[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 25, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D132-D133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FARM TAX POLICY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held 
hearings to examine certain taxes affecting American farmers, focusing 
on estate and capital gains taxes and their impact on United States 
agricultural producers, receiving testimony from Senators Kyl and 
Hagel; Keith Collins, Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture; 
William W. Beach, Heritage Foundation, and Larry W. Mitchell, National 
Farmers Union, both of Washington, D.C.; Clark Willingham, Dallas, 
Texas, on behalf of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the 
Family Business Estate Tax Coalition; William Sprague, Kentucky Farm 
Bureau Federation, Sturgis, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau 
Federation; Ralph Grossi, Novato, California, on behalf of the American 
Farmland Trust; and Cynthia Cruea, Pierre, South Dakota, on behalf of 
Women Involved in Farm Economics.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY/INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA/HUD and Independent 
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1998, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective 
activities from Kathleen A. McGinty, Chair, Council on Environmental 
Quality; John H. Hawke, Jr., Under Secretary for Domestic Affairs, and 
Kirsten S. Moy, Director, Community Development Financial Institutions 
Fund, both of the Department of the Treasury; Norman E. D'Amours, 
Chairman, National Credit Union Administration; and George Knight, 
Executive Director, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 4.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 for the Department 
of Defense and the future years defense program, receiving testimony 
from Sheila E. Widnall, Secretary, and Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman, Chief 
of Staff, both of the United States Air Force.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
HOMEOWNERS PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held 
hearings on S. 318, to amend the Truth in Lending Act to require 
automatic cancellation and notice of cancellation rights with respect 
to private mortgage insurance which is required by a creditor as a 
condition for entering into a residential mortgage transaction, 
receiving testimony from Representative Hansen; Michele Meier, 
Consumers Union, Washington, D.C.; R. Layne Morrill, Shepherd of the 
Hills Realtors, Kimberling City, Missouri, on behalf of the National 
Association of Realtors; Kenneth L. Nicholson, Overland Park, Kansas, 
on behalf of the Appraisal Institute; Brian L. McDonnell, Navy Federal 
Credit Union, Vienna, Virginia, on behalf of the National Association 
of Federal Credit Unions and the Credit Union National Association; Ron 
McCord, American Mortgage and Investment Company, Oklahoma City, 
Oklahoma, on behalf of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America; 
Frank J. Sutkowski, Liberty Bank, Middletown, Connecticut, on behalf of 
the America's Community Bankers; and William H. Lacy, Mortgage Guaranty 
Insurance Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on behalf of the Mortgage 
Insurance Companies of America.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INTERIOR AND FOREST SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1998 for the 
Department of the Interior and the Forest Service, after receiving 
testimony from Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior; James R. 
Lyons, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, and 
Michael Dombeck, Chief, Forest Service, both of the Department of 
Agriculture; and David Sunding, Senior Economist, Council of Economic 
Advisers.
FOREST LAND MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management held hearings on proposed legislation to provide 
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Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management with the authority and 
ability to manage their lands in accordance with the principles of 
multiple use and sustained yield, receiving testimony from Barry T. 
Hill, Associate Director, Energy, Resources, and Science Issues, 
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General 
Accounting Office; and K. Norman Johnson, Oregon State University, 
Corvallis.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of David J. Barram, of California, to be Administrator of 
the General Services Administration, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senator Boxer, testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.