[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 17 (Tuesday, February 11, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D102-D104]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT REFORM
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held hearings 
on S. 257, to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to improve the Act by 
streamlining U.S. futures trading law and conforming it to the changing 
competitive environment, receiving testimony from Brooksley Born, 
Chairperson, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Roger L. Anderson, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Federal Finance; Patrick H. Arbor, 
Chicago Board of Trade, and Jack F. Sandner, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, 
both of Chicago, Illinois; and Daniel Rappaport, New York Mercantile 
Exchange, and Walter Hines, Coffee, Sugar, and Cocoa Exchange, both of New 
York, New York.
  Hearings continue on Thursday, February 13.
BOSNIA
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a 
briefing on the situation in Bosnia and the status of United States military 
forces participating in the Stabilization Force from John P. White, Deputy 
Secretary of Defense; John Kornblum, Assistant Secretary of State for 
Canadian and European Affairs; and Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, USA, 
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings to examine the findings and 
recommendations of the Advisory Commission to Study the Consumer Price 
Index, receiving testimony from Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner, Bureau 
of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor; Barry P. Bosworth, Brookings 
Institution, and Linda Chavez-Thompson, AFL-CIO, both of Washington, D.C.; 
Esther Canja, American Association of Retired Persons, Port Charlotte, 
Florida; Martin Feldstein, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts; Meredith Bagby, The Third Millennium, New York, New York; and 
James L. Martin, 60 Plus Association, Arlington, Virginia.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.
NOMINATION/SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Bill Richardson, of New Mexico, to be the Representative of 
the United States to the United Nations with the rank and status of 
Ambassador, and the Representative of the United States in the Security 
Council of the United Nations.
  Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on African Affairs: Senators Ashcroft (Chair), Grams, Frist, 
Feingold, and Sarbanes.
  Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs: Senators Thomas (Chair), 
Frist, Lugar, Coverdell, Hagel, Kerry, Robb, Feingold, and Feinstein.
  Subcommittee on European Affairs: Senators Gordon Smith (Chair), Lugar, 
Ashcroft, Hagel, Thomas, Biden, Wellstone, Sarbanes, and Dodd.
  Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion: 
Senators Hagel (Chair), Thomas, Frist, Coverdell, Sarbanes, Biden, and 
Wellstone.
  Subcommittee on International Operations: Senators Grams (Chair), Helms, 
Brownback, Gordon Smith, Feinstein, Dodd, and Kerry.
  Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs: Senators Brownback 
(Chair), Gordon Smith, Grams, Helms, Ashcroft, Robb, Feinstein, Wellstone, 
and Sarbanes.

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  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, Narcotics and Terrorism: 
Senators Coverdell (Chair), Helms, Lugar, Brownback, Dodd, Kerry, and Robb.
HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded oversight 
hearings on the implementation of the Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act (Public Law 104-191), focusing on the Federal and State 
regulatory process of implementing insurance reform provisions, after 
receiving testimony from Bruce C. Vladeck, Administrator, Health Care 
Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Olena 
Berg, Assistant Secretary of Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits 
Administration; J. Mark Iwry, Benefits Tax Counsel, Department of the 
Treasury; Joy Johnson Wilson, National Association of Insurance 
Commissioners, Chris Petersen, Health Insurance Association of America, 
Susan E. Nestor, Blue Cross-Blue Shield, and Gail Shearer, Consumers Union, 
all of Washington, D.C.; Josephine Musser, National Association of Insurance 
Commissioners, Madison, Wisconsin; and Terry Humo, Sedgwick Noble Lowndes, 
Roseland, New Jersey, on behalf of the Association of Private Pension and 
Welfare Plans.
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