[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 44 (Tuesday, April 15, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D337-D338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
[D15AP7-46]D337 COMMODITY
COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT AMENDMENTS
[D15AP7-47]D337 Committee
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty 
Crops held a hearing on reform of the Commodity Exchange Act and provisions 
of H.R. 467, Commodity Exchange Act Amendments of 1997. Testimony was heard 
from Brooksley Born, Chair, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Roger 
Anderson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Federal Finance, Department of the 
Treasury; Richard Lindsey, Director, Division of Market Regulation, SEC; 
Susan M. Phillips, member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and 
public witnesses.
[D15AP7-48]D337 Hearings c
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
[D15AP7-49]D337 COMMERCE,
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
[D15AP7-50]D337 Committee
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and 
the Judiciary held a hearing on the Office of Justice Programs, the Office 
of Community Oriented Policing and on the Office of

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Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Justice: Laurie Robinson, Assistant 
Attorney General, Justice Programs; Joseph E. Brann, Director, Community 
Oriented Policing Services; and Sheay Bilchek, Administrator, Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
[D15AP7-51]D338 INTERIOR A
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
[D15AP7-52]D338 Committee
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs/Office of Special Trustee. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of the Interior: Ada E. Deer, 
Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs; and Paul M. Homan, Special Trustee for 
American Indians.
[D15AP7-53]D338 SUPPLEMENT
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
[D15AP7-54]D338 Committee
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior approved for full 
Committee action Supplemental Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1997.
[D15AP7-55]D338 LABOR-HHS-
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
[D15AP7-56]D338 Committee
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
[D15AP7-57]D338 VA-HUD-IND
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
[D15AP7-58]D338 Committee
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies held a hearing on the EPA. Testimony was heard from Carol M. 
Browner, Administrator, EPA.
[D15AP7-59]D338 HOUSING OP
HOUSING OPPORTUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITY ACT
[D15AP7-60]D338 Committee
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Began markup of H.R. 2, Housing 
Opportunity and Responsibility Act of 1997.
[D15AP7-61]D338 Will conti
  Will continue tomorrow.
[D15AP7-62]D338 TRANSFER O
TRANSFER OF SUPERCOMPUTERS--IMPACT ON NATIONAL SECURITY
[D15AP7-63]D338 Committee
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Procurement held a 
hearing on the sale or transfer of supercomputers to foreign entities or 
governments engaged in nuclear weapons research and its impact on the 
national security interests of the United States. Testimony was heard from 
Harold Johnson, Associate Director, International Relations and Trade 
Issues, GAO; William A. Reinsch, Under Secretary, Export Administration, 
Department of Commerce; the following officials of the Department of Energy: 
Victor H. Reis, Assistant Secretary, Defense Programs; and Kenneth E. Baker, 
Acting Director, Office of Nonproliferation and National Security; and 
public witnesses.
[D15AP7-64]D338 OVERSIGHT--
OVERSIGHT--IMPLEMENTATION OF WILDERNESS ACT ON BLM AND FOREST SERVICE LANDS
[D15AP7-65]D338 Committee
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands and 
the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held a joint oversight hearing 
on implementation of the 1964 Wilderness Act on BLM and Forest Service 
lands. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
[D15AP7-66]D338 REGULATORY
REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ACT--FEDERAL AGENCY COMPLIANCE
[D15AP7-67]D338 Committee
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Government Programs and 
Oversight and Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Paperwork Reduction held 
a joint hearing on Federal Agency Compliance with the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act: Are Federal Agencies Using ``Good Science'' In Their Making? Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
[D15AP7-68]D338 Hearings c
  Hearings continue April 17.
[D15AP7-69]D338 FEDERAL IN
FEDERAL INCOME TAX REPLACEMENT--IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
[D15AP7-70]D338 Committee
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the Impact on Individuals and 
Families of Replacing the Federal Income Tax. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Armey; and public witnesses.
[D15AP7-71]D338 INTELLIGEN
INTELLIGENCE BUDGET--PERSONNEL AND LEGISLATIVE ISSUES
[D15AP7-72]D338 Permanent
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to hold 
a Budget hearing on Personnel and Legislative Issues. Testimony was heard 
from departmental witnesses.
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