[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D681-D682]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the Legislative 
appropriations for fiscal year 1997.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia 
held a hearing on 1997 Budget Overview. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the District of Columbia: Marion Barry, Mayor; 
and David Clark, Chairman, Council; and Andrew Brimmer, Chairman, 
District of Columbia Financial Control Board.
FDIC-INSURED INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital, 
Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing 
regarding practices of FDIC-Insured Institutions Selling Nondeposit 
Investment Products. Testimony was heard from: Ricki T. Hefler, 
Chairman, FDIC; Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the Currency, 
Department of the Treasury; Edward W. Kelley, Jr., member, Board of 
Governors, Federal Reserve System; Barry P. Barbash, Director, Division 
of Investment Management, SEC; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Ordered reported 
amended the following bills: H.R. 2391, Working Families Flexibility 
Act; and H.R. 2428, to encourage the donation of food and grocery 
products to nonprofit organizations for distribution to needy 
individuals by giving the Model Good Samaritan Food Donation Act the 
full force and effect of law.
PROMOTING EXPANSION OF PENSIONS
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations held a hearing on Promoting Expansion of 
Pensions for American Workers. Testimony was heard from: Representative 
Pomeroy; Olena Berg, Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits, 
Department of Labor; former Representative John Erlenborn of Illinois; 
and public witnesses.
FBI BACKGROUND FILES SECURITY
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Held a hearing on 
Security of FBI Background Files. Testimony was heard from the 
following former officials of the Administration: Bernard W. Nussbaum, 
Counsel; Craig Livingstone, Director of Personnel Security; Anthony 
Marceca, Detailee; and William H. Kennedy, III, Associate Counsel; and 
Lisa Wetlzel, Confidential Assistant to the Secretary of the Army.
POLITICAL MURDERS IN HAITI
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on Administration 
Actions and Political Murders in Haiti. Testimony was heard from Strobe 
Talbott, Deputy Secretary, Department of State.
LIBERIAN WARLORDS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa held a 
hearing on Bloody Hands: Foreign Support for Liberian Warlords. 
Testimony was heard from William Twadell, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
African Affairs, Department of State; James Bishop, former Ambassador 
to Liberia; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held an oversight hearing on the Legal Services 
Corporation. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported amendment the following bills: 
H.R. 3024, United States-Puerto Rico Political Status Act; H.R. 1786, 
to regulate fishing in certain waters in Alaska; H.R. 3006, to provide 
for disposal of public lands in support of the Manzanar Historic Site 
in the State of California; H.R. 2636, to transfer jurisdiction over 
certain parcels of Federal real property located in the District of 
Columbia; and H.R. 2292, Hanford Reach Preservation Act.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; OVERSIGHT--NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Native American and Insular 
Affairs held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3634, to amend 
provisions of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands which 
relate to the temporary absence of executive officials and the priority 
payment of certain bonds and other obligations; and H.R. 3635, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with he 
Governor of the Virgin Islands, upon request, that provides for the 
transfer of the authority to manage Christiansted National Historic 
site. Testimony was heard from Delegate Frazier; the following 
officials of the Department of the Interior: Allen P. Stayman, 
Director, Office of Insular Affairs; and Roger G. Kennedy, Director, 
National Park Service; and Roy Schneider, Governor Virgin Islands.

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  The Subcommittee also held an oversight hearing on Northern Mariana 
Islands issues. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of the Interior: Allen P. Stayman, Director, Office of 
Insular Affairs; and Wilma Lewis, Inspector General; Sebastian Aloot, 
Acting Attorney General, Commonwealth Northern Mariana Islands; and 
public witnesses.
ADJOURNMENT--INDEPENDENCE DAY DISTRICT WORK PERIOD
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule providing for the 
consideration in the House of a concurrent resolution providing for the 
adjournment of the House and Senate for the Independence Day District 
Work Period, any rule of the House to the contrary notwithstanding.
SAVINGS IN CONSTRUCTION ACT
Committee on Science: Ordered reported amended H.R. 2779, Savings in 
Construction Act of 1996.
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT COMPLIANCE
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Government Programs held a 
hearing on the Department of Labor's compliance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from Pat Lattimore, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Administration and Management, Department of 
Labor.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation held an oversight hearing on Federal 
requirements for evidence of financial responsibility under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990. Testimony was heard from Daniel Sheehan, 
Director, National Pollution Funds Center, U.S. Coast Guard, Department 
of Transportation.
HEALTH CARE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health 
Care held a hearing on the future of health care provided by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs. Testimony was heard from Kenneth Kizer, 
M.D., Under Secretary, Health, Veterans Health Administration, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
OMNIBUS EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 1995
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported H.R. 361, Omnibus Export 
Administration Act of 1995, as amended by the House Committee on 
International Relations.
DIGITAL TELEPHONY
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Digital Telephony. Testimony was heard from 
departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
BOSNIAN ELECTIONS
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): 
Commission held hearings to examine whether the conditions in Bosnia-
Herzegovina will allow free and fair elections to be held in mid-
September and, if not, whether the Dayton Agreement-mandated elections 
should be postponed until such conditions exist, receiving testimony 
from William D. Montgomery, Special Advisor to the President and 
Secretary of State for Implementation of the Bosnian Peace Settlement; 
and Robert H. Frowick, Head of the Mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina, 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Vienna.
  Commission recessed subject to call.