[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 135 (Thursday, September 26, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1012-D1013]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing 
on the status of the International Global Climate Change Negotiations. 
Testimony was heard from Eileen Claussen, Assistant Secretary, Oceans, 
International, Environmental, and Scientific Affairs, Department of 
State; Everett M. Ehrlich, Under Secretary, Economic Affairs, 
Department of Commerce; David Gardiner, Assistant Administrator, Office 
of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, EPA; and Marc Chupka, Acting 
Assistant Secretary, Policy and International Affairs, Department of 
Energy.
HOME TESTING SERVICES AND DEVICES
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 
held a hearing on consumer access to home testing services and devices. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the FDA, Department 
of Health and Human Services: Bruce Burlington, M.D., Director; and 
Lillian Gill, Director, Office of Compliance, both with the Center for 
Devices and Radiological Health; and Steven I. Gutman, M.D., Director, 
Division of Clinical Laboratory Devices; and public witnesses.
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL SERVICE
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on the financial status of 
the Corporation for National Service. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Corporation for National Service: Gary 
Kowalczyk, Acting Chief Financial Officer; and Harris Wofford, CEO.
TEENAGE DRUG USE EPIDEMIC
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on National 
Security, International Affairs and Criminal Justice and the 
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families of the Committee on 
Economic and Educational Opportunities held a joint hearing on the 
epidemic of teenage drug use. Testimony was heard from Representative 
Portman; and public witnesses.
POSTAL REFORM ACT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Postal 
Service concluded hearings on H.R. 3717, Postal Reform Act of 1996. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Hunter; and public witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S PERFORMANCE IN AFRICA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa held a 
hearing on the Administration's Performance in Africa. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
U.S. INTERESTS IN SOUTH ASIA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommitte on Asia and the 
Pacific met in executive session to hold a hearing on U.S. Interests in 
the South Pacific: Freely Associated States and Okinawa, Part II: The 
Okinawa Basing Issues. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of Defense: Kurt Campbell, Assistant Secretary, East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs; and Maj. Gen. Martin R. Steele, USA, 
Director, Strategic Planning and Policy, U.S. Pacific Command; and 
Robert C. Reis, Jr., Director, Office of Japanese Affairs, Department 
of State.
U.S. POLICY TOWARD IRAQ
Committee on National Security: Held a hearing on U.S. policy toward 
Iraq. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Bruce Reidel, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near 
East and South Asian Affairs; and Maj. Gen. J.A. Alstyne, USA, Vice 
Director, Operations, the Joint Staff.
INDIAN TRUST FUND
Committee on Resources: Task Force on Indian Trust Fund Management held 
an oversight hearing on the mismanagement of Indian Trust Fund accounts 
by the Department of the Interior. Testimony was heard from Paul Homan, 
Special Trustee for American Indians, Department of the Interior; and 
public witnesses.
OROVILLE-TONASKET CLAIM SETTLEMENT AND CONVEYANCE ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources held 
a hearing on H.R. 3777, Oroville-Tonasket Claim Settlement and 
Conveyance Act. Testimony was heard from David Cottingham, Counselor to 
the Assistant Secretary, Water and

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Science, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
CONFERENCE REPORT--FAA AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 9 to 3, a rule waiving all 
points of order against the conference report on H.R. 3539, Federal 
Aviation Authorization Act of 1996, and against its consideration. The 
rule also provides that the conference report shall be considered as 
read. Testimony was heard from Representative Duncan.
IN THE MATTER OF REPRESENTATIVE NEWT GINGRICH
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: The Committee met in 
executive session to unanimously approve an interim report unanimously 
adopted by the Investigative Subcommittee in the matter of 
Representative Gingrich.
ISTEA REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Surface 
Transportation continued hearings on ISTEA Reauthorization: The 
Efficient Delivery of Transportation Improvements and the Congestion 
Mitigation and Air Quality Program. Testimony was heard from John N. 
Lieber, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Transportation Policy, Department 
of Transportation; Mary D. Nichols, Assistant Administrator, Air and 
Radiation, EPA; Shirley J. Ybarra, Deputy Secretary, Transportation, 
State of Virginia; Dennis E. Faulkenberg, Deputy Commissioner and Chief 
Financial Officer, Department of Transportation, State of Indiana; 
Frank Carlile, Assistant Secretary, Transportation Policy, Department 
of Transportation, State of Florida; Dick Smith, Office of Planning and 
Programming, Department of Transportation, State of Illinois; Sonia 
Hamel, Director, Air Policy, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, 
State of Massachusetts; Larry S. Bonine, Director, Department of 
Transportation, State of Arizona; and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
ADMINISTRATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ACT
Conferees on Tuesday, September 24, 1996, agreed to file a conference 
report on the differences between the Senate- and House-passed versions 
of H.R. 2977, to authorize funds to provide for alternative means of 
dispute resolution in the Federal administrative process.
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT
Conferees on Wednesday, September 25, 1996, agreed to file a conference 
report on S. 640, to provide for the conservation and development of 
water and related resources, and to authorize the Secretary of the Army 
to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of 
the United States.
FAA AUTHORIZATION
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between 
the Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 3539, to amend title 49, 
United States Code, to reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation 
Administration.