[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 14, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D468-D469]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--NOAA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
the Judiciary and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, receiving testimony from D. James Baker, Under 
Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.
  Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for foreign 
assistance programs, focusing on narcotics budget and strategy issues, 
receiving testimony from Barry R. McCaffrey, Director, White House 
Office of National Drug Control Policy.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 16.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 444 
military nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
  Also, committee met to discuss certain provisions of proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for intelligence 
activities of the United States.
AUTHORIZATION--FAA/AIP
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Federal 
Aviation Administration and the Airport Improvement Program, after 
receiving testimony from David R. Hinson, Administrator, Anthony 
Broderick, Associate Administrator for Certification and Regulation, 
Susan Kurland, Associate Administrator for Airports, and Ellis Ohnstad, 
Manager of Program Guidance Branch, Financial Assistance Division, all 
of the Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation; 
Mayor Timothy G. Rich, Aberdeen, South Dakota; Edward A. Merlis, Air 
Transport Association of America, David Plavin, Airports Council 
International North America, both of Washington, D.C.; Chip Barclay, 
American Association of Airport Executives, Alexandria, Virginia; and 
Leonard Griggs, Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, St. Louis, 
Missouri.
DOE LITIGATION COSTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations concluded oversight hearings to review the 
management and costs of class action lawsuits at Department of Energy 
facilities, including DOE's oversight of private firm attorneys and 
DOE's compliance with court orders directing the Department to provide 
documents relevant to the litigation, focusing on Rocky Flats and 
Hanford litigation, after receiving testimony from Victor S. Rezendes, 
Director, Energy, Resources, and Sciences Issues, Resources, Community, 
and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; and 
Robert R. Nordhaus, General Counsel, Marc Johnston, Deputy General 
Counsel for Litigation, and Lisa Schiavo-Blatt, Assistant General 
Counsel, all of the Department of Energy.
NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nomination of Hubert T. Bell, Jr., of Alabama, to be 
Inspector General, Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
GAMBLING IMPACT STUDY COMMISSION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably 
reported, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 704, to 
authorize funds to establish the Gambling Impact Study Commission to 
study and report to the President and the Congress, all matters 
relating to the impact of gambling on States and possible alternative 
sources of State revenue.
FALSE STATEMENTS PENALTY RESTORATION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on S. 1734, to 
prohibit false statements to Congress

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and to clarify congressional authority to obtain truthful testimony, 
and related proposals, receiving testimony from Senator Levin; 
Representative Martini; Robert S. Litt, Deputy Assistant Attorney 
General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Thomas B. Griffith, 
Legal Counsel, United States Senate; and Charles Tiefer, University of 
Baltimore Law School, Baltimore, Maryland.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
CHALLENGES OF THE ELDERLY
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Aging held 
hearings to examine the scope of challenges facing America's aging 
society, focusing on demographic trends confronting the nation as the 
baby boom generation moves toward retirement, and how well the nation 
is prepared to cope with these trends, receiving testimony from Robert 
J. Palacios, Economist (Pensions), World Bank; Robert J. Myers, former 
Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration; C. Eugene Steuerle, 
Urban Institute, and Carolyn L. Weaver, American Enterprise Institute, 
both of Washington, D.C.; and David M. Walker, Arthur Andersen LLP, 
Atlanta, Georgia.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation 
and Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine certain 
matters relative to the Whitewater Development Corporation, receiving 
testimony from Patricia Solis, Special Assistant to the President, and 
Director of Scheduling for the First Lady; and Susan Thomases, Wilkie, 
Farr & Gallagher, New York, New York.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.