[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D592-D594]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--HUD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1997 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, receiving 
testimony from Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Gen. John H. Tilelli,

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Jr., USA, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be 
Commander-in-Chief, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/
United States Forces, Korea, Lt. Gen. Wesley K. Clark, USA, for 
promotion to the grade of general and to be Commander-in-Chief, United 
States Southern Command, and Lt. Gen. Walter Kross, USAF, for promotion 
to the grade of general and to be Commander-in-Chief, United States 
Transportation Command, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
LIVESTOCK MARKETS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the condition of livestock markets, focusing on 
recent reports issued by the Department of Agriculture meatpacker 
concentration Advisory Committee, and proposed legislation to permit 
the interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry 
products, after receiving testimony from Senator Thomas; Leonard W. 
Condon, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for 
Agricultural Affairs; Willard K. Tom, Assistant Director for Policy and 
Evaluation, Federal Trade Commission; David Turetsky, Deputy Assistant 
Attorney General for Anti-Trust, Department of Justice; Dean Anderson, 
South Dakota Secretary of Agriculture, Pierre; Keith Bales, Montana 
Stockgrowers Association, Helena; Jay Patrick Boyle, American Meat 
Institute, Arlington, Virginia; Dick Kjerstead, South Dakota Farm 
Bureau Federation, Quinn; and Lois Wales, National Farmer's Union, 
Dimmitt, Texas.
ALASKA LAND BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the following bills:
  S. 1010, to amend the ``unit of general local government'' definition 
for Federal payments in lieu of taxes to include unorganized boroughs 
in Alaska, after receiving testimony from Senator Stevens; and Gwen 
Mason, Assistant Director, External Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, 
Department of the Interior;
  S. 1187, to convey certain real property located in Tongass National 
Forest to Daniel J. Gross, Sr., and Douglas K. Gross, after receiving 
testimony from Gray Reynolds, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; and
  S. 1807, to convey Federal land in the Tongass National Forest to the 
Kake Tribal Corporation in exchange for the Corporation's surface 
interests in certain land within the township of Kake, after receiving 
testimony from Mr. Reynolds (listed above); Gordon Jackson and Thomas 
Findley, both on behalf of the Kake Tribal Corporation, Kake, Alaska; 
and Julie Kitka, Alaska Federation of Natives, Anchorage.
SALMON RECOVERY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Drinking 
Water, Fisheries, and Wildlife concluded oversight hearings on 
implementation of salmon and steelhead recovery efforts in the Pacific 
Northwest, focusing on the installation of the surface collector by the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Lower Granite Dam, after receiving 
testimony from William Stelle, Jr., Director, Northwest Region, 
National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Department of Commerce; Maj. Gen. Russell L. Fuhrman, 
Commander, North Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and 
Mitch Sanchotena, Idaho Steelhead and Salmon Unlimited, Richard N. 
Williams, on behalf of the Independent Scientific Advisory Board, Mike 
Field, Northwest Power Planning Council, and Donald W. Chapman, all of 
Boise, Idaho.
OLYMPICS SECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
threat terrorism poses to the Olympics and steps taken by Federal law 
enforcement and military officials to maximize security at the upcoming 
Olympic games, after receiving testimony from Senator McCain; Robert M. 
Blitzer, Chief, Domestic Terrorism/Counterterrorism Section, National 
Security Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and J. Gilmore 
Childers, Special Counsel for Olympics, both of the Department of 
Justice; Gen. John H. Tilelli, Jr., USA, Commanding General, United 
States Army Forces Command (Ft. McPherson, Georgia); and Ariel Merari, 
Tel Aviv University, Israel.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, 
and Property Rights began consideration S.J. Res. 8, proposing an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit 
retroactive increases in taxes, but did not complete action thereon, 
and will meet again on Thursday, June 13.
INDIAN TRUST FUNDS MANAGEMENT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings on the 
Department of the Interior's management of Indian trust funds, focusing 
on the Department's efforts to reconcile Indian trust fund accounts and 
implement management improvements, receiving testimony from Paul M. 
Homan, Special Trustee for American Indians, Ed Cohen, Deputy 
Solicitor, and Joe Christie, Director, Reconciliation

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Project, Bureau of Indian Affairs, all of the Department of the 
Interior; Jim Simon, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of 
Justice; Linda M. Calbom, Director, and Gayle Fischer, Assistant 
Director, both of Civil Audits, Accounting and Information Management 
Division, and Tom Armstrong, Counsel, all of the General Accounting 
Office; Eric Davenport, Intertribal Monitoring Association on Indian 
Trust Funds, Juneau, Alaska; and Ivan Makil, Salt River Pima Maricopa 
Indian Community, Scottsdale, Arizona.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--DOD
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported, 
with amendments, 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.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation 
and Related Matters: Committee failed to agree to a committee 
resolution to grant immunity to David Hale, relative to the committee's 
investigation of certain matters with regard to the Whitewater 
Development Corporation.
  Committee recessed subject to call.