[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 62 (Tuesday, May 7, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D429-D431]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMPARTMENTED NAVY PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded closed hearings on a 
compartmented Navy program, after receiving testimony from John M. 
Deutch, Director for Central Intelligence; Vice Adm. Joseph Lopez, 
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Resources, Warfare Requirements 
and Assessments; and John J. Hamre, Comptroller, Department of Defense.
FTC
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded oversight 
hearings on activities of the Federal Trade Commission, after receiving 
testimony from Robert Pitofsky, Chairman, and Janet D. Steiger, 
Commissioner, both of the Federal

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Trade Commission; and James Rill, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Bruce 
Silverglade, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Christine T. 
Milliken, National Association of Attorneys General, and Daniel Jaffe, 
Association of National Advertisers, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.
COAST GUARD BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans and Fisheries concluded hearings on the President's proposed 
budget request for fiscal year 1997 for the United States Coast Guard, 
after receiving testimony from Adm. Robert E. Kramek, Commandant, 
United States Coast Guard, Department of Transportation.
OREGON RESOURCES CONSERVATION ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management concluded hearings on S. 1662, to establish 
areas of wilderness and recreation in the State of Oregon, after 
receiving testimony from Nancy K. Hayes, Chief of Staff and Counselor 
to the Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; 
Brian E. Burke, Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural 
Resources and Environment; Karl Wenner and Alice Kilham, both of 
Klamath Falls, Oregon, both on behalf of the Upper Klamath Basin 
Working Group; Richard McIntyre, Fort Klamath, Oregon, on behalf of 
Oregon Trout and Water Watch of Oregon; Jim Carpenter, Klamath 
Wingwatchers, Inc., Klamath Falls, Oregon; Zach Willey, Environmental 
Defense Fund/Pacific Northwest, Bend, Oregon; Charles Calica, Warm 
Springs, Oregon, on behalf of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm 
Springs Reservation of Oregon; Jan Boettcher, Oregon Water Resources 
Congress, Salem; Mitch Williams, Mt. Hood Corridor Community Planning 
Organization, Welches, Oregon; and Wade C. Boyd, Longview Fibre 
Company, Longview, Washington.
GSA PUBLIC BUILDINGS BUDGET/GSA PROPERTY DISPOSAL
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure concluded hearings on the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 1997 for the General Services 
Administration Public Buildings Services, after receiving testimony 
from David J. Barram, Acting Administrator, General Services 
Administration; and Judge Robert E. Cowen, U.S. Court of Appeals for 
the Third Circuit, on behalf of the Judicial Conference of the United 
States.
  Also, committee concluded hearings on issues related to the potential 
disposal of GSA-held property located in northern Virginia for the 
siting of a new major league baseball stadium, after receiving 
testimony from Thomas Sherman, Acting Regional Administrator, National 
Capital Region, General Services Administration; Katherine K. Hanley 
and Dana Kauffman, both of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, 
Fairfax, Virginia; William L. Collins, III, Virginia Baseball Club, 
L.C., Alexandria; Lee Carson Fifer, Jr., Maguire, Woods, Battle and 
Boothe, McLean, Virginia, on behalf of the Virginia Baseball Stadium 
Authority; and Addson L. Smith, West Springfield Civic Association, 
Springfield, Virginia.
NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE COPYRIGHT PROTECTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed hearings on S. 1284, to 
adapt the copyright law to the digital, networked environment of the 
National Information Infrastructure, receiving testimony from Senator 
Burns; Robert L. Oakley, Georgetown University Law Center, on behalf of 
the Digital Future Coalition, and Kenneth R. Kay, Creative Incentive 
Coalition, both of Washington, D.C.; William W. Burrington, Interactive 
Services Association, Vienna, Virginia; Daniel Burton, Novell, Inc., 
Orem, Utah; and John Bettis, Los Angeles, California, on behalf of the 
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FUNDING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine how funding for biomedical research is being affected by a 
changing health care delivery system, reductions of income in the 
clinical practices of academic medical centers, and Federal budget 
restraints, and on S. 1534, to provide additional support for and 
expand clinical research programs of the National Institutes of Health, 
after receiving testimony from Jordan J. Cohen, Association of American 
Medical Colleges, Washington, D.C.; Gail L. Warden, Henry Ford Health 
System, Detroit, Michigan; David G. Nathan, Dana-Farber Cancer 
Institute, on behalf of the National Institutes of Health Clinical 
Research Panel of the Advisory Committee to the Director, and William 
Terry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, both of Boston, Massachusetts; 
Veronica Catanese, New York University School of Medicine, New York, on 
behalf of the American Federation for Clinical Research; Eugene 
Orringer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, on behalf of the 
General Clinical Research Center Program Directors' Association; Robert 
R. Rich, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, on behalf of the 
Committee on Public Affairs of the American Association of 
Immunologists; Janice G. Douglas, Case Western Reserve School of 
Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio; and Gail H.

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Cassell, University of Alabama, Birmingham, on behalf of the American 
Society for Microbiology.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation 
and Related Matters: Committee met to review certain evidence with 
regard to its investigation of matters relative to the Whitewater 
Development Corporation.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.