[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 19 (Thursday, February 13, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D121-D123]
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 Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, the Administration for Children and Families 
and the Administration on Aging, Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: David 
Satcher, M.D., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 
Olivia Golden, Administrator, Children, Youth and Families; and Robyn 
I. Stone, Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing 
on the Joint Committee on Taxation. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Archer.

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NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security met in 
executive session to hold a briefing on the World Situation Update. The 
subcommittee was briefed by George Tenet, Acting Director, CIA; and Lt. 
Gen. Patrick M. Hughes, USA, Director, DIA, Department of Defense.
FINANCIAL SERVICES MODERNIZATION
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit continued hearings on Financial 
Services Modernization legislation including H.R. 268, Depository 
Institution Affiliation and Thrift Charter Conversion Act. Testimony 
was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal 
Reserve System; the following officials of the Department of the 
Treasury: Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the Currency; and John F. 
Downey, Executive Director, Supervision, Office of Thrift Supervision; 
Ricki Helfer, Chairman, FDIC; and Arthur Levitt, Jr., Chairman, SEC.
CBO BUDGET OUTLOOK AND ANALYSIS
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on CBO Budget Outlook and 
Analysis of the Administration's Budget Proposal. Testimony was heard 
from June E. O'Neill, Director, CBO.
ARMORED CAR RECIPROCITY AMENDMENTS; COMMITTEE BUDGET AND OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Commerce: Ordered reported H.R. 624, Armored Car 
Reciprocity Amendments of 1997.
  The Committee also approved the Committee budget and an oversight 
plan for the 105th Congress.
OVERSIGHT PLAN; COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Approved an oversight plan 
and the committee budget for the 105th Congress.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET: CIVIL SERVICE IMPACTS
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Civil 
Service held a hearing on the Administration's fiscal year 1998 budget: 
Civil Service Impacts. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--GAO HIGH-RISK SERIES
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information and Technology held a hearing on 
``Oversight of the GAO's High-Risk Series.'' Testimony was heard from 
Gene L. Dodaro, Assistant Comptroller General, Accounting and 
Information Management Division, GAO.
RURAL HEALTH CLINIC PROGRAM
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Human 
Resources and Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on the Need 
for Better Focus in the Rural Health Clinic Program. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the GAO: Bernice Steinhardt, 
Director, Health Service Quality and Public Health; and Frank Pasquier, 
Assistant Director--Health Issues, Seattle; the following officials of 
the Department of Health and Human Services: Kathy Buto, Associate 
Administrator, Policy, Health Care Financing Administration; Marilyn H. 
Gaston, M.D., Director, Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources 
and Services Administration; and George Grob, Deputy, Office of 
Inspector General; and public witnesses.
SUPERFUND CLEAN-UP
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on National 
Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs held a 
hearing on Superfund Clean-Up. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Pallone and Mica; the following officials of the GAO: Peter Guerrero, 
Director, Environmental Protection Issues; Stanley Czerwinski, 
Associate Director and Jim Donagahy, Assistant Director, both with the 
Resources, Community and Economic Development Division; and Mitchell 
Karpman, Mathematical Statistician; Elliot Laws, Assistant 
Administrator, Solid Waste and Emergency Response, EPA; and public 
witnesses.
HONG KONG'S REVERSION TO PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific held a hearing on Hong Kong's Reversion to the People's 
Republic of China. Testimony was heard from Jeffrey Bader, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of 
State; and public witnesses.
THREATS TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY
Committee on National Security: Held a hearing on threats to U.S. 
National Security. Testimony was heard from the following former 
Directors of the CIA: James Woolsey, William Webster, and James 
Schlesinger.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Small Business: Met for organizational purposes.
  The Committee also approved an oversight plan for the 105th Congress.

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COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Met for organizational 
purposes.
USER FEES FOR FAA SERVICES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation continued hearings on Airlines' Proposals to Establish User 
Fees for FAA Services. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on the Administration's 
fiscal year 1998 budget. Testimony was heard from Jesse Brown, 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Frank Q. Nebeker, Chief Judge, U.S. 
Court of Veterans Appeals; Preston M. Taylor, Jr., Assistant Secretary, 
Veterans' Employment and Training, Department of Labor; Maj. Gen. John 
P. Herrling, USA (Ret.), Secretary, American Battle Monuments 
Commission; and H. Martin Lancasater, Assistant Secretary of the Army 
(Civil Works).
  The Committee also approved an oversight plan for the 105th Congress.
MEDICARE PROVISIONS OF ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
Medicare provisions in the Administration's budget. Testimony was heard 
from Bruce C. Vladeck, Administrator, Health Care Financing 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; and public 
witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET--HUMAN RESOURCES PROVISIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a 
hearing on the Human Resource provisions of the fiscal year 1998 
Administration's budget. Testimony was heard from Representative Smith 
of Texas; Olivia A. Golden, Acting Assistant Secretary, Children and 
Families, Department of Health and Human Services; Carolyn W. Colvin, 
Deputy Commissioner, Programs and Policy, SSA; and public witnesses.


                                 House

  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice, 
hearing on ``U.S. Counternarcotics Assistance to Colombia,'' 9 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.