[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 18, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D962-D963]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. POLICY IN MIDDLE EAST
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the Report 
of the Downing Assessment Task Force on the bomb attack on Khobar 
Towers in Saudi Arabia, and other issues related to United States 
policy in the Middle East, after receiving testimony from William J. 
Perry, Secretary of Defense; Gen. John M. Shaliskashvili, USA, 
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Gen. Wayne A. Downing, USA (Ret.), 
Director, Downing Assessment Task Force.
FAIR HOUSING REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on HUD 
Oversight and Structure concluded oversight hearings on the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Fair Housing, and on S. 
1132, to amend the Fair Housing Act to permit a restriction relating to 
the maximum number of unrelated persons in a dwelling if such 
restriction's purpose is to limit land use to single family dwellings, 
after receiving testimony from Deval J. Patrick, Assistant Attorney 
General, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice; Mayor Barbara 
Fahey, Edmonds, Washington; Mayor Susan Golding, San Diego, California; 
Mayor Rita L. Mullins, Palatine, Illinois; Victor J. Wolski, Pacific 
Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California; Rick Disney, Douglas and 
Wuester, Fort Worth, Texas; Robert F. Hoyt, Wilmer, Cutler and 
Pickering, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the American Alliance for 
Rights and Responsibilities; and Joel McNair, Pathway Homes, Inc., 
Fairfax, Virginia.
ALASKA LANDS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the following bills:
  S. 1920, to amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 
to ensure that Federal agencies are fairly implementing the Act, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Stevens; George T. Frampton, Jr., 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks; 
Alaska State Senator John Torgerson, Kenai; Bill Horn, Birch, Horton, 
Bittner, and Cherot, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Alaska 
Professional Hunters Association and the Alaska Professional Sportfish 
Coalition; and Julie Kitka, Alaska Federation of Natives, Jack Hession, 
Sierra Club, and Allen Smith, The Wilderness Society, all of Anchorage, 
Alaska; and

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  S. 1998, to provide for expedited negotiations between the Secretary 
of the Interior and the villages of Chickaloon-Moose Creek Native 
Association, Inc., Ninilchik Native Association, Inc., Seldovia Native 
Association, Inc., Tyonek Native Corporation and Knikatnu, Inc. 
regarding the conveyances of certain lands in Alaska under the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act, after receiving testimony from George T. 
Frampton, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and 
Wildlife and Parks; William J. Chandler, National Parks and 
Conservation Association, Washington, D.C.; and Mark W. Kroloff, Cook 
Inlet Region, Inc., and Agnes Brown, Cook Inlet United Deficiency Land 
Management Association, both of Anchorage, Alaska.
U.S. POLICY TOWARD INDONESIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded hearings on United States policy and recent 
developments with regard to Indonesia, after receiving testimony from 
Winston Lord, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs; Kurt M. Campbell, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Asian and Pacific Affairs; Paul D. Wolfowitz, Johns Hopkins University 
School of Advanced International Studies, and Ernest Z. Bower, U.S.-
ASEAN Council for Business and Technology, Inc., both of Washington, 
D.C.; Sidney Jones, Human Rights Watch/Asia, New York, New York; and 
Donald K. Emmerson, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
OMNIBUS PATENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1961, to 
establish the United States Intellectual Property Organization, and to 
amend the provisions of title 35, United States Code, relating to 
procedures for patent applications, commercial use of patents, and 
reexamination reform, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Lautenberg; Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights and Associate 
Librarian for Copyright Services, Library of Congress; Bruce A. Lehman, 
Assistant Secretary and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, 
Department of Commerce (Arlington, Virginia); Mary Ann Alford, Reebok 
International Ltd., New York, New York, on behalf of the International 
Trademark Association; William Patry, Yeshiva University, and Saul 
Schniderman, Library of Congress Professional Guild, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Ronald J. Stern, Patent Office Professional 
Association, Arlington, Virginia; and Gary L. Griswold, 3M Company, St. 
Paul, Minnesota, on behalf of the Intellectual Property Owners.
VIOLENT AND DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIMES PROSECUTIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
Bailey decision's effect on certain prosecutions of violent and drug 
trafficking crimes, after receiving testimony from Senator Helms; Kevin 
Di Gregory, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, 
Department of Justice; Tony Wilson, former Drug Enforcement Agency 
Agent, Chantilly, Virginia; Thomas Hungar, Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, 
Washington, D.C.; David M. Zlotnick, Roger Williams University School 
of Law, Bristol, Rhode Island; and Jeffrey Fluck, Raleigh Police 
Department, Raleigh, North Carolina.