[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 30, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D843-D844]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ATM FEE REFORM ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit approved for full Committee action 
amended H.R. 3727, ATM Fee Reform Act of 1996.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Human 
Resources and Intergovernmental Relations held an oversight hearing on 
Management of HUD's Section 8 Multi-Family Housing Portfolio. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development: Nicholas Retsinas, Assistant Secretary, Housing and 
Federal Housing Commissioner; and Susan Gaffey, Inspector General; Judy 
Joseph-England, Director, Housing and Community Development Issues, 
GAO; and a public witness.
EPA GRANTS MISMANAGEMENT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on National 
Economic Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs held a 
hearing on EPA Mismanagement of Grants. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the EPA: John Martin, Inspector General; and 
Fred Hansen, Deputy Administrator.
DOD BULK FUEL
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on National 
Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice held a hearing on 
the Department of Defense Bulk Fuel: Appropriations versus Usage. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Charles T. Harris, Director, Operation and Personnel 
Directorate, Under Secretary, Comptroller; and Jeffery A. Jones, 
Executive Director, (Logistics Management), Defense Logistics Agency; 
and the following officials of the GAO: Sharon A. Cekala, Associate 
Director, Military Operations and Capabilities Issues, National 
Security and International Affairs Division; and Michael J. Curro, 
Assistant Director, Budget Issues Area.
CAUCASUS REGION--U.S. INTERESTS
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on U.S. Interests 
in the Caucasus Region. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of State: Marshall Adiar, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs; John Herbst, Deputy 
Coordinator, Office of the Special Advisor to the Secretary for the New 
Independent States; and Joseph A. Presel, Coordinator, Regional Affairs 
and Special Negotiator for Nagorno Karabakh; and public witnesses.
REGULATORY FAIR WARNING ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Began markup of H.R. 3307, Regulatory Fair 
Warning Act.
  Will continue tomorrow.
MILITARY HOUSING AND OTHER QUALITY-OF-LIFE INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Installations 
and Facilities held a hearing on military housing and other quality-of-
life infrastructure. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of Defense: Sgt. Maj. Gene C. McKinney, USA; Master 
Chief Petty Officer John Hagan, USN; Sgt. Maj. Lewis G. Lee, USMC; and 
Chief Master Sergeant David J. Campanale, USAF; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and 
Lands held an oversight hearing on Inspector General Audit Report of 
Land Management land transactions in Nevada. Testimony was

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heard from Wilma Lewis, Inspector General, Department of the Interior.
WAIVING \2/3\ VOTE REQUIREMENT
Committee on Rules: Ordered reported, by voice vote, a resolution 
waiving clause 4(b) of rule XI (requiring a \2/3\ vote to consider a 
rule on the same day it is reported from the Committee on Rules) 
against a resolution reported by the Rules Committee before August 1, 
1996. The resolution applies the waiver to special rules providing for 
consideration or disposition of a conference report to accompany H.R. 
3734, Personal Responsibility Act of 1996.
NEW GENERATION OF VEHICLES PROGRAM
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a 
hearing on Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV) Program. 
Testimony was heard from Lionel S. Johns, Associate Director for 
Technology, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Robert M. Chapman, 
Chairman, PNGC Government Technical Task Force, Department of Commerce; 
Thomas J. Gross, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Transportation 
Technologies, Department of Energy; Joseph Bordogna, Associate 
Director, Engineering, NSF; and public witnesses.
ISTEA REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Surface 
Transportation continued hearings on ISTEA Reauthorization, 
Metropolitan Planning: Metropolitan Planning Organizations and the 
Planning Process. Testimony was heard from Representative Hefley; Kirk 
Brown, Secretary of Transportation, State of Illinois; Susan Mortel, 
Assistant Deputy Director, Planning, Department of Transportation, 
State of Michigan; and public witnesses.
PATIENT RIGHT TO KNOW ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
H.R. 2976, Patient Right to Know Act of 1996. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Markey and Ganske; and public witnesses.
SAVING OUR CHILDREN: AMERICAN COMMUNITY RENEWAL ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources and the 
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families of the Committee on 
Economic and Educational Opportunities held a joint hearing on H.R. 
3467, Saving Our Children: The American Community Renewal Act of 1996. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Scott, Watts of Oklahoma, 
Kolbe and Knollenberg; Glenn O. Lewis, Representative, State of Texas; 
Fannie Lewis, member, City Council, Cleveland, Ohio; and public 
witnesses.
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between 
the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 3517, making 
appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base 
realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1997.
SMALL BUSINESS JOB PROTECTION ACT
Conferees continued in evening session to resolve the differences 
between the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 3448, to provide 
tax relief for small businesses, to protect jobs, to create 
opportunities, and to increase the take home pay of workers.