[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 16, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D743-D744]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR/ENERGY AND WATER
Committee on Appropriations: Committed ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  H.R. 3662, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 
with amendments; and
  An original bill (S. 1959) making appropriations for energy and water 
development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997.
APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation approved 
for full committee consideration, with amendments, H.R. 3675, making 
appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997.
AUTHORIZATION--EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education and Related Agencies concluded hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of 
Education, after receiving testimony from Richard W. Riley, Secretary 
of Education; Susan Staub, Pennsylvanians for Right to Work, 
Harrisburg; and Michelle Easton, Virginia State Board of Education, 
Richmond.
OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original bill (S. 1956) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to H. 
Con. Res. 178, establishing the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 1997.
DATE-RAPE DRUG ABUSE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and 
Peace Corps Affairs concluded hearings on proposed legislation to 
increase penalties for the misuse of certain controlled substances, 
focusing on the abuse and trafficking of the drug Rohypnol to commit 
sexual assault, after receiving testimony from Senator Biden; 
Representative Solomon; Terrance W. Woodworth, Deputy Director, Office 
of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of 
Justice; Maria Herrera, Supervisory Special Agent, Office of Strategic 
Problem Solving, United States Customs Service, Department of the 
Treasury; David Robshaw, Broward County Sheriff's Office, Ft. 
Lauderdale, Florida; Robert B. Armstrong, Roche Laboratories Inc., 
Nutley, New Jersey, on behalf of Hoffmann-La Roche; Lisa Celestin, 
Coral Springs, Florida; and Joy Diliello, and Daniel Redding, both of 
Jackson, Tennessee.
TENTH AMENDMENT ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee resumed hearings on S. 
1629, to protect the rights of the States and the people from abuse by 
the Federal

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Government, to strengthen the partnership and the intergovernmental 
relationship between State and Federal governments, to restrain Federal 
agencies from exceeding their authority, and to enforce the Tenth 
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, receiving testimony from Alabama 
State Representative Michael Box, Montgomery, on behalf of the National 
Conference of State Legislatures; Roger J. Marzulla, Akin, Gump, 
Strauss, Hauer, and Feld, Washington, D.C.; Mary Brigid McManamon, 
Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware; and Edward L. 
Rubin, University of California School of Law, Berkeley.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
CYBERSPACE SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations resumed hearings to examine the vulnerabilities of 
national computer information systems and networks, and Federal efforts 
to promote security within the information infrastructure, receiving 
testimony from Senators Leahy and Kyl; Jamie S. Gorelick, Deputy 
Attorney General of the United States; and John P. White, Deputy 
Secretary of Defense.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 1734, to prohibit false 
statements to Congress and to clarify congressional authority to obtain 
truthful testimony.
RETIREMENT SECURITY
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Aging resumed 
hearings on reform proposals to ensure retirement security for the 
American workforce, focusing on whether Americans are adequately 
preparing for retirement and what may impede their ability to do so, 
receiving testimony from former Representative Timothy J. Penny, Himle-
Horner, Waseca, Minnesota; Peter G. Peterson, Blackstone Group/Concord 
Coalition, New York, New York, former Secretary of Commerce; Sylvester 
J. Schieber, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Washington, D.C.; and Paul Hewitt, 
National Taxpayers Union Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee resumed hearings to 
examine the role of the Federal Depository Library Program of the 
Government Printing Office in ensuring public access to Government 
information, receiving testimony from Benjamin Y. Cooper, Printing 
Industries of America, Alexandria, Virginia; William A. Gindlesperger, 
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on behalf of ABC Advisors, Inc.; Robert G. 
Claitor, Claitor's Law Books and Publishing Division, Inc., Baton 
Rouge, Louisiana; and Eric Massant, LEXIS-NEXIS and Congressional 
Information Service, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, on behalf of Information 
Industry Association.
  Hearings continue on Wednesday, July 24.