[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 14, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D471-D472]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
USDA ADMINISTERED-INTRAMURAL AND EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, 
Research, and Forestry held a hearing

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to review intramural and extramural research programs coordinated by 
the USDA. Testimony was heard from Catherine Woteki, Deputy Under 
Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics, USDA; and public 
witnesses.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations; Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education held a hearing on Nobel Laureates. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Nobel Laureates 
Biomedical Research panel: Daniel Nathans, Johns Hopkins University; E. 
Donnall Thomas, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, 
Washington; and Eric Wieschaus, Princeton University.
EFFECTS OF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on National 
Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs held a 
hearing on the Effects of a Minimum Wage Increase. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
INTELECTUAL PROPERTY ANTITRUST PROTECTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Held a hearing on H.R. 2674, Intellectual 
Property Antitrust Protection Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from 
Bruce A. Lehman, Assistant Secretary and Commissioner of Patents and 
Trademarks, Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce; Joel 
I. Klein, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust 
Division, Department of Justice; and public witnesses
YEAR 2000 SOFTWARE PROBLEM
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Technology held a hearing on 
Solving the Year 2000 Software Problem: Creating Blueprints for 
Success. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the SSA: 
Dean Mesterharm, Deputy Commissioner, Systems; and Kathleen M. Adams, 
Assistant Commissioner, Office Systems, Design and Development; Robert 
Hebner, Acting Deputy Director, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
SMALL BUSINESS JOB PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported amended H.R. 3448, Small 
Business Job Protection Act of 1996.