[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 12 (Tuesday, February 4, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D73-D74]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DOD SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICIES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the Army sexual harassment incidents at Aberdeen Proving Ground and 
sexual harassment policies within the Department of Defense, after 
receiving testimony from Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary, Gen. Dennis J. 
Reimer, Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Jared L. Bates, Inspector General, and 
Brig. Gen. Daniel L. Doherty, Commanding General, Criminal 
Investigation Command, each of the Department of the Army, Edwin Dorn, 
Under Secretary (Personnel and Readiness), John H. Dalton, Secretary of 
the Navy, and Sheila E. Widnall, Secretary of the Air Force, all of the 
Department of Defense.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on the Budget: On Thursday, January 30, committee approved 
for reporting an original resolution (S. Res. 44) requesting $3,105,190 
for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1997 through 
February 28, 1998, and $3,188,897 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.
AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND TAXES
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the current 
operation of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, focusing on excise 
taxes and proposals to modify the domestic passenger ticket tax or 
substitute an alternative funding system, receiving testimony from 
Senator McCain; Donald C. Lubick, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 
for Tax Policy; Louise Frankel Stoll, Assistant Secretary for Budget 
and Programs and Chief Financial Officer, Department of Transportation; 
John H. Anderson, Jr., Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, 
Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting 
Office; Stephen A. Alterman, Air Freight Association, and Edward M. 
Bolen, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Geoffrey T. Crowley, Wisconsin Airlines Corporation, Appleton; 
Herbert D. Kelleher, Southwest Airlines Company, Dallas, Texas; and 
Michael E. Levine, Northwest Airlines, Incorporated, Eagan, Minnesota.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
FLEXIBLE WORKPLACE OPTIONS
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Employment and 
Training held hearings to examine proposals to reform the Fair Labor 
Standards Act, focusing on recent changes in the American workforce and 
the need for flexible work schedules, and on S. 4, to provide to 
private sector employees the same opportunities for time-and-a-half 
compensatory time off, biweekly work programs, and flexible credit hour 
programs as Federal employees currently enjoy to help balance the 
demands and needs of work and family, to clarify the provisions 
relating to exemptions of certain professionals from the minimum wage 
and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 
receiving testimony from Senator Hutchison; Sandra J. Boyd, Flexible 
Employment Compensation and Scheduling Coalition, Mark Wilson, The 
Heritage Foundation, William J. Kilberg, Fair Labor Standards Act 
Reform Coalition, Karen Nussbaum, AFL-CIO, and Edith Rasell, Economic 
Policy Institute, all of Washington, D.C.; Michael R. Losey, Society 
for Human Resource Management, Alexandria, Virginia; and Sallie Larsen 
and Christine Korzendorfer, both of TRW Systems Integration Group, 
Fairfax, Virginia.
  Hearings continue on Thursday, February 13.

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COMMITTEE BUDGET REQUESTS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings to 
receive testimony from Senators, as indicated, in support of 
resolutions requesting funds for operating expenses of their respective 
committees for periods from March 1, 1997 through February 28, 1998, 
and from March 1, 1998 through February 28, 1999, as follows:
  Special Committee on Aging: (S. Res. 41), Senators Grassley and 
Breaux;
  Committee on the Budget: (S. Res. 44), Senators Domenici and 
Lautenberg;
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: (S. Res. 29), 
Senators McCain and Hollings;
  Committee on Indian Affairs: (S. Res. 46), Senators Campbell and 
Inouye;
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: (S. Res. 28), 
Senators D'Amato and Sarbanes; and
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: (S. Res. 35), Senators 
Jeffords and Kennedy.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: On Monday, February 3, committee 
approved for reporting an original resolution (S. Res. 45) requesting 
$2,776,450 for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1997 
through February 28, 1998, and $1,153,263 for operating expenses for 
the period from March 1, 1998 through February 28, 1999.