[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 97 (Thursday, July 10, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D728-D729]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE/ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  An original bill (S. 1005) making appropriations for the Department 
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998; and
  An original bill (S. 1004) making appropriations for energy and water 
development programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998.
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia 
resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for 
the government of the District of Columbia, receiving testimony from 
Mayor Marion S. Barry, Jr., Linda W. Cropp, Acting Chairman, District 
of Columbia Council, and Andrew F. Brimmer, Chairman, Financial 
Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, all of the District 
of Columbia.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, July 16.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Services and Technology concluded oversight hearings to 
review information processing challenges of the Year 2000 for certain 
financial institutions, after receiving testimony from Larry Martin, 
Data Dimensions, Bellevue, Washington; David M. Iacino, Millennium 
Project/BankBoston, Boston, Massachusetts; Jeff Jinnett, LeBoeuf 
Computing Technologies/LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, New York, New 
York; and Alfred R. Berkeley III, Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., 
Washington, D.C.
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation held hearings to review 
the preliminary findings of a General Accounting Office study on the 
health, condition, and viability of the range and wildlife populations 
in Yellowstone National Park, receiving testimony from Victor S. 
Rezendes, Director, Energy, Resources and Science Issues, Resources, 
Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting 
Office, who was accompanied by several of his associates.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
GLOBAL WARMING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held hearings to 
examine the causes, impacts, and uncertainties of global climate 
change, receiving testimony from Eric J. Barron, Pennsylvania State 
University, University Park; John R. Christy, University of Alabama, 
Huntsville; Richard S. Lindzen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 
and Dale W. Jorgenson, Harvard University, both of Cambridge, 
Massachusetts; and Stephen H. Schneider, Stanford University, Stanford, 
California.
  Hearings continue on Thursday, July 17.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Ralph Frank, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Nepal, John C. Holzman, of Hawaii, to be Ambassador to the 
People's Republic of Bangladesh, and Karl Frederick Inderfurth, of 
North Carolina, to be Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian 
Affairs, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
CAMPAIGN FINANCING INVESTIGATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee continued to examine 
certain matters with regard to the committee's special investigation on 
campaign financing, receiving further testimony from Richard Sullivan, 
Perkins Coie, Washington, D.C., former Deputy Finance and Finance 
Director, Democratic National Committee.
  Hearings continue on Tuesday, July 15.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Katharine Sweeney Hayden, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of New Jersey, Anthony W. Ishii, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, and Henry 
Harold Kennedy, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Columbia.
  Also, committee adopted the Subcommittee on Immigration rules of 
procedure concerning private immigration relief legislation for the 
105th Congress.
  Also, committee began mark up of S. 10, to reduce violent juvenile 
crime, promote accountability by juvenile criminals, and punish and 
deter violent gang crime, but did not complete action thereon, and will 
meet again tomorrow.
AUTHORIZATION--REHABILITATION ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Employment and 
Training concluded hearings

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on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the 
Rehabilitation Act, including H.R. 1385, to consolidate, coordinate, 
and improve employment, training, literacy, and vocational 
rehabilitation programs in the United States, after receiving testimony 
from Judith E. Heumann, Assistant Secretary, Fredric K. Schroeder, 
Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration, and Katherine 
Seelman, Director, National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation 
Research, all of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative 
Services, Department of Education; Eric Parks and Traci Meece, both of 
the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission, Columbus; Kevin S. Veller, 
Vermont Association of Business, Industry, and Rehabilitation, 
Winooski; Jay Johnson, Options Interstate Resource Center for 
Independent Living, East Grand Forks, Minnesota; Janet E. Samuelson and 
Douglas Taksar, both of the Fairfax Opportunities Unlimited, Inc., 
Alexandria, Virginia; Paul Marchand, Consortium for Citizens with 
Disabilities, Washington, D.C.; and Bobby C. Simpson, Arkansas 
Rehabilitation Services, Hot Springs, on behalf of the Council of State 
Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation.
OSHA REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Public Health 
and Safety concluded oversight hearings on the implementation of the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and related reform 
proposals, including S. 551, S. 461, and S. 765, after receiving 
testimony from Senators Gregg, Hutchison, and Enzi; Gregory R. 
Watchman, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety 
and Health; Harry Morley, Taylor-Morley Homes, Inc., St. Louis, 
Missouri, on behalf of the National Association of Home Builders; Jeff 
W. Johnston, Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, Tennessee; Michael A. 
Lail, Raines Brothers Inc., Chattanooga, Tennessee, on behalf of the 
Associated General Contractors of America; Eric Frumin, Union of 
Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees/AFL-CIO, New York, New 
York; F.M. Lunnie, Jr., Coalition on Occupational Safety and Health, 
Falls Church, Virginia; Steven C. Lewis, American Industrial Health 
Council, Washington, D.C.; and Nancy Lessin, Massachusetts Coalition 
for Occupational Safety and Health, Boston.
INDIAN GAMING FEE ASSESSMENTS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on 
the National Indian Gaming Commission and proposed legislation to amend 
the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to enable the National Indian Gaming 
Commission to assess additional fees to cover the costs of regulating 
the Indian gaming industry, after receiving testimony from Tom Foley 
and Philip N. Hogen, both of the National Indian Gaming Commission, 
Richard G. Hill and Tim Wapato, both of the National Indian Gaming 
Association, and W. Ron Allen, National Congress of American Indians, 
all of Washington, D.C.; Virgil Murphy, Stockbridge-Munsee Community 
Band of Mohican Indians, Bowler, Wisconsin; and Russell Welsh, Colorado 
River Indian Tribes, Parker, Arizona, and Jacob Coin, Phoenix, Arizona, 
both on behalf of the Arizona Indian Gaming Association.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of George John Tenet, of Maryland, to be Director of 
Central Intelligence.