R. 3019, making appropriations for fiscal year 
1996 to make a further downpayment toward a balanced budget, time to 
be announced, Room SC-5.