[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 82 (Thursday, June 6, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D572-D574]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--HHS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of Health and 
Human Services, receiving testimony from Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of 
Health and Human Services; David C. Condliffe, Drug policy Foundation, 
Washington, D.C.; and Peter Lurie, University of California, San 
Francisco.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, June 13.
AUTHORIZATION--INTELLIGENCE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1718, to authorize funds for fiscal year 1997 for intelligence and 
intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the 
Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency 
Retirement and Disability System, with amendments; and
  The nominations of Robert E. Anderson, of Minnesota, Lonnie R. 
Bristow, of California, and Shirley L. Jones, of Arkansas, each to be a 
Member of the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of 
the Health Sciences.
PUHCA REPEAL
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on S. 1317, to repeal the Public Utility Holding Company Act 
of 1935, establish a limited regulatory framework covering public 
utility holding companies, and eliminate duplicative regulation, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Murkowski and Johnston; Barry P. 
Barbash, Director, Division of Investment Management, United States 
Securities and Exchange Commission; Elizabeth A. Moler, Chair, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission; Robert W. Gee, Public Utility Commission 
of Texas, Austin, on behalf of the National Association of Regulatory 
Utility Commissioners; E. Linn Draper, Jr., American Electric Power 
Company, Columbus, Ohio; Ronald J. Tanski, National Fuel Gas Company, 
and John Hughes, Electricity Consumers Resource Council, on behalf of 
the Coalition for Customer Choice on Electricity, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Lloyd A. Levitin, Los Angeles, California, on behalf of Pacific 
Enterprises; and Larry A. Frimerman, Ohio Consumers' Counsel, Columbus, 
on behalf of the National Association of State Utility Consumer 
Advocates.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1311, to establish a National Fitness and Sports Foundation to 
carry out activities to support and supplement the mission of the 
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports;
  S. 1420, to implement an international agreement on the protection of 
dolphins and harvest of tuna in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, 
with an amendment;
  S. 1505, to reduce risk to public safety and the environment 
associated with pipeline transportation of natural gas and hazardous 
liquids, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1645, to regulate United States scientific and tourist activities 
in Antarctica, and to conserve Antarctic resources;
  S. 1735, to establish the United States Tourism Organization as a 
nongovernmental entity for the purpose of promoting tourism in the 
United States, with an amendment;
  S. 1840, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1997 and 1998 
for the Federal Trade Commission;
  S. 1831, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1997, 1998, and 
1999 for the National Transportation Safety Board;
  S. 1839, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 to the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration for human space flight; 
science, aeronautics, and technology; mission support; and inspector 
general, with an amendment;
  S. 1648, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate 
endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel HERCO 
TYME;
  S. 1682, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate 
endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel 
LIBERTY;
  S. 1825, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate 
endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel 
HALCYON;
  S. 1826, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate 
endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel 
COURIER SERVICE;

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  S. 1828, to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate 
endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel TOP 
GUN; and
  The nominations of James E. Hall, of Tennessee, to be Chairman of the 
National Transportation Safety Board, and certain U.S. Coast Guard 
promotion lists.
  Also, committee began consideration of proposed legislation to 
authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration, but 
did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Thursday, June 
13.
  Also, committee announced its subcommittee assignments as follows:
  Aviation: Senators McCain (Chairman), Pressler, Gorton, Burns, Lott, 
Hutchison, Ashcroft, Frist, Snowe, Ford, Hollings, Exon, Inouye, Bryan, 
Rockefeller, Breaux, Dorgan, and Wyden;
  Communications: Senators Pressler (Chairman), Stevens, McCain, Burns, 
Gorton, Lott, Ashcroft, Hutchison, Abraham, Hollings, Inouye, Ford, 
Exon, Kerry, Breaux, Rockefeller, and Dorgan;
  Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism: Senators Gorton 
(Chairman), McCain, Snowe, Ashcroft, Frist, Abraham, Exon, Ford, Bryan, 
Rockefeller, and Wyden;
  Oceans and Fisheries: Senators Stevens (Chairman), Gorton, Snowe, 
Pressler, Kerry, Inouye, and Breaux;
  Science, Technology, and Space: Senators Burns (Chairman), Pressler, 
Hutchison, Stevens, Lott, Rockefeller, Kerry, Bryan, and Dorgan; and
  Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine: Senators Lott (Chairman), 
Hutchison, Stevens, Burns, Snowe, Frist, Abraham, Inouye, Exon, Breaux, 
Bryan, and Wyden.
NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Parks, 
Historic Preservation and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 1703, to 
provide the National Park Foundation a greater ability to raise funds 
from individuals, foundations and corporations to help repair and 
preserve national parks, after receiving testimony from Roger G. 
Kennedy, Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; 
Donald H. Rumsfeld, National Park Foundation, Chicago, Illinois; Anne 
Wexler, The Wexler Group, Alan T. Howe, National Park Hospitality 
Association, Jeff Perlman, American Advertising Federation and Magazine 
Publishers of America, and William J. Chandler, National Parks and 
Conservation Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Alfred Schreiber, 
Bozell Worldwide, New York, New York; Curt Buchholtz, Rocky Mountain 
National Park Associates, Inc., Estes Park, Colorado; Chesley Moroz, 
Eastern National Park and Monument Association, Conshohocken, 
Pennsylvania; and Paula Degan, Conference on National Park Cooperating 
Associations, Charles Town, West Virginia.
CHINA MFN TRADE STATUS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine foreign policy 
implications of the renewal of China's most-favored-nation trading 
status, receiving testimony from Charlene Barshefsky, Acting United 
States Trade Representative; Winston Lord, Assistant Secretary of State 
for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Richard L. Trumka, AFL-CIO, Lodi G. 
Gyari, International Campaign for Tibet, and Mike Jendrzejczyk, Human 
Rights Watch/Asia, all of Washington, D.C.; Donald L. Staheli, 
Continental Grain Company, New York, New York, on behalf of the United 
States-China Business Council; Harry J. Pearce, Tyco Toys Inc., Mount 
Laurel, New Jersey; Hungdah Chiu, University of Maryland, Baltimore; 
and Henry Ma, International Technological University, Santa Clara, 
California.
CHINA MFN TRADE STATUS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine 
foreign policy implications of renewing China's most-favored-nation 
trading status, receiving testimony from Sven Kraemer, former Director 
of Arms Control, National Security Council; and Jeffrey L. Fiedler, 
Laogai Research Foundation, and Richard L. Trumka, both of the AFL-CIO, 
Nina Shea, Freedom House, Robert A. Kapp, United States-China Business 
Council, and Lodi G. Gyari, International Campaign for Tibet, all of 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
Asian Affairs held hearings to examine prospects for peace in 
Afghanistan, receiving testimony from Representatives Rohrabacher and 
Royce; Robin L. Raphel, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian 
Affairs; John L. Moore, Officer for Middle East, South Asia, and 
Terrorism, Defense Intelligence Agency; T. Kumar, Amnesty 
International, Washington, D.C.; Gary R. Shaye, Save the Children, 
Westport, Connecticut; David H. Kuhns, Doctors Without Borders USA, 
Inc., Jalalabad, Afghanistan; Dan O'Brien, CARE, Atlanta, Georgia; and 
Nancy Dupree, ACBAR Resource and Information Center, Peshawar, 
Pakistan.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
IRS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to review 
Internal Revenue Service financial management issues, focusing on 
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the IRS, receiving testimony from Valerie Lau, Inspector General, and 
Anthony Musick, Chief Financial Officer, Internal Revenue Service, both 
of the Department of the Treasury; and Gregory M. Holloway, Director of 
Governmentwide Audits, Accounting and Information Management Division, 
General Accounting Office.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee continued in evening 
session to mark up S. 1745, to authorize funds for fiscal year 1997 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
and to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces.