[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 106 (Thursday, July 24, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D816-D818]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original bill (S. 1061) making appropriations for the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of John J. Hamre, of South Dakota, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Defense.
  Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the 
aforementioned nomination, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senators Daschle and McCain, testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.
SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities concluded oversight hearings to examine the impact of the 
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 on the effectiveness 
of federal securities laws and on investor protection, after receiving 
testimony from Arthur Levitt, Chairman, Securities and Exchange 
Commission; Keith Paul Bishop, California Department of Corporations, 
Sacramento; Joseph A. Grundfest, Stanford University Law School, 
Stanford, California; Joseph Polizzotto, Lehman Brothers Inc., on 
behalf of the Securities Industry Association, and Richard I. Miller, 
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Kenneth S. Janke, Sr., National Association of Investors 
Corporation, Madison Heights, Michigan; Leonard B. Simon, Milberg Weiss 
Bershad Hynes & Lerach, San Diego, California, on behalf of the 
National Association of Securities and Commercial Law Attorneys; Brian 
Dovey, Domain Associates, Princeton, New Jersey, on behalf of the 
National Venture Capital Association; and Robert C. Hinckley, Xilinx, 
Inc., San Jose, California, on behalf of the American Electronics 
Association.
NASA/NSF MANAGEMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine management and program challenges of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science 
Foundation, after receiving testimony from Daniel S. Goldin, 
Administrator, and Roberta L. Gross, Inspector General, both of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Joseph Bordogna, Acting 
Deputy Director, and Philip L. Sunshine, Deputy Inspector General, both 
of the National Science Foundation; and Susan D. Kladiva, Acting 
Associate Director, Energy, Resources, and Science Issues, Resources, 
Community and Economic Development Division, and Thomas J. Schultz, 
Associate Director, Defense Acquisitions Issues, National Security and 
International Affairs Division, both of the General Accounting Office.
FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management concluded hearings on S. 1028 and H.R. 858, 
bills to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a pilot project 
on designated lands within the Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National 
Forests in the State of California to demonstrate the effectiveness of 
the resource management activities proposed by the Quincy Library Group 
and to amend current land and resource management plans for these 
national forests, after receiving testimony from Senator Feinstein; 
Representative Herger; Ronald E. Stewart, Acting Associate Chief, 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Debbie Sease, Sierra Club, 
Washington, D.C.; Felice Pace, California Ancient Forest Alliance, 
Etna, California; and Plumas County Supervisor Bill Coates, Michael B. 
Jackson, Quincy Library Group, both of Quincy, California, Thomas C. 
Nelson, Sierra Pacific Industries, Redding, California, and Frank T. 
Stewart, Collins Pine Company, Chester, California, all on behalf of 
the Quincy Library Group.
NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded hearings to 
examine the process by which the National Park Service determines the 
suitability and feasibility of new areas to be added to the National 
Park System and the criteria used to determine national significance, 
after receiving testimony from Denis P. Galvin, Acting Deputy Director, 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Roger Kennedy, 
Alexandria, Virginia, former Director, National Park Service; James M. 
Ridenour, Eppley Institute for Parks and Public

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Lands/Indiana University, Bloomington, former Director, National Park 
Service; Deanne Adams, Association of National Park Rangers, Seattle, 
Washington; and William J. Chandler, National Parks and Conservation 
Association, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  The nomination of Jamie Rappaport Clark, of Maryland, to be Director 
of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
  S. 399, to amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to 
establish the United States Institute for Environmental Conflict 
Resolution to conduct environmental conflict resolution training, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1000, to designate the United States courthouse at 500 State 
Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, as the ``Robert J. Dole United States 
Courthouse''; and
  S. 1043, to designate the United States courthouse under construction 
at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Clark Avenue in Las Vegas, 
Nevada, as the ``Lloyd D. George United States Courthouse''.
AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, 
Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety resumed oversight 
hearings to examine the Environmental Protection Agency implementation 
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.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of David R. Andrews, of California, to be Legal Adviser, 
Bonnie R. Cohen, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for 
Management, Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, to be Director 
General of the Foreign Service, James P. Rubin, of New York, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, and Wendy Ruth Sherman, of 
Maryland, to be Counselor, with the rank of Ambassador during her 
tenure of service, all of the Department of State, and George R. Munoz, 
of Illinois, to be President of the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation, United States International Development Cooperation 
Agency, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf. Mr. Andrews was introduced by Senator Feinstein, Mr. Gnehm 
was introduced by Senator Enzi, and Representative Chambliss, Mr. Rubin 
was introduced by Senator Biden, Ms. Sherman was introduced by Senators 
Sarbanes and Mikulski, and Mr. Munoz was introduced by Senators Durbin 
and Moseley-Braun.
CAMPAIGN FINANCING INVESTIGATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee continued hearings to 
examine certain matters with regard to the committee's special 
investigation on campaign financing, receiving testimony from Haley R. 
Barbour, Washington, D.C., former Chairman, Republican National 
Committee; and Fred Volcansek, The Woodlands, Texas.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 10, to reduce violent crime, promote accountability by juvenile 
criminals, and punish and deter violent gang crime, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Calvin D. Buchanan, to be United States Attorney 
for the Northern District of Mississippi, Thomas E. Scott, to be United 
States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Richard 
Thomas White, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Foreign Claims 
Settlement Commission of the United States.
DEFENSE CONSOLIDATION: ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, 
and Competition concluded hearings to examine the state of competition 
in the defense industry, the Administration's policy on defense 
mergers, and the antitrust implications of defense industry 
consolidation, after receiving testimony from Joel I. Klein, Assistant 
Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; John B. 
Goodman, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Affairs and 
Installations; and Robert Pitofsky, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission.
HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on 
proposals authorizing funds for Title IV student aid programs and 
access to postsecondary education of the Higher Education Act, 
including S. 1036, to revise section 435 of the Higher Education Act to 
allow for the Young Americans Bank and similar small, non-profit 
organizations to provide additional funds for educational programming, 
after receiving testimony from Senator Allard; Donald M. Stewart, 
College Board, New

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York, New York; Joel V. Harrell, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; 
Bryan J. Hannegan, National Association of Graduate-Professional 
Students, Wilmette, Illinois; Stanley O. Ikenberry, American Council on 
Education, and Omer E. Waddles, Career College Association, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Philip R. Day, Jr., Daytona Beach Community 
College, Daytona Beach, Florida.
AUTHORIZATION--NIH
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Public Health 
and Safety resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds 
for the National Institutes of Health, focusing on the coordination of 
research conducted in multiple NIH institutes, receiving testimony from 
Senators McCain and Wellstone; Wendy Baldwin, Deputy Director for 
Extramural Research, Duane F. Alexander, Director, National Institute 
of Child Health and Human Development, Steven E. Hyman, Director, 
National Institute of Mental Health, and Zack W. Hall, Director, 
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, all of the 
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Winfred M. Phillips, University of Florida, Gainesville, on behalf of 
the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering; B. 
Leonard Holman, Brigham and Women's Hospital, on behalf of the Academy 
of Radiology Research, and Philip A. Pizzo, Children's Hospital, both 
of Boston, Massachusetts; Russell W. Chesney, University of Tennessee 
College of Medicine, Memphis; and C. Warren Olanow, Mount Sinai School 
of Medicine, New York, New York.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
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 Tuesday, July 29.