[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 10, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D716-D717]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies approved for full committee 
consideration, with amendments, H.R. 3603, making appropriations for 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1997.
APPROPRIATIONS--VA/HUD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies approved for full committee consideration, with amendments, 
H.R. 3666, making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent 
agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1997.
APPROPRIATIONS--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/GPO
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997, receiving 
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from James 
H. Billington, Librarian of Congress; and Michael F. DiMario, Public 
Printer, Government Printing Office.
  Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Andrew S. Effron, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the 
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
ALASKA TIMBER SALE EXTENSION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on S. 1877, to extend for 15 years the long-term timber sale contract 
on the Tongass National Forest between the United States Forest Service 
and the Ketchikan Pulp Corporation, after receiving testimony from 
James R. Lyons, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources 
and the Environment; Phil Janik, Regional Forester, Fred Walk, Director 
of Timber Management, and Brad Powell, Forest Supervisor, all of the 
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Service, Department of Agriculture; Ralph Lewis and Owen Graham, both 
of the Ketchikan Pulp Corporation, Ernesta Ballard, Ballard and 
Associates, and Wayne Weihing, Tongass Conservation Society, all of 
Ketchikan, Alaska; Samuel A. Mabry, Hercules Incorporated, Mary A. 
Munson, Defenders of Wildlife, and Brian O'Donnell, Alaska Wilderness 
League, all of Washington, D.C.; Al Knapp, TIC Holdings, Steamboat 
Springs, Colorado; David L. Roets, Graseby STI, Waldon, Arkansas; Jay 
Scott Estey, Jaakko Poyry Consulting, Tarrytown, New York; Scott W. 
Horngren, Haglund & Kirtley, Portland, Oregon; David Katz and Robert 
Lindekugel, both of the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Juneau; 
and Gershon Cohen, Alaska Clean Water Alliance, Haines.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Alan Philip Larson, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
TERRORISM: SAUDI ARABIA
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee continued hearings to 
examine certain issues surrounding the incidents of terrorism and the 
recent bombing of United States military facilities in Saudi Arabia, 
receiving testimony from Lawrence S. Eagleburger, former Secretary of 
State; Walter L. Cutler, former Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi 
Arabia; L. Paul Bremer, former Ambassador-at-Large for Counter-
Terrorism; Richard Haass, former Senior Director for Near East and 
South Asian Affairs, National Security Council; and Mary Jane Deeb, 
American University, and Brian Jenkins, Kroll Associates, both of 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.