[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 59 (Thursday, May 2, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D410-D412]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--FDA/COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1997, after receiving testimony in behalf of 
funds for their respective activities from David A. Kessler, 
Commissioner, Michael A. Friedman, Deputy Commissioner for Operations, 
Robert J. Byrd, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Management and Systems, 
William Schultz, Deputy Commissioner for Policy, and Mary K. 
Pendergast, Deputy Commissioner/Senior Advisor to the Commissioner, all 
of the Food and Drug Administration, and Dennis P. Williams, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Budget, all of the Department of Health and 
Human Services; and John E. Tull, Jr., Acting Chairman, Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of Justice, 
receiving testimony from Janet Reno, Attorney General, Department of 
Justice.
  Also, subcommittee held hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1997 for the judicial system, receiving testimony from 
Anthony M. Kennedy and David H. Souter, both Associate Justices of the 
Supreme Court of the United States; and Richard S. Arnold, Chief Judge 
for the Eighth Circuit, United States Courts of Appeals.

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  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 8.
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of 
Energy, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for energy conservation 
programs from Christine Ervin, Assistant Secretary for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and in behalf of funds for fossil 
energy, clean coal energy, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and Naval 
Petroleum Reserve from Patricia F. Godley, Assistant Secretary for 
Fossil Energy, both of the Department of Energy.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 8.
APPROPRIATIONS--FAA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related 
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1997 for the Federal Aviation Administration, receiving testimony from 
David R. Hinson, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Department of Transportation.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 9.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE/NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  An original bill authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, and to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces;
  An original bill entitled ``Department of Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1997;
  An original bill entitled ``Military Construction Act for Fiscal Year 
1997'';
  An original bill entitled ``Department of Energy National Security 
Act for Fiscal Year 1997; and
  The nomination of Markos K. Marinakis, of New York, to be a Member of 
the Board of the Panama Canal Commission, and 4,539 military 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
SURFACE MINING CONTROL/MARINE MINERAL RESOURCES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management concluded hearings on S. 1401, to minimize 
duplication in regulatory programs and to give States exclusive 
responsibility under approved States program for permitting and 
enforcement of those provisions of the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 with respect to surface coal mining and 
reclamation operations, and S. 1194, to promote the research, 
identification, assessment, and exploration of marine mineral 
resources, after receiving testimony from Representative Cubin; Robert 
J. Uram, Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement, Department of the Interior; James Carter, Utah Department 
of Natural Resources, Salt Lake City; Gregory Conrad, on behalf of the 
Interstate Mining Compact Commission, Herndon, Virginia; Terry 
O'Connor, ARCO Coal Company, Denver, Colorado, on behalf of the Western 
Regional Council; Blair M. Gardner, Arch Minerals Corporation, St. 
Louis, Missouri; Albert A. Hale, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona; 
Doug McRay, Northern Plains Resources Council, Billings, Montana; and 
Tom Fitzgerald, National Citizens Coal Law Project, Frankfort, 
Kentucky.
RECREATIONAL RIVERS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Parks, 
Historic Preservation and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 879, to 
limit acquisition of land on the 39-mile headwaters segment of the 
Missouri River, Nebraska and South Dakota, designated as recreational 
river, to acquisition from willing sellers, S. 1167, to exclude the 
South Dakota segment from the segment of the Missouri River designated 
as a recreational river, S. 1168, to exclude any private lands from the 
segment of the Missouri River designated as a recreational river, S. 
1174, to designate certain segments of the Lamprey River in New 
Hampshire as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, 
and S. 1374, to require adoption of a management plan for the Hells 
Canyon National Recreation Area that allows appropriate use of 
motorized and nonmotorized river craft in the recreation area, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Pressler and Smith; Katherine H. 
Stevenson, Associate Director for Cultural Resource Stewardship and 
Partnerships, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Jack 
Ward Thomas, Chief, Lyle Laverty, Director, Recreation, Heritage and 
Wilderness Resources Management, and Bob Richmond, Forest Supervisor, 
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, all of the Forest Service, Department 
of Agriculture; Elizabeth Norcross, American Rivers, Washington, D.C.; 
Judith Spang, Lamprey River Watershed Association, Durham, New 
Hampshire; Richard H. Wellington, Lamprey River Advisory Committee, 
Lee, New Hampshire; Sandra F. Mitchell, Hells Canyon Alliance, Boise, 
Idaho; Richard K. Bailey, Hells Canyon Preservation Council, Joseph, 
Oregon; Darell Bentz, Intermountain Excursions and Bentz Boats, 
Lewiston, Idaho; Jerry

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Hughes, Hughes River Expeditions, Inc., Cambridge, Idaho; and Richard 
G. Sherwin, Clarkston, Washington.
NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nomination of Hubert T. Bell, Jr., of Alabama, to be Inspector 
General, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  The nominations of Glenn Dale Cunningham, to be United States Marshal 
for the District of New Jersey, and John R. Lacey, of Connecticut, to 
be a Member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United 
States, Department of Justice;
  S. 1474, to authorize probation officers and pretrial services 
officers, if approved by the district court, to carry firearms under 
such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Director of the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts; and
  S. 1277, to provide equitable relief for the generic drug industry, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.