[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 74 (Thursday, May 23, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D525-D526]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--U.N./USIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
the Judiciary and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1997, after receiving testimony in 
behalf of funds for the United Nations from Madeleine K. Albright, 
United States Representative to the General Assembly of the United 
Nations; and in behalf of funds for the United States Information 
Agency from Joseph Duffey, Director, United States Information Agency; 
and David Burke, Chairman, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Department 
of State.
APPROPRIATIONS--CBO/CAPITOL POLICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for certain 
activities of the Legislative Branch, receiving testimony from June E. 
O'Neill, Director, Congressional Budget Office; and Howard O. Green, 
Jr., Senate Sergeant-at-Arms, Gary Albrecht, Chief, Capitol Police, and 
Wilson Livingood, Chairman, Capitol Police Board, all on behalf of the 
United States Capitol Police.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, June 14.
APPROPRIATIONS--EPA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1997 for the Environmental Protection Agency, receiving testimony from 
Carol M. Browner, Administrator, EPA.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 483, to amend Federal copyright provisions regarding preemption of 
laws concerning duration of copyrights, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  H.R. 2980, to prohibit and prescribe penalties for interstate 
stalking; and
  The nomination of J. Rene Josey, to be a United States Attorney for 
South Carolina.
RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children and 
Families held hearings to examine initiatives to encourage responsible 
fatherhood, receiving testimony from Wade F. Horn, National Fatherhood 
Initiative, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; David Popenoe, Rutgers University, 
New Brunswick, New Jersey; Charles Ballard, National Institute for 
Responsible Fatherhood and Family Development, Washington, D.C.; and 
Randy Phillips, PromiseKeepers, Boulder, Colorado.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
VETERANS BENEFITS PROGRAMS
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on proposed 
legislation to provide a cost- of-living adjustment in rates of 
disability compen- sation and dependency and indemnity compensation, S. 
281, to change the date for the beginning of the Vietnam Era for the 
purpose of veterans benefits from August 5, 1964 to December 22, 1961, 
S. 749, to revise the authority relating to the Center for Minority 
Veterans and the Center for Women Veterans of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, S. 993, to provide for cost-savings in the housing 
loan program for veterans, and to limit cost-of-living increases for 
Montgomery GI bill benefits, S. 994, to clarify the eligibility of 
certain minors for burial in national cemeteries, S. 995, to restrict 
payment of a clothing allowance to incarcerated veterans, S. 996, 
Veterans' Insurance Reform Act, S. 1131, to authorize the provision of 
financial assistance to insure that financially needy veterans receive 
legal assistance in connection with proceedings before the U.S. Court 
of Veterans Appeals, S. 1342, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to make loans to refinance loans made to veterans under the 
Native American Veterans Direct Loan Program, S. 1711, to establish a 
commission to evaluate the programs of the Federal Government that 
assist members of the Armed Forces and veterans in readjusting to 
civilian life, S. 1748, to permit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
reorganize the Veterans Health Administration, S. 1749, to make 
technical changes in certain provisions relating

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to construction-project terminology, S. 1750, to modify disbursement 
agreement authority to include residents and interns serving in any VA 
facility providing hospital care or medical services, S. 1751, to 
revise the procedure for providing claimants and their representatives 
with copies of Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions, S. 1752, to exempt 
full-time registered nurses, physician assistants, and expanded-
function dental auxiliaries from restriction on remunerated outside 
professional activities, S. 1753, to suspend a special pay agreement 
for physicians and dentists who enter residency training programs, and 
Titles II and III of H.R. 2289, Veterans Housing, Employment Programs, 
and Employment Rights Benefits Act, after receiving testimony from 
Frank Q. Nebeker, Chief Judge, United States Court of Veterans Appeals; 
Charles L. Cragin, Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals, Department of 
Veterans Affairs; and John R. Vitikacs, American Legion, Dennis 
Cullinan, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Richard F. Schultz, Disabled 
American Veterans, Russell W. Mank, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Carl 
F. Stout, Vietnam Veterans of America, Maura Farrell Miller, Nurses 
Organization of Veterans Affairs, Samuel V. Spagnolo, National 
Association of VA Physicians and Dentists, Keith D. Snyder, National 
Organization of Veterans Advocates, and David B. Isbell, Veterans 
Consortium Pro Bono Program, all of Washington, D.C.
IRANIAN ARMS SHIPMENTS TO BOSNIA
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee resumed hearings to examine 
United States policy with regard to Iranian and other arms transfers to 
Bosnia, receiving testimony from Strobe Talbott, Deputy Secretary of 
State.
  Committee recessed subject to call.