[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 82 (Thursday, June 6, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D575-D577]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
STATE MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry 
held a hearing to review the statutory prohibition on interstate 
shipment of state inspected meat and poultry products. Testimony was 
heard from Craig Reed, Associate Administrator, Inspection Operations, 
Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA; Rick Perry, Commissioner, 
Department of Agriculture, State of Ohio; Alan Tracy, Secretary, 
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, State of 
Wisconsin; and public witnesses.
AGRICULTURE, FDA, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
appropriations for fiscal year 1997.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation approved 
for full Committee action the Transportation appropriations for fiscal 
year 1997.
FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPETITIVENESS REGULATORY RELIEF ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Began markup of the 
Financial Services Competitiveness and Regulatory Relief Act.
  Will continue June 11.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment approved 
for full Committee action the following: Safe Drinking Water Act 
Amendments of 1996; and H.R. 248, amended, to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to provide for the conduct of expanded studies and the 
establishment of innovative programs with respect to traumatic brain 
injury.
RETIREMENT CRISIS AHEAD?
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations held a hearing on Retirement Crisis Ahead?: 
Exploring Ways to Simplify and Expand Pensions. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
OPEN CAMPUS POLICE LOGS ACT
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning held a hearing 
on H.R. 2416, Open Campus Police Logs Act of 1995. Testimony was heard 
from David Longanecker, Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary 
Education, Department of Education; and public witnesses.
CENSUS 2000: THE CHALLENGE OF THE COUNT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Held a hearing on Census 
2000: The Challenge of the Court. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Commerce: Everett M. Ehrlich, 
Under Secretary, Economic Affairs; and Martha F. Riche, Director, 
Bureau of the Census.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Human 
Resources and Intergovernmental Relations held an oversight hearing on 
the Department of Education's Management of Access to Federal Student 
Aid Programs. Testimony was heard from Cornelia M. Blanchette, 
Associate Director, Education and Employment Issues, GAO; the following 
officials of the Department of Education:

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David A. Longanecker, Assistant Secretary, Postsecondary Education; and 
Thomas R. Bloom, Inspector General; and public witnesses.
SUBPOENA--AID OFFICIAL
Committee on International Relations: Approved, by voice vote, a motion 
authorizing the issuance of a subpoena to compel the testimony of Larry 
E. Byrne, Assistant Administrator, Management, AID, U.S. International 
Development Cooperation Agency.
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON AFRICA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa held a 
hearing on New Perspectives on Africa. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
WESTERN HEMISPHERE--WAR ON DRUGS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on the Western 
Hemisphere held a hearing on the War on Drugs in the Western 
Hemisphere: Fact or Fiction? Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Diaz-Balart and Shaw; Gen. Barry McCaffrey, USA, Director, Office of 
National Drug Control Policy; Robert S. Gelbard, Assistant Secretary, 
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Department of 
State; and Thomas A. Constantine, Administrator, DEA, Department of 
Justice.
PAROLE COMMISSION PHASEOUT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on S. 
1507, Parole Commission Phaseout Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from 
Richard J. Arcara, Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of New 
York; and the following officials of the Department of Justice: Edward 
F. Reilly, Jr., Chairman, U.S. Parole Commission; and Robert S. Litt, 
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division.
U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS--POST-COLD WAR WORLD
Committee on National Security: Held a hearing on U.S. national 
security interests in the Post-Cold War world. Testimony was heard from 
Paul D. Wolfowitz, former Under Secretary, Policy, Department of 
Defense; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans 
held an oversight hearing on ``Teaming With Wildlife''. Testimony was 
heard from Dan Ashe, Assistant Director, External Affairs, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Robert L. McDowell, 
Director, Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife, State of New Jersey; and 
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and 
Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2122, to designate 
the Lake Tahoe Basin National Forest in the States of California and 
Nevada to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture; H.R. 2438, 
to provide for the conveyance of lands to certain individuals in 
Gunnison County, Colorado; H.R. 2518, to authorize the Secretary of 
Agriculture to exchange certain lands in the Wenatchee National Forest, 
Washington, for certain lands owned by Public Utility District No. 1 of 
Chelan County, Washington; H.R. 2693, to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture to make a minor adjustment in the exterior boundary of 
Hells Canyon Wilderness in Oregon and Idaho to exclude an established 
Forest Service road inadvertently included in the wilderness; H.R. 
2709, to provide for the conveyance of certain land to the Del Norte 
County Unified School District of Del Norte County, California; H.R. 
3146, to provide for the exchanges of certain Federal lands in the 
State of California for certain non-federal lands; and H.R. 3547, to 
provide for the conveyance of a parcel of real property in the Apache 
National Forest in Arizona to the Alpine Elementary School District 7 
to be used for the construction of school facilities and related 
playing fields. Testimony was heard from Representatives Vucanovich, 
McInnis, Hastings of Washington, Cooley of Oregon, Riggs, Radanovich 
and Hayworth; and Grey Reynolds, Deputy Chief, Forest Service, USDA.
SHIPBUILDING TRADE AGREEMENT ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 2754, Shipbuilding Trade Agreement 
Act. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the 
bill.
  The rule makes in order the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
as recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means, as modified by the 
amendment printed in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying the resolution, as an original bill for amendment purposes 
which shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order 
against the amendment in the nature of a substitute, as modified.
  The rule provides for an amendment printed in part 2 of the report of 
the Committee on Rules accompanying the resolution and waives all 
points of order against the amendment. The amendment may be offered 
only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 
shall be debatable for 1 hour equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to

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amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the 
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. Finally, the 
rule provides one motion to recommit, with or without instructions. 
Testimony was heard from Chairmen Archer and Spence; and 
Representatives Bateman, Gibbons, Dellums and Taylor of Mississippi.
PATENT SYSTEM AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY NEEDS
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Technology held a hearing on 
Patent System and Modern Technology Needs: Meeting the Challenge of the 
21st Century. Testimony was heard from Bruce A. Lehman, Assistant 
Secretary and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Department of 
Commerce; and public witnesses.
SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT COMPANY PROGRAM REFORMS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the proposed reforms of 
the Small Business Investment Company Program. Testimony was heard from 
Patricia Forbes, Acting Associate Deputy Administrator, Economic 
Development, SBA; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered reported the 
following measures: H.R. 3572, to designate the bridge on U.S. Route 
231, which crosses the Ohio River between Maceo, KY, and Rockport, IN, 
as the ``William H. Natcher Bridge''; H. Con. Res. 172, authorizing the 
1996 Summer Olympic Torch Relay to be run through the Capitol Grounds; 
H.R. 3186, to designate the Federal building located at 1655 Woodson 
Road in Overland, MO, as the ``Sammy L. Davis Federal Building;'' H.R. 
3364, amended, to designate a U.S. Courthouse in Scranton, PA, as the 
``William J. Nealon United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 3400, amended, to 
designate the United States courthouse to be constructed at a site on 
18th Street between Dodge and Douglas Streets in Omaha, NE, as the 
``Roman L. Hruska United States Courthouse''; H.R. 3267, Child Pilot 
Safety Act; H.R. 3536, amended, Airline Pilot Hiring and Safety Act; 
and H.R. 3539, amended, Federal Aviation Authorization Act of 1996.
MEDICARE PROGRAM--FINANCIAL CONDITION
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the Financial Condition 
of the Medicare Program. Testimony was heard from Robert E. Rubin, 
Secretary of the Treasury; and Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health 
and Human Services.
BOSNIA
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Bosnia. Testimony was heard from departmental 
witnesses.