[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 17 (Tuesday, February 11, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D104-D107]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education held a hearing on the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, the Health Care Financing Administration and the Agency for Health 
Care Policy and Research. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of Health and Human Services: Donna E. Shalala, Secretary; 
Bruce C. Vladeck, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration; and 
Clifton R. Gaus, Administrator, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on 
the CBO, the U.S. Capitol Police, the Office of Compliance, the Joint 
Committee on Printing, the GPO, and the GAO. Testimony was heard from 
Senator Warner; June E. O'Neill, Director, CBO; Gregory S. Casey, Sergeant 
At Arms, U.S. Senate; Wilson Livingood, Sergeant at Arms, U.S. House of 
Representatives; Alan M. Hantman, Architect of the Capitol; Gary L. Abrecht, 
Chief, U.S. Capitol Police; the following officials of the Office of 
Compliance: Virginia Seitz, member of the Board; R. Gaull Silberman, 
Executive Director; and Dennis Duffy, General Counsel; the following 
officials of the GPO: Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer; Wayne P. Kelley, 
Superintendent of Documents; William M. Guy, Budget Officer; and Charles C. 
Cook, Superintendent, Congressional Printing Management Division; and James 
F. Hinchman, Acting Comptroller General, GAO.

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FINANCIAL SERVICES MODERNIZATION
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit held a hearing on Financial Services 
Modernization legislation including H.R. 268, Depository Institution 
Affiliation and Thrift Charter Conversion Act. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
  Hearings continue February 13.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Administration's Budget for 
Fiscal Year 1998. Testimony was heard from Franklin D. Raines, Director, 
OMB.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY--PROPOSED BUDGET
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a oversight 
hearing on the Department of Energy's proposed budget for fiscal year 1998. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Energy: Charles B. Curtis, Acting Secretary; Kyle Simpson, Assistant Deputy 
Secretary; and Alvin L. Alm, Assistant Secretary, Environmental Management.
ARMORED CAR RECIPROCITY AMENDMENTS
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection approved for full Committee action H.R. 624, Armored Car 
Reciprocity Amendments of 1997.
  Prior to this action, the subcommittee held a hearing on this measure. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
REFORM--MAJOR FEDERAL JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Postsecondary 
Education, Training and Life-Long Learning held a hearing on Reform of the 
Major Federal Job Training Programs. Testimony was heard from John Engler, 
Governor, State of Michigan; and David Steele, Senator, State of Utah; 
William A. Johnson, Jr., Mayor, Rochester, New York; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE; OVERSIGHT PLAN; AND COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on House Oversight: Ordered reported H. Con. Res. 11, permitting 
the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony as part of the 
commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.
  The Committee also approved the following for the l05th Congress: 
oversight plan; and committee budget.
ADMINISTRATION'S INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET REQUEST; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on International Affairs: Held a hearing on the Administration's 
International Affairs Budget request for fiscal year 1998. Testimony was 
heard from Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State.
  Prior to the hearing, the Committee approved an oversight plan for the 
105th Congress.
OVERSIGHT--ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND IMMIGRANT RESPONSIBILITY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims held an 
oversight hearing regarding Title III of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. Testimony was heard from Paul W. 
Virtue, Acting Executive Associate Commissioner, Programs, Immigration and 
Naturalization Service, Department of Justice.
PERSIAN GULF WAR ILLNESSES
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a 
hearing on the status of the investigation into Persian Gulf War illnesses. 
Testimony was heard from Elaine Larsen, member, Presidential Advisory 
Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses; and the following officials of 
the Department of Defense: Bernard Rostker, Assistant Secretary, Manpower 
and Reserve Affairs and Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses; and 
Stephen Joseph, M.D., Assistant Secretary, Health Affairs.
TERM LIMITS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT; OVERSIGHT PLAN; COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule providing 
2 hours of debate on H.J. Res. 2, proposing an amendment to the Constitution 
of the United States with respect to the Constitution of the United States 
with respect to the number of terms of office of Members of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives.
  The rule makes in order only those amendments in the nature of a 
substitute printed in the report of the Committee on Rules. The rule 
provides that each amendment may be offered only in the order

