[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 92 (Thursday, June 20, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D649-D651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Began markup of the Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education appropriations for fiscal year 1997.
  Will continue June 25.
DAVIS-BACON/GAO REPORT
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections and the Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a joint hearing on the Davis-Bacon/GAO Report, 
focusing on Allegations of Fraud and Barriers to Employment. Testimony 
was heard from Carlotta C. Joyner, Director, Education and Employment 
Issues, Health, Education and Human Services Division, GAO; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Ordered reported the 
following bills: H.R. 3586, amended, Veterans Employment Opportunities 
Act of 1996; H.R. 885, to designate the United States Post Office 
building located at 153 East 110th Street, New York, NY, as the ``Oscar 
Garcia Rivera Post Office Building''; H.R. 3139, to redesignate the 
United States Post Office building located at 245

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Centereach Mall in Middle Country Road in Centereach, NY, as the ``Rose 
Y. Caracappa United States Post Office Building''; H.R. 3663, District 
of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority Revenue Bond Act of 1996; and 
H.R. 3664, District of Columbia Government Improvement and Efficiency 
Act of 1996.
  The Committee also approved the following draft reports: ``Laws 
Related to Federal Financial Management''; and ``Fraud and Abuse in 
Medicare and Medicaid: Stronger Enforcement and Better Management Could 
Save Billions.''
U.S. POLICY TOWARD NATO ENLARGEMENT
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on U.S. Policy 
Toward NATO Enlargement. Testimony was heard from Rudolf Perina, Senior 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs, 
Department of State; and public witnesses.
EXPORTS, JOBS, AND GROWTH ACT
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Economic Policy and Trade approved for full Committee action the 
Exports, Jobs, and Growth Act of 1996.
HAITI
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere held a hearing on Haiti: Where Has All the Money Gone? 
Testimony was heard from Representative Goss; Jack E. Leonard, 
Director, Office of Caribbean Affairs, Department of State; and Mark 
Schneider, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the 
Caribbean, AID, U.S. International Development Cooperative Agency.
REGULATORY FAIR WARNING ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 
3307, Regulatory Fair Warning Act.
POW/MIA ISSUES
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Personnel 
continued hearing on POW/MIA issues. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Malcolm Toon, Co-
Chairman, U.S./Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs; and Alan Liotta, 
Deputy Director, POW/MIA Office; David G. Brown, Director, Korean 
Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses.
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Procurement 
and the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development met in 
executive session to hold a classified briefing on Ballistic Missile 
Defense. The Subcommittee was briefed by Gordon Oehler, Director, 
Nonproliferation Center, CIA.
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Procurement 
and the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development continued 
joint hearings on Ballistic Missile Defense. Testimony was heard from 
Robert Einhorn, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation, Bureau 
of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State; and Mitchell 
Wallerstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Counter Proliferation Policy, 
Department of Defense.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources 
held an oversight hearing on Bureau of Land Management's oil and gas 
inspection, enforcement responsibilities, and regulatory burdens on 
small operations. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of the Interior: W. Hord Tipton, Assistant Director, 
Resource Use and Protection, Bureau of Land Management; and Bob Brown, 
Acting Associate Director, Royalty Management Program, Minerals 
Management Service; Janice McDougle, Associate Deputy Chief, National 
Forest Systems, Forest Service, USDA; Elin D. Miller, Director, 
Department of Conservation, State of California; Donald L. Mason, 
Chief, Department of Natural Resources, State of Ohio; James W. Carter, 
Director, Division of Oil, Gas and Mining, State of Utah; and public 
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans 
held an oversight hearing on African Elephant Conservation Act of 1988 
and Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994. Testimony was heard 
from Representative Beilenson; Marshall Jones, Assistant Director, 
International Affairs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of 
the Interior; Matthew Matemba, Director, SADC Wildlife Sector 
Coordinator, Department of Parks and Wildlife, Malawi; Tony Fitzjohn, 
Field Director, Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--FOREST SERVICE APPEAL PROCESS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Lands held an oversight hearing on Forest Service Appeals Process. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Herger and Taylor of North 
Carolina; David G. Unger, Associate Chief, Forest Service, USDA; and 
public witnesses.

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ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Technology and the Subcommittee 
on Energy and Environment held a joint hearing on Environmental 
Regulation: A Barrier to the Use of Environmental Technology? Testimony 
was heard from David M. Gardiner, Assistant Administrator, Policy, 
Planning and Evaluation, EPA; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported the following bills: 
H.R. 3458, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 
1996; H.R. 3643, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend 
through December 31, 1998, the period during which the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs is authorized to provide priority health care to 
certain veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange or who served in the 
Persian Gulf War and to make such authority permanent in the case of 
certain veterans exposed to ionizing radiation; H.R. 3673, amended, 
Veterans' Compensation and Readjustment Benefits Amendments of 1996; 
and H.R. 3674, Veterans' Education and Compensation Benefits Amendments 
of 1996.
EMPLOYMENT CLASSIFICATION ISSUES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight continued 
hearings on Employment Classification Issues. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Gilchrest; the following officials of the Department of 
the Treasury: Donald C. Lubick, Acting Assistant Secretary, Tax Policy; 
and Margaret Milner Richardson, Commissioner, IRS; Natwar M. Gandhi, 
Assistant Director, Tax Policy and Administration Issues, GAO; and 
public witnesses.
BOSNIA/IRAN
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Bosnia/Iran. Testimony was heard from departmental 
witnesses.