[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 22, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D367-D368]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1998, receiving testimony in behalf of funds 
for their respective activities from Catherine E. Woteki, Acting Under 
Secretary, and Floyd P. Horn, Acting Deputy Under Secretary, both for 
Research, Education and Economics, Edward Knipling, Acting 
Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, Robert H. Robinson, 
Administrator, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension 
Service, Kelli White, Associate Administrator, Economic Research 
Service, Donald Bay, Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics 
Service, and Dennis Kaplan, Deputy Director for Budget, Legislative and 
Regulatory Systems, all of the Department of Agriculture.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 1.
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1998 for energy and water development, focusing on the Environmental 
Management Program of the Department of Energy, receiving testimony 
from Alvin L. Alm, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental 
Management.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 24.
APPROPRIATIONS--NSF/OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
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 Neal F. Lane, Director, National Science Foundation; 
and John H. Gibbons, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 1.

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AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower resumed hearings 
on S. 450, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, and to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, focusing 
on Department of the Navy shipbuilding development and procurement 
programs, receiving testimony from John W. Douglass, Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition; Vice 
Adm. Donald L. Pilling, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, 
Resources, Warfare Requirements and Assessments; and John Birkler, RAND 
Corporation, Santa Monica, California.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: On Friday, April 18, committee 
concluded hearings on the nomination of Thomas R. Pickering, of New 
Jersey, to be Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, after the 
nominee, who was introduced by Senator Lautenberg, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
AIRLINE ANTITRUST IMPLICATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, 
and Competition concluded hearings to examine antitrust implications of 
the proposed British Airways-American Airlines Alliance, focusing on 
the impact this alliance will have on the availability and 
affordability of international air travel, the long-term viability of 
the U.S. airline industry, the preservation of competition in the 
London market, and the security of the American consumer, after 
receiving testimony from Barry P. Simon, Continental Airlines, Inc., 
Mark N. Cooper, Consumer Federation of America, and D. Scott Yohe, 
Delta Air Lines, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.; Richard Branson, Virgin 
Atlantic Airlines, London, England; David A. Schwarte, American 
Airlines, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas; Cyril Murphy, United Airlines, 
Chicago, Illinois; and Lawrence M. Nagin, US Airways, Inc., Arlington, 
Virginia.
CHILDREN'S HEALTH
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: On Friday, April 18, committee 
concluded hearings on proposals to improve the health status of 
children, including S. 435 and S. 525, focusing on pediatric care, 
public health, mental health, and substance abuse issues, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Hatch and Specter; Donna E. Shalala, 
Secretary of Health and Human Services; Vermont Governor Howard Dean, 
Montpelier; Mohammad N. Akhter, American Public Health Association, and 
Mary Jane England, Washington Business Group on Health, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Antoinette Parisi Eaton, Children's Hospital, Inc., 
Columbus, Ohio; Judith S. Palfrey, Children's Hospital, Boston, 
Massachusetts; and James E. Copple, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of 
America, Alexandria, Virginia.
AUTHORIZATION--NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 459, to 
authorize funds for fiscal years 1997 through 2000 for programs 
administered by the Administration for Native Americans, after 
receiving testimony from Gary Niles Kimble, Commissioner, 
Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human 
Services; A. David Lester, Council of Energy Resource Tribes, Denver, 
Colorado; and Wallace Coffey, Comanche Indian Tribe, Lawton, Oklahoma.