[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D52-D54]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution requesting $4,953,132 for operating expenses for 
the period from March 1, 1997 through February 28, 1998, and $5,082,521 
for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1998 through 
February 28, 1999.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 105th 
Congress, and announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies: 
Senators Cochran (Chairman), Specter, Bond, Gorton, McConnell, Burns, 
Bumpers, Harkin, Kohl, Byrd, and Leahy.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary: Senators 
Gregg (Chairman), Stevens, Domenici, McConnell, Hutchison, Campbell, 
Hollings, Inouye, Bumpers, Lautenberg, and Mikulski.
  Subcommittee on Defense: Senators Stevens (Chairman), Cochran, 
Specter, Domenici, Bond, McConnell, Shelby, Gregg, Hutchison, Inouye, 
Hollings, Byrd, Leahy, Bumpers, Lautenberg, Harkin, and Dorgan.

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  Subcommittee on District of Columbia: Senators Faircloth (Chairman), 
Hutchison, and Boxer.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development: Senators Domenici 
(Chairman), Cochran, Gorton, McConnell, Bennett, Burns, Craig, Reid, 
Byrd, Hollings, Murray, Kohl, and Dorgan.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations: Senators McConnell (Chairman), 
Specter, Gregg, Shelby, Bennett, Campbell, Stevens, Leahy, Inouye, 
Lautenberg, Harkin, Mikulski, and Murray.
  Subcommittee on Interior: Senators Gorton (Chairman), Stevens, 
Cochran, Domenici, Burns, Bennett, Gregg, Campbell, Byrd, Leahy, 
Bumpers, Hollings, Reid, Dorgan, and Boxer.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: 
Senators Specter (Chairman), Cochran, Gorton, Bond, Gregg, Faircloth, 
Craig, Hutchison, Harkin, Hollings, Inouye, Bumpers, Reid, Kohl, and 
Murray.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch: Senators Bennett (Chairman), 
Stevens, Craig, Dorgan, and Boxer.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction: Senators Burns (Chairman), 
Hutchison, Faircloth, Craig, Murray, Reid, and Inouye.
  Subcommittee on Transportation: Senators Shelby (Chairman), Domenici, 
Specter, Bond, Gorton, Bennett, Faircloth, Lautenberg, Byrd, Mikulski, 
Reid, Kohl, and Murray.
  Subcommittee on Treasury, General Government, and Civil Service: 
Senators Campbell (Chairman), Shelby, Faircloth, Kohl, and Mikulski.
  Subcommittee on VA-HUD and Independent Agencies: Senators Bond 
(Chairman), Burns, Stevens, Shelby, Campbell, Craig, Mikulski, Leahy, 
Lautenberg, Harkin, and Boxer.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  The nomination of Andrew M. Cuomo, of New York, to be Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development; and
  An original resolution (S. Res. 28) requesting $2,853,725 for 
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1997 through February 
28, 1998, and $2,928,278 for operating expenses for the period from 
March 1, 1998 through February 28, 1999.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedures for the 105th 
Congress, and announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Securities: Senators Gramm (Chairman), Shelby, 
Allard, Bennett, Faircloth, Dodd, Johnson, Kerry, and Bryan.
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief: 
Senators Faircloth (Chairman), Allard, Enzi, Shelby, Mack, Grams, 
Gramm, Bryan, Johnson, Boxer, Moseley-Braun, and Reed.
  Subcommittee on International Finance: Senators Grams (Chairman), 
Hagel, Gramm, Bennett, Moseley-Braun, Boxer, and Reed.
  Subcommittee on Housing Opportunity and Community Development: 
Senators Mack (Chairman), Faircloth, Enzi, Shelby, Allard, Hagel, 
Kerry, Reed, Dodd, Bryan, and Moseley-Braun.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and Technology: Senators Bennett 
(Chairman), Hagel, Mack, Grams, Enzi, Boxer, Kerry, Dodd, and Johnson.
