[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 50 (Thursday, April 24, 1997)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D382-D383] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) APPROPRIATIONS--NOAA Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce, after receiving testimony from D. James Baker, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. APPROPRIATIONS--ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS/BUREAU OF RECLAMATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for programs of the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation, after receiving testimony from H. Martin Lancaster, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Lt. Gen. Joe N. Ballard, Chief, and Maj. Gen. Russell L. Fuhrman, Director for Civil Works, both of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and Patricia J. Beneke, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, and Eluid L. Martinez, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, both of the Department of the Interior. APPROPRIATIONS--ARTS AND HUMANITIES Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Jane Alexander, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts; and Sheldon Hackney, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 1. NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE ACT Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. 7, to establish a United States policy for the deployment of a national missile defense system; and 2,449 military nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. ISTEA AUTHORIZATION Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, focusing on truck safety issues, receiving testimony from Rodney E. Slater, Secretary of Transportation; Mayor Louis Bronaugh, Lufkin, Texas, on behalf of the Coalition Against Bigger Trucks; Warren Hoemann, Traffic Safety Alliance, Burlingame, California; Thomas J. Donohue, American Trucking Associations, Alexandria, Virginia; Lisa Irwin, Michigan State Police, Lansing, on behalf of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance; and Steven Wellington, Mesa, Arizona, on behalf of Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH). Hearings were recessed subject to call. AUTHORIZATION--NASA Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), after receiving testimony from Daniel S. Goldin, Administrator, Edward A. Frankle, General Counsel, and Malcolm Peterson, Comptroller, all of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Marcia Smith, Specialist in Aerospace and Telecommunications Policy, and Dave Radzanowski, Analyst in Aerospace Policy, both of the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Kenneth F. Galloway, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; and Jerry Grey, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, Virginia. AIR QUALITY STANDARDS Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property and Nuclear Safety held hearings to examine the Environmental Protection Agency implementation and health effects of proposed revisions to the national ambient air quality standards for ozone and particulate matters, receiving testimony from Mary D. Nichols, Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Kenneth W. Chilton, Center for the Study of American Business/Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri; Thomas B. Starr, ENVIRON International Corporation, Raleigh, North Carolina; Susan E. Dudley, Economists Incorporated, Alan J. Krupnick, Resources for the Future, and Paul C. Kerkhoven, [[Page D383]] American Highway Users Alliance, all of Washington, D.C.; Carl M. Shy, University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill; Morton Lippmann, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York; Benjamin Y. Cooper, Printing Industries of America, Alexandria, Virginia; Pat Leyden, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Diamond Bar, California; and Beverly Hartsock, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Austin. Hearings continue on Tuesday, April 29. HONG KONG Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs concluded hearings to examine United States interests and policies toward Hong Kong, after receiving testimony from Jeffrey A. Bader, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; William H. Overholt, Bankers Trust Company, Hong Kong; Andrew Y. Au, Alliance of Hong Kong Chinese in the United States, Greenbelt, Maryland; and Mike Jendrzejczyk, Human Rights Watch/Asia, Washington, D.C. NOAA MANAGEMENT REFORM Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring, and the District of Columbia resumed hearings on proposals to reorganize the Department of Commerce, focusing on management reforms at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, receiving testimony from Diana Josephson, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Joel C. Willemssen, Director, Information Resources Management, Accounting and Information Management Division, General Accounting Office; Bryan J. Logan, Photo Science, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, and John M. Palatiello, Reston, Virginia, both on behalf of the Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors; Kenneth S. Johnson, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories/ California State University, Moss Landing, on behalf of the University- National Oceanographic Laboratory System; and Joel N. Myers, AccuWeather, Inc., State College, Pennsylvania. Subcommittee recessed subject to call. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the status of vocational education assistance and its role in workforce development and the Administration's views on reforming the Federal investment in vocational education, after receiving testimony from Patricia W. McNeil, Assistant Secretary of Education for Vocational and Adult Education; David Stern, University of California, Berkeley; Harris N. Miller, Information Technology Association of America, Arlington, Virginia; Paul F. Cole, American Federation of Teachers, Loudonville, New York; Rick Theders, Clark-Theders Insurance Group, Cincinnati, Ohio, on behalf of the American Vocational Association; Dan Hull, Center for Occupational Research and Development, Waco, Texas; and Larry Rosenstock, New Urban High School Project, Cambridge, Massachusetts. GPO REFORM Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings to review legislative recommendations on certain revisions to Title 44 of the U.S. Code which authorizes the Government Printing Office to provide permanent public access to Federal government information, receiving testimony from Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer, and George E. Lord, Chairman, Joint Council of Unions, both of the Government Printing Office; Royce C. Lamberth, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia; and William J. Boarman, Communications Workers of America, Washington, D.C. Hearings continue on Wednesday, April 30. SBA'S NON-CREDIT PROGRAMS Committee on Small Business: Committee held oversight hearings on the success and failures of the Small Business Administration's (SBA) non- credit and business development programs and the future direction of such programs, including initiatives in training young people for careers as entrepreneurs, receiving testimony from Jeanne Sclater, Acting Associate Deputy Administrator for Economic Development, Small Business Administration; Jean M. Buckley, Junior Achievement, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Terry Jarchow, Junior Achievement Mississippi Valley, Inc., Hazelwood, Missouri; Reginald G. Harmon, The Dream Team, St. Louis, Missouri; Marilyn L. Kourilsky, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri; Michael D. Case, Case Custom Painting, Norborne, Missouri; Frederic W. Thomas, Service Corps of Retired Executives Association (SCORE), and Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, both of Washington, D.C.; Sam Males, Nevada Small Business Development Center, Reno, on behalf of the Association of Small Business Development Centers; S. Terry Neese, Terry Neese Personnel Services and Terry Neese Temporaries, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on behalf of the National Association of Women Business Owners; Robert T. Creighton, Lynnfield, Massachusetts; Douglas P. Schoen, Ballwin, Missouri; Katie Sullivan, Cincinnati, Ohio; and Casey Collier, Shawnee, Kansas. Hearings were recessed subject to call.