[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 87 (Thursday, June 13, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D609]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FAA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original bill to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 1997 for the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
Airport Improvement Program.
NATIONAL RECREATION LAKES STUDY ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on S. 1844, to increase recreational opportunities on American lakes 
and rivers, after receiving testimony from John H. Zirschky, Principal 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Patricia J. 
Beneke, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science; 
Janice McDougle, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Forest 
Service, Department of Agriculture; Kathryn Jackson, Senior Vice 
President, Resource Group, and Bob Herbst, Washington Representative, 
both of the Tennessee Valley Authority; Marshall Funk, Scotts Marina, 
Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the Marina Operators Association of 
America; Tom Stidham, Norris Marine, Norman, Oklahoma, on behalf of the 
Marine Retailers Association of America; Ray Gardiner, Snowbird Ski and 
Summer Resort, Snowbird, Utah, on behalf of Recreation Roundtable; and 
Ron Stone, States Organization for Boating Access, Washington, D.C.
WELFARE AND MEDICAID REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine proposals to 
reform the welfare and Medicaid system, focusing on S. 1795, to restore 
the American family, enhance support and work opportunities for 
families with children, reduce out-of-wedlock pregnancies, reduce 
welfare dependence by requiring work, meet the health care needs of 
America's most vulnerable citizens, control welfare and Medicaid 
spending, and increase State flexibility, receiving testimony from 
Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Raymond W. Kelly, of New York, to be Under Secretary of 
the Treasury, and Marcia E. Miller, of Indiana, to be a Member of the 
United States International Trade Commission.
  Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the 
aforementioned nominations, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Kelly was introduced by Senators 
D'Amato and Moynihan, and Ms. Miller was introduced by Senators Chafee 
and Moynihan.
PLO COMPLIANCE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) 
compliance from Dennis Ross, Special Middle East Coordinator, 
Department of State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  H.R. 1533, to increase the penalty for escaping from a Federal 
prison, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 419, to require the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
compensate Benchmark Rail Group, Inc. for certain emergency work and 
services performed by them;
  S. 1559, to make technical corrections to Federal bankruptcy law, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  S. Res. 226, to proclaim the week of October 13 through October 19, 
1996, as ``National Character Counts Week''.
CHALLENGES OF THE ELDERLY
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Aging resumed 
hearings to examine the scope of challenges facing America's aging 
society, focusing on whether working Americans are adequately preparing 
for retirement and what may impede their ability to do so, receiving 
testimony from Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Boston University, Boston, 
Massachusetts; Gary Burtless, Brookings Institution, and Karen 
Ferguson, Pension Rights Center, both of Washington, D.C.; Peter M. 
Kelly, Murphy, Smith and Polk, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the U.S. 
Chamber of Commerce; Alan Sklar, Gleeson, Sklar, Sawyers, and Cumpata, 
Skokie, Illinois, on behalf of National Small Business United; and 
Phillip J. Longman, St. Petersburg, Florida.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.