[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 10 (Thursday, January 30, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D62-D63]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS/ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  An original resolution (S. Res. 38) requesting $2,704,397 for 
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1997 through February 
28, 1998, and $2,776,389 for operating expenses for the period from 
March 1, 1998 through February 28, 1999; and
  591 military nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air 
Force.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 105th 
Congress, and announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology: Senators Santorum 
(Chairman), Bob Smith, Snowe, Roberts, Lieberman, Kennedy, and 
Bingaman.
  Subcommittee on Airland Forces: Senators Coats (Chairman), Warner, 
Kempthorne, Inhofe, Santorum, Roberts, Glenn, Bingaman, Byrd, 
Lieberman, and Cleland.
  Subcommittee on Personnel: Senators Kempthorne (Chairman), McCain, 
Coats, Snowe, Cleland, Kennedy, and Robb.
  Subcommittee on Readiness: Senators Inhofe (Chairman), McCain, Coats, 
Roberts, Robb, Glenn, and Cleland.
  Subcommittee on Seapower: Senators Warner (Chairman), McCain, Bob 
Smith, Santorum, Snowe, Kennedy, Byrd, Robb, and Lieberman.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces: Senators Bob Smith (Chairman), 
Warner, Kempthorne, Inhofe, Bingaman, Glenn, and Byrd.
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
findings and recommendations of the Advisory Commission to Study the 
Consumer Price Index with regard to a more accurate measure of the cost 
of living, after receiving testimony from Katharine G. Abraham, 
Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor; and 
Michael J. Boskin, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nomination of Federico Pena, of Colorado, to be Secretary of 
Energy, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Campbell and 
Representative Skaggs, testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.
NOMINATION/ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Charlene Barshefsky, of the District of Columbia, to be 
United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Also, committee held hearings to examine the fiscal health of the 
nation and the welfare of the American population, focusing on the 
accuracy of the consumer price index, receiving testimony from Alan 
Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS/ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  The nominations of Dennis K. Hays, of Florida, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Suriname, Genta Hawkins Holmes, of California, to be 
Ambassador to Australia, Arma Jane Karaer, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Solomon Islands, and as 
Ambassador to the Republic of Vanuatu, Madeleine May Kunin, of Vermont, 
to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador 
to the Principality of Liechtenstein, John Francis Maisto, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Venezuela, Anne W. 
Patterson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El 
Salvador, John Stern Wolf, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador 
during his tenure of service as United States Coordinator for Asia 
Pacific Economic Cooperation, Madeleine K. Albright, of the District of 
Columbia, and Edward W. Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, both to be U.S. 
Representatives to the 51st Session of the United Nations General 
Assembly, Karl F. Inderfurth, of North Carolina, and Victor Marrero, of 
New York, both to be Alternate U.S. Representatives to the 51st Session 
of the United Nations General Assembly, and 3 Foreign Service Officer 
Promotion lists received in the Senate on January 21, 1997 and a 
Foreign Service Officer Promotion list received in the Senate on 
January 28, 1997; and
  An original resolution (S. Res. 37) requesting $2,710,573 for 
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1997 through February 
28, 1998, and $2,782,749 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.
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original resolution (S. Res. 39)

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requesting $11,050,721 for operating expenses for the period from March 
1, 1997 through February 28, 1998, and $4,653,386 for operating 
expenses for the period from March 1, 1998 through February 28, 1999.
BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT/SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S.J. 
Res. 1, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
to require a balanced budget.
  Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts: Senators 
Grassley (Chairman), Thurmond, Sessions, Kyl, Durbin, Feingold, and 
Kohl.
  Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information: 
Senators Kyl (Chairman), Hatch, Specter, Thompson, Feinstein, Biden, 
and Durbin.
  Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition: Senators 
DeWine (Chairman), Hatch, Thurmond, Specter, Kohl, Torricelli, and 
Leahy.
  Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights: 
Senators Ashcroft (Chairman), Hatch, Abraham, Thurmond, Thompson, 
Feingold, Kennedy, and Torricelli.
  Subcommittee on Immigration: Senators Abraham (Chairman), Grassley, 
Kyl, Specter, Kennedy, Feinstein, and Durbin.
  Subcommittee on Youth Violence: Senators Sessions (Chairman), 
Thompson, DeWine, Ashcroft, Grassley, Biden, Torricelli, Kohl, and 
Feinstein.
FEC AUTHORIZATION/CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 for the 
Federal Election Commission and on campaign finance reform proposals, 
receiving testimony from John Warren McGarry, Chairman, and Joan D. 
Aikens and Scott Thomas, both Commissioners, all of the Federal 
Election Commission; James Bopp, Jr., Bopp, Coleson, and Bostrom, Terre 
Haute, Indiana; and Becky Cain, League of Women Voters of the United 
States, Lisa Rosenberg, Center for Responsive Politics, and Brent 
Thompson, Fair Government Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution requesting $1,143,036 for operating expenses for 
the period from March 1, 1997 through February 28, 1998, and $1,143,036 
for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1998 through 
February 28, 1999.