[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 22, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D519-D520]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SEAFOOD INSPECTION PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Produce 
held a hearing on seafood inspection programs. Testimony was heard from 
James W. Brennan, Deputy General Counsel, NOAA, Department of Commerce; 
Michael Friedman, M.D., Deputy Commissioner, Operations, FDA, 
Department of Health and Human Services.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing and Related Programs began markup of the Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing and Related Programs appropriations for fiscal year 
1997.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security met in 
executive session to continue markup of the Defense appropriations for 
fiscal year 1997.
  Will continue tomorrow.
ARMORED CAR RECIPROCITY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1996
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous 
Materials approved for full Committee action H.R. 3431, Armored Car 
Industry Reciprocity Improvement Act of 1996.
  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this 
legislation. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--CONDITIONS--D.C. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on the 
District of Columbia held an oversight hearing on Conditions within the 
District of Columbia Department of Corrections. Testimony was heard 
from Margaret Moore, Director, Department of Corrections, District of 
Columbia; and public witnesses.
ELECTRONIC REPORTING STREAMLINING ACT; DELAY PRIVATIZATION OF OFFICE OF 
INVESTIGATIONS OPM
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information and Technology held a hearing on the 
following: Electronic Reporting Streamlining Act of 1996; and H.R. 
3189, to delay the privatization of the Office of Federal 
Investigations of the Office of Personnel Management in order to allow 
sufficient time for a thorough review to be conducted as to the 
feasibility and desirability of any such privitization. Testimony was 
heard from Sally Katzen, Administrator, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, OMB; the following officials of OMP: James B. King, 
Director; and Deborah Abraham Apperson, Senior investigator, Office of 
Federal Investigations; and public witnesses.
AFRICAN--HUMAN RIGHTS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa held a 
hearing on Current Human Rights Situation in Africa. Testimony was 
heard from John Shattuck, Assistant Secretary, Democracy, Human Rights, 
and Labor, Department of State; and public witnesses.
FORCED MIGRATION--NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights held a

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hearing on Forced Migration in the Newly Independent States of the 
former Soviet Union. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
SHIPBUILDING TRADE AGREEMENT ACT
Committee on National Security: Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant 
Marine held a hearing on H.R. 2754, Shipbuilding Trade Agreement Act. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Gibbons and Crane; the 
following officials of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: 
Ambassador Jennifer Hillman, General Counsel; and Donald Phillips, 
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Industry; and public witnesses.
VETERANS' LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension, 
Insurance and Memorial Affairs approved for full Committee action the 
following: H.R. 3458, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment 
Act of 1996; H.R. 2513, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
expand eligibility for burial benefits to include certain veterans who 
die in State nursing homes; a measure to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to authorize the provision of funds in order to provide financial 
assistance by grant or contract to legal assistance entities for 
representation of financially needy veterans in connection with 
proceedings before the United States Court of Veterans Appeals; and 
H.R. 3495, to extend the time for the submission of the final report of 
the Veterans' Claims Adjudication Commission.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a 
hearing on welfare reform. Testimony was heard from Mary Jo Bane, 
Assistant Secretary, Children and Families, Department of Health and 
Human Services.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
IRAN OIL SANCTIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on 
H.R. 3107, Iran Oil Sanctions Act of 1996. Testimony was heard from C. 
David Welch, Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near 
Eastern Affairs, Department of State; Jennifer Hillman, General 
Counsel, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; and William E. 
Barreda, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Trade and Investment Policy, 
Department of the Treasury.