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings on the Congressional 
Budget Office assessment of the United States economy and budget for 
fiscal years 1998-2007, receiving testimony from June E. O'Neill, 
Director, Congressional Budget Office.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported an original resolution (S. Res. 26) requesting $2,431,871 for 
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1997 through February 
28, 1998, and $2,494,014 for operating expenses for the period from 
March 1, 1998 through February 28, 1999.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 105th 
Congress, and announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Senators Warner 
(Chairman), Robert Smith, Kempthorne, Bond, Inhofe, Thomas, Baucus, 
Moynihan, Reid, Graham, and Boxer.
  Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment: 
Senators Robert Smith (Chairman), Warner, Inhofe, Allard, Sessions, 
Lautenberg, Moynihan, Boxer, and Graham.
  Subcommittee on Drinking Water, Fisheries and Wildlife: Senators 
Kempthorne (Chairman), Thomas, Bond, Warner, Hutchinson, Reid, 
Lautenberg, Lieberman, and Wyden.
  Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear 
Safety: Senators Inhofe (Chairman), Hutchinson, Allard, Sessions, 
Graham, Lieberman, and Boxer.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original 
resolution (S. Res. 27) requesting $3,329,727 for operating expenses 
for the period from March 1, 1997 through February 28, 1998, and 
$3,416,328 for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1998 
through February 28, 1999.

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  Committee designated the following committee members to serve on the 
Joint Committee on Taxation: Senators Roth, Chafee, Grassley, Moynihan, 
and Baucus; and the following committee members to serve as 
congressional advisers on trade policy and negotiations: Senators Roth, 
Chafee, Grassley, Moynihan, and Baucus.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 105th 
Congress, and made the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Health Care: Senators Gramm (Chairman), Roth, Chafee, 
Grassley, Hatch, D'Amato, Nickles, Jeffords, Rockefeller, Baucus, 
Conrad, Graham, Moseley-Braun, Bryan, and Kerrey.
  Subcommittee on International Trade: Senators Grassley (Chairman), 
Roth, Chafee, Hatch, D'Amato, Murkowski, Gramm, Lott, Mack, Moynihan, 
Baucus, Rockefeller, Breaux, Conrad, Graham, Moseley-Braun, and Kerrey.
  Subcommittee on Long-Term Growth, Debt and Deficit Reduction: 
Senators Mack (Chairman), Murkowski, Lott, Graham, and Bryan.
  Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy: Senators Chafee 
(Chairman), Nickles, Gramm, Jeffords, Breaux, Moynihan, Rockefeller, 
and Moseley-Braun.
  Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight: Senators Nickles 
(Chairman), Roth, Grassley, Hatch, D'Amato, Murkowski, Lott, Jeffords, 
Mack, Baucus, Moynihan, Breaux, Conrad, Bryan, and Kerrey.
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the findings 
and recommendations of the Advisory Commission to Study the Consumer 
Price Index, receiving testimony from Michael J. Boskin, Stanford 
University, Stanford, California, Ellen R. Dulberger, IBM Personal 
Computer Company, Somers, New York, Robert J. Gordon, Northwestern 
University, Evanston, Illinois, and Zvi Griliches and Dale Jorgenson, 
both of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, all on behalf of 
the Advisory Commission to Study the Consumer Price Index.
  Hearings will continue on Thursday, January 30.
NOMINATION/ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  The nomination of Alan M. Hantman, of New Jersey, to be Architect of 
the Capitol;
  An original resolution requesting $1,339,106 for operating expenses 
for the period from March 1, 1997 through February 28, 1998, and 
$1,375,472 for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1998 
through February 28, 1999;
  An original resolution (S. Res. 31) providing for members on the part 
of the Senate of the Joint Committee on Printing (Senators Warner, 
Cochran, McConnell, Ford, and Inouye), and the Joint Committee of 
Congress on the Library (Senators Stevens, Warner, Cochran, Moynihan, 
and Feinstein); and
  An original resolution (S. Res. 32) to authorize the printing of a 
collection of the rules of the committees of the Senate.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 105th 
Congress.
  Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the nomination 
of Mr. Hantman (listed above), after the nominee testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session and 
ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 30) 
requesting $2,506,182 for operating expenses for the period from March 
1, 1997 through February 28, 1998, and $2,574,036 for operating 
expenses for the period from March 1, 1998 through February 28, 1999.