[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 27 (Wednesday, March 5, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D180-D182]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE STRUCTURE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to review strategic planning and management of information 
technology at the Department of Agriculture, after receiving testimony 
from Richard Rominger, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; Sally Katzen, 
Administrator, Office of

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Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget; 
and John W. Harman, Assistant Comptroller General and Chief Information 
Officer, and Joel C. Willemssen, Director, Accounting and Information 
Management Division, both of the General Accounting Office.
GLOBAL ASSESSMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held closed 
hearings to examine global assessment issues, receiving testimony from 
Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 12.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland Forces held 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 
for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, 
focusing on tactical aviation modernization issues, receiving testimony 
from Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of 
Staff; Richard A. Davis, Director, National Security Analysis, General 
Accounting Office; and Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., Director, Center for 
Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Washington, D.C.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel held hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on 
recruiting and retention policies within the Department of Defense and 
the Military Services, receiving testimony from Mark Gebicke, Director, 
Elliot Smith, Assistant Director, and Beverly Schladt, Senior 
Evaluator, all of Military Operations and Capabilities Issues, General 
Accounting Office; Staff Sgt. Denise Slaughter, USAF; Aviation Anti-
Submarine Warfare Operator 2 Richard Winland, USN; Staff Sgt. Stephen 
Simmons, USA; Gunnery Sgt. James Ruffin, USMC; Frederick F.Y. Pang, 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy; Lt. Gen. 
Frederick E. Vollrath, USA, Deputy Chief of Army Staff for Personnel; 
Vice Adm. Daniel T. Oliver, USN, Chief of Naval Personnel; Lt. Gen. 
Carol A. Mutter, USMC, Deputy Chief of Marine Corps Staff for Manpower 
and Reserve Affairs; Lt. Gen. Michael D. McGinty, USAF, Deputy Chief of 
Air Force Staff for Personnel; Maj. Gen. Alfonso E. Lenhardt, USA, 
Commanding General, U.S. Army Recruiting Command; Rear Adm. Barbara E. 
McGann, USN, Commander, Navy Recruiting Command; Maj. Gen. Jack W. 
Klimp, USMC, Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruiting Command; and 
Brig. Gen. Walter E. Buchanan, III, USAF, Commander of Air Force 
Recruiting Service.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 12.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces resumed 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 
for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, 
focusing on defense programs to combat the proliferation of weapons of 
mass destruction, receiving testimony from Franklin C. Miller, Acting 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
1998 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
Congressional Budget Office analysis of the President's budget for 
fiscal year 1998, after receiving testimony from June E. O'Neill, 
Director, James L. Blum, Deputy Director, and Paul Von de Water, 
Assistant Director, Budget Analysis Division, all of the Congressional 
Budget Office.
  Committee will meet again on Tuesday, March 11.
AVIATION SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:Subcommittee on 
Aviation held hearings to examine aviation safety issues, focusing on 
the recommendations of the Gore Commission on Aviation Security, 
receiving testimony from Nancy McFadden, General Counsel, and Barry 
Valentine, Acting Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, both 
of the Department of Transportation; Gerald Dillingham, Associate 
Director, Transportation Issues, General Accounting Office; Anthony J. 
Broderick, Catlett, Virginia, former Federal Aviation Administration 
Associate Administrator for Regulation and Certification; Brian Michael 
Jenkins, Kroll Associates, Los Angeles, California, and Lt. Gen. James 
A. Abrahamson, International Air Safety, Washington, D.C., both on 
behalf of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security; 
and John Meenan, Air Transport Association of America, Robert W. Hahn, 
American Enterprise Institute, and Edward Wytkind, AFL-CIO, all of 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management met to further receive testimony on the impact 
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the proposed Public Land Management Responsibility and Accountability 
Restoration Act on the administrative and judicial appeals of land 
management decisions of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land 
Management from Ross Gorte, Specialist in Natural Resource Policy, 
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Felice Pace, 
Klamath Forest Alliance, Etna, California; Mike Francis, Wilderness 
Society, John Doggett, American Farm Bureau Federation, R. Denny Scott, 
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, and George Leonard, all 
of Washington, D.C.; Andy Stahl, Association of Forest Service 
Employees for Environmental Ethics, Eugene, Oregon; Frank Gladics, 
Western Forest Industries Association, Portland, Oregon; and Sam 
Anderson, National Ski Area Association, Denver, Colorado.
  Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
SUPERFUND REFORM
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Waste Control, and Risk Assessment concluded hearings on S. 8, to 
authorize funds for and reform the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Liability, and Compensation Act (Superfund), after receiving 
testimony from Carol M. Browner, Administrator, Environmental 
Protection Agency; Terry D. Garcia, Acting Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere/National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration; New Mexico Assistant Attorney General Charlie De 
Saillan, Environmental Enforcement Division, Santa Fe; Richard Gimello, 
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton, on behalf 
of the National Governors' Association; Linda H. Biagioni, Black and 
Decker Corporation, Towson, Maryland; Karen Florini, Environmental 
Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.; Barbara Williams, Sunny Ray Restaurant, 
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the National Federation of 
Independent Business; Karen O'Regan, Phoenix Environmental Programs, 
Phoenix, Arizona; Larry L. Lockner, Shell Oil Company, Houston, Texas, 
on behalf of the American Petroleum Institute; Robert Spiegel, Edison 
Wetlands Association, Edison, New Jersey; and Rich A. Heig, Kennecott 
Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah.
MEDICARE
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings on the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 1998 for the Medicare program, 
receiving testimony from Jane Baumgarten, North Bend, Oregon, on behalf 
of the American Association of Retired Persons; Todd C. Linden, 
Grinnell Regional Medical Center, Grinnell, Iowa, on behalf of the 
American Hospital Association; Alan R. Nelson, American Society of 
Internal Medicine, Washington, D.C.; Seymour I. Schwartz, University of 
Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, on behalf of the 
American College of Surgeons; and Tim Size, Rural Wisconsin Health 
Cooperative, Sauk City, on behalf of the National Rural Health 
Association.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
HIGH-RISK MANAGEMENT REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on proposals 
to develop and implement management reforms to provide Federal agencies 
with strategies and techniques to increase effectiveness, reduce costs, 
and minimize risks associated with program and administrative 
management, receiving testimony from John A. Koskinen, Deputy Director 
for Management, Office of Management and Budget; Gene L. Dodaro, 
Assistant Comptroller General, Accounting and Information Management 
Division, General Accounting Office; and Dwight P. Robinson, Deputy 
Secretary, and Susan Gaffney, Inspector General, both of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported S. 295, to promote cooperation and teamwork among worker-
management relations in the American labor force.
BUDGET/OPERATIONS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held oversight 
hearings to review the budget and operations of the National Gallery of 
Art and certain legislative offices, receiving testimony in behalf of 
their respective activities from Earl A. Powell III, Director, National 
Gallery of Art; Gary L. Sisco, Secretary of the Senate; Gregory S. 
Casey, Senate Sergeant at Arms; and Alan M. Hantman, Architect of the 
Capitol.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.