[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 30, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D391-D393]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS
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, 
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities 
from Karl N. Stauber, Under Secretary for Research, Education and 
Economics, Floyd P. Horn, Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, 
Robert H. Robinson, Administrator, Cooperative State Research, 
Education, and Extension Service, Susan Offutt, Administrator, Economic 
Research Service, Donald Bay, Administrator, National Agricultural

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Statistics Service, and Dennis L. Kaplan, Deputy Director for Budget, 
Legislative, and Regulatory Systems, Office of Budget and Program 
Analysis, all of the Department of Agriculture.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 2.
APPROPRIATIONS--FEMA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1997 for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, receiving testimony 
from James Lee Witt, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, May 3.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness approved for 
full committee consideration those provisions which fall under its 
jurisdiction of proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 
1997 for national defense programs.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology 
met in closed session and approved for full committee consideration 
those provisions which fall under its jurisdiction of proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for national defense 
programs.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland Forces met in 
closed session and approved for full committee consideration those 
provisions which fall under its jurisdiction of proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for national defense programs.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration those provisions 
which fall under its jurisdiction of proposed legislation authorizing 
funds for fiscal year 1997 for national defense programs.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces met in 
closed session and approved for full committee consideration those 
provisions which fall under its jurisdiction of proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for national defense programs.
DOLPHIN CONSERVATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:Subcommittee on 
Oceans and Fisheries concluded hearings on S. 1420, to implement an 
international agreement on the protection of dolphins and harvest of 
tuna in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, after receiving testimony 
from Senators Boxer, Biden, and Chafee; David A. Colson, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental 
and Scientific Affairs; Will Martin, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
International Affairs, and Liz Edwards, Director, Dolphin Programs, 
National Marine Fisheries, both of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Department of Commerce; James Joseph, Inter-American 
Tropical Tuna Commission, La Jolla, California; Nina Young, Center for 
Marine Conservation, Jeffrey R. Pike, Dolphin Safe/Fair Trade Campaign, 
and Lori Wallach, Public Citizen/Citizens Trade Campaign, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Mary Walker, Broebeck, Phleger & Harrison, San 
Diego, California.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Wendy Jean Chamberlin, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thomas C. Hubbard, of Tennessee, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the 
Republic of Palau, and Glen Robert Rase, of Florida, to be Ambassador 
to Brunei Darussalam, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
AVIATION SAFETY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management and the District of Columbia concluded hearings 
to examine aviation safety issues, focusing on the training and 
supervision of Federal Aviation Administration inspectors, after 
receiving testimony from Gerald L. Dillingham, Associate Director, 
Transportation and Telecommunications Issues, and Bonnie Beckett-
Hoffman and Steve Calvo, both Senior Evaluators, all of the Resources, 
Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting 
Office; and Raymond J. DeCarli, Assistant Inspector General for 
Auditing, Lawrence H. Weintrob, Deputy Assistant Inspector General for 
Auditing, and John L. Meche, Regional Manager (Region 6), all of the 
Office of Inspector General, and David R. Hinson, Administrator, 
Anthony J. Broderick, Associate Administrator for Regulation and 
Certification, and Thomas C. Accardi, Director of Flight Standards 
Service, all of the Federal Aviation Administration, all of the 
Department of Transportation; and two protected witnesses.

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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN CALIFORNIA
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine Federal 
policies and practices with regard to racial, ethnic, and gender 
preferences, focusing on certain California affirmative action cases, 
receiving testimony from California Governor Pete Wilson, and Ward 
Connerly, on behalf of California Civil Rights Initiative, both of 
Sacramento; Audrey Rice Oliver, Integrated Business Solutions, Inc., 
San Ramon, California; Erwin Chemerinsky, University of Southern 
California Law Center, Los Angeles; Linda Chavez, Center for Equal 
Opportunity, Washington, D.C.; and Lee Cheng, Berkeley, California.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on S. 
1085, to prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment on the 
basis of race, color, national origin, or sex with respect to Federal 
employment, contracts, and programs, receiving testimony from 
Representatives Campbell and Canady; District of Columbia Delegate 
Norton; Deval Patrick, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights 
Division, Department of Justice; and Jorge Amselle, Center for Equal 
Opportunity, and Marcia D. Greenberger, National Women's Law Center, 
both of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
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 Thursday, May 2.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee To Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation 
and Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine certain 
issues relative to the Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving 
testimony from Johnny Mitchum, Tommy Goodwin, John Myers, Paul Young, 
Sam Bratton, and Michael Gaines, all of Little Rock, Arkansas; and Bob 
Nash, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.