[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 23, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D372-D374]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held 
hearings to examine an additional funding request for fiscal year 1997 
by the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management 
Assistance Authority for capital improvements to District of Columbia 
public schools and for public safety agencies, receiving testimony from 
Andrew F. Brimmer, Chairman, District of Columbia Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority; Gen. Julius W. 
Becton, Jr., (USA, Ret.), Chief Executive Officer/Superintendent, and 
Gen. Charles Williams (USA, Ret.), Chief Operations Officer, both of 
the District of Columbia Public Schools; Larry D. Soulsby, Police 
Chief, District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department; Eugene N. 
Hamilton, Chief Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia; and 
Margaret A. Moore, Director, District of Columbia Department of 
Corrections.

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  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
NATO ENLARGEMENT
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the Administration's proposal to enlarge the membership of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), after receiving testimony from 
Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State; and William S. Cohen, 
Secretary of Defense.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Kerri Ann Jones, of Maryland, and Jerry 
M. Melillo, of Massachusetts, each to be an Associate Director of the 
Office of Science and Technology Policy, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf. Testimony was also received 
on the nominations from John H. Gibbons, Assistant to the President for 
Science and Technology, and Director, Office of Science and Technology 
Policy.
U.S. MANUFACTURING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Manufacturing and Competitiveness concluded hearings to examine the 
current state of manufacturing in the United States and prospects for 
the future, after receiving testimony from Jerry J. Jasinowski, 
National Association of Manufacturers, Charles W. McMillion, MBG 
Information Services, Andrew H. Card, Jr., American Automobile 
Manufacturers Association, William T. Archey, American Electronics 
Association, James F. Collins, Steel Manufacturers Association, and 
Edward M. Bolen, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Kenneth McLennan, Manufacturers Alliance, Arlington, 
Virginia; and Russell R. Coyner, BIFMA International, Grand Rapids, 
Michigan.
INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL TRUST FUND
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on S. 436, to establish a 
new Intercity Passenger Rail Trust Fund to be made available for 
financing certain capital expenditures of the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), and for certain other transportation 
expenses by States in which Amtrak does not provide service, receiving 
testimony from Senator Wyden; Thomas M. Downs, Chairman, President and 
CEO, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); Phyllis F. 
Scheinberg, Associate Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, 
Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting 
Office; Brent Blackwelder, Friends of the Earth, and Ross B. Capon, 
National Association of Railroad Passengers, both of Washington, D.C.; 
Sonny Hall, Transport Workers Union of America, New York, New York, on 
behalf of the Transportation Trades Rail Labor Division (AFL-CIO); 
William Lochte, Bombardier Transit Corporation, Bensalem, Pennsylvania, 
on behalf of the American Passenger Rail Coalition; and Doras Briggs, 
Kensington, California.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BIENNIAL BUDGETING AND APPROPRIATIONS ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 261, 
to provide for a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations 
process and to enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal 
Government, receiving testimony from Franklin D. Raines, Director, 
Office of Management and Budget; Susan J. Irving, Associate Director, 
Budget Issues, Accounting and Information Management Division, General 
Accounting Office; Louis Fisher, Senior Specialist in Separation of 
Powers, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; and 
Charles J. Whalen, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
GANG VIOLENCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine the 
scope of the interstate spread of gang violence, and S. 54, to 
strengthen the coordinated, cooperative response of federal, state, and 
local law enforcement needed to combat gang violence, receiving 
testimony from Senator Reid; Steven R. Wiley, Chief, Violent Crimes and 
Major Offenders Section, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of 
Justice; James Mulvihill, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office, Los 
Angeles, California; A. James Walton, Jr., Vermont Department of Public 
Safety, Waterbury; Aaron D. Kennard, Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, 
and Colleen Minson, both of Salt Lake City, Utah.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
HIGHER EDUCATION AUTHORIZATION: CAMPUS BASED FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Higher 
Education Act, focusing on certain campus based financial aid programs 
which provide federal funds to participating institutions who then 
administer the programs rather than the Federal Government, and the 
State Student Incentive Grant, after receiving testimony from Judith N. 
Flink, University of Illinois, Chicago, on behalf of the Coalition of 
Higher Education Assistance Organizations; Scott B. Freedman, New 
Jersey State Office of Student Assistance, Trenton, on behalf of

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the National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs; 
Charles Puls, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, on behalf of 
the National Student Employment Association; and Jane C. Sangeloty, 
University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Wednesday, April 30.