[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D595-D597]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
BUDGET RESOLUTION--FOOD STAMP REFORM PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Began consideration of recommendations to the 
Committee on the Budget to comply with the instructions included in the 
Budget Resolution (Food Stamp Reform Program).
  Committee recessed subject to call.
FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPETITIVENESS AND REGULATORY RELIEF ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Continued consideration of 
the Financial Services Competitiveness and Regulatory Relief Act.
FUTURE OF MONEY
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic 
and International Monetary Policy continued hearings on the Future of 
Money, Part IV. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY ACT
Committee on Commerce: Held a hearing on H.R. 3507, Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996. Testimony was heard 
from Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Joseph 
Teefey, Deputy Director, Department of Medical Assistance Services, 
State of Virginia; and public witnesses.

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MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Commerce: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 3431, 
Armored Car Reciprocity Improvement Act of 1996; and H.R. 3604, 
amended, Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996.
PROFESSIONAL BOXING SAFETY ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous 
Materials and the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the 
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities held a joint 
hearing on H.R. 1186 and S. 187, Professional Boxing Safety Act. 
Testimony was heard from Senators McCain and Bryan; Representatives 
Owens and Williams; and public witnesses.
FURTHER DOWNSIZING AND REINVENTION
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Civil 
Service concluded hearings on Further Downsizing and Reinvention, Part 
II. Testimony was heard from the following officials of GAO: Timothy 
Bowling, Associate Director, Federal Workforce Management Issues; and 
Henry W. Wray, Associate General Counsel; John Koskinen, Deputy 
Director, Management, OMB; and James B. King, Director, OPM.
PROSPECTS FOR FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN BOSNIA
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on Prospects for 
Free and Fair Elections in Bosnia. Testimony was heard from Ambassador 
William Montgomery, Special Advisor for the Implementation of the 
Dayton Peace Accord, Department of State; and public witnesses.
CHILD LABOR
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights held a hearing on Child Labor. Testimony 
was heard from Representative Morella and Miller of California; the 
following officials of the Department of Labor: Maria Echaveste, 
Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards 
Administration; and Sonia Rosen, Director, International Child Labor 
Studies; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
3525, amended, Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996; H.R. 3166, amended, 
Government Accountability Act of 1996; H.R. 3460, amended, Inventor 
Rights Protection and Patent Reform Act of 1996; and H.R. 740, to 
confer jurisdiction on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims with respect to 
land claims of Pueblo of Isleta Indian tribe.
  The Committee also approved private claims bills.
  The Committee began markup of H.R. 3396, Defense of Marriage Act.
  Will continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
401, Kenai Natives Association Equity Act of 1995; and H.R. 2505, to 
amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to make certain 
clarifications to the land bank protection provisions. Testimony was 
heard from Deborah L. Williams, Special Assistant to the Secretary for 
Alaska, Department of the Interior; and other witnesses.
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment approved for full Committee action H.R. 3592, 
Water Resources Development Act of 1996.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PHARMACY PROGRAM
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health 
Care held a hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs pharmacy 
program with emphasis on over-the-counter drugs, medical supplies and 
dietary supplements. Testimony was heard from David P. Baine, Director, 
Health Care Delivery and Quality Issues, Health, Education, and Human 
Services Division, GAO; and John E. Ogden, Director, Pharmacy Service, 
Department of Veterans Affairs.
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
Teaching Hospitals and Other Issues Related to Graduate Medical 
Education. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
U.S.-CHINA TRADE RELATIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on 
U.S.-China Trade Relations and Renewal of China's Most-Favored-Nation 
Status. Testimony was heard from Representatives Solomon, Kolbe, 
Pelosi, Smith of New Jersey, Wolf, Kaptur, Cox of California, 
Rohrabacher and Scarborough; Charlene Barshefsky, Acting U.S. Trade 
Representative; Winston, Lord, Assistant Secretary, East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses.
INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION REGARDING HAITI
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Human 
Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence met in executive 
session to hold a hearing on the Politicization of Intelligence 
Collection

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Regarding Haiti. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.