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specified in the report, may be offered only by the member specified, shall 
be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 
report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and 
shall not be subject to amendment.
  The rule provides that if more than one amendment is adopted, then only 
the one receiving the most affirmative votes is considered as adopted; in 
the case of a tie, the last such amendment is adopted. The rule provides 
that the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may postpone a request for a 
recorded vote on any amendment, and reduce to five minutes the voting time 
on the second and subsequent votes in a series. Finally, the rule provides 
one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard 
from Chairman Hyde, Representatives McCollum, Inglis, Hutchinson, Petri, 
Hefley, Fowler, Christensen, Graham, Sanford, Blunt, Gibbons, Frank of 
Massachusetts, Scott, Jackson-Lee of Texas, and Dingell.
  Prior to this action, the Committee approved the following for the 105th 
Congress: oversight plan; and the committee budget.
FAMILY PLANNING FACILITATION AND ABORTION FUNDING RESTRICTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing 1 hour 
of debate on H.R. 581, Family Planning Facilitation and Abortion Funding 
Restriction Act of 1997, equally divided and controlled by Representative 
Smith of New Jersey or his designee and a Member opposed to the bill. The 
rule also provides one motion to recommit. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Smith of New Jersey, Oberstar, Pelosi, and Lowey.
BRIEFING--SECURE COMMUNICATIONS
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Technology held a briefing on Secure 
Communications. The Subcommittee was briefed by public witnesses.
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS--PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON GULF WAR 
ILLNESSES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing to review the findings and 
recommendations of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Gulf War 
Veterans' illnesses. Testimony was heard from Maj. Marguerite Knox, 
committee member, Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' 
Illnesses; Philip K. Russell, M.D., member, Committee to Review the Health 
Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War, Institute of Medicine; 
Thomas Garthwaite, M.D., Deputy Under Secretary, Health, Department of 
Veterans' Affairs; the following officials of the Department of Defense: 
Stephen Joseph, M.D., Assistant Secretary, Health Affairs; and Bernard 
Rostker, Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary for Gulf War Illnesses; 
Richard Jackson, M.D., Director, National Center for Environmental Health, 
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human 
Services; representatives of veterans organizations; and public witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the Administration's fiscal 
year 1998 Budget. Testimony was heard from Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the 
Treasury.
Joint Meetings
VFW PROGRAMS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the 
legislative recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United 
States, after receiving testimony from James Nier, Veterans of Foreign Wars 
of the United States, Washington, D.C., who was accompanied by several of 
his associates.
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                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                      WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1997

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services, to hold hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of Defense and 
the future years defense program, 2:45 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, business meeting, to 
consider the nomination of Janet L. Yellen, of California, to be a Member 
of the Council of Economic Advisers, 10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget, to hold hearings on issues relating to public 
investment, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, to hold hearings on the 
ozone and particulate matter standards proposed by the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.

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  Committee on Finance, to hold hearings on the Administration's budget 
and revenue proposals for fiscal year 1998, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Subcommittee on Health Care, to hold hearings to examine the financial 
crisis in the Medicare system, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, to hold hearings on the 
future of nuclear deterrence, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold hearings on the 
implementation of the Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act (TEAM), 
9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration, business meeting, to mark up 
proposed legislation authorizing biennial expenditures by standing, 
select, and special committees of the Senate, and to consider other 
pending legislative and administrative business, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business, to hold hearings on the nomination of Aida 
Alvarez, of New York, to be Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.


                                  House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Inspector General Overview, 12:30 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related 
Programs, on Secretary of State, 10 a.m. 2360 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, on 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Office 
of the Inspector General, 10 a.m., and on the Health Resources and 
Services Administration, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative, on Joint Economic Committee and the 
Library of Congress, 9:30 a.m., on the Architect of the Capitol/Botanic 
Garden; Members of Congress; and public witnesses, 1 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, 
oversight hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services' 
proposed budget for fiscal year 1998, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection, on 
Spectrum Management Policy, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Employer-
Employee Relations, hearing on Defusing the Retirement Timebomb: 
Encouraging Pension Savings, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, hearing on the 
``Government Performance and Results Act: Sensible Government for the 
Next Century,'' 10 a.m., and to hold an organizational meeting, 3 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on International 
Economic Policy and Trade, hearing on the Future of the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation (OPIC), 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on 
the FBI investigation into the Khobar Towers bombing in Dhahran, Saudi 
Arabia and on Foreign FBI Investigations, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on National Security, hearing on the fiscal year 1998 
national defense authorization request, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, hearing on the Status of Russian Participation in 
the International Space Program, 1 p.m. 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Surface 
Transportation, hearing on ISTEA Comprehensive Reauthorization Proposals: 
ISTEA Integrity Restoration Act (STEP 21) Transportation Empowerment Act 
(Devolution) ISTEA Works, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to continue hearings on the 
Administration's fiscal year 1998 Budget, 9:30 a.m., to mark up the 
Airport and Airway Trust Fund Tax Reinstatement Act of 1997; and to 
consider an oversight plan for the 105th Congress, 3 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.