[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 115 (Thursday, September 4, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D900-D901]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia 
held a hearing on D.C. Public Schools. Testimony was heard from Eric H. 
Holder, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; the 
following officials of the District of Columbia: Kevin Chavous, 
Councilman, Chairman, Committee on Education, Libraries and Recreation; 
Bruce K. MacLaury, Chairman, Emergency Transition, Education Board of 
Trustees; Julius W. Becton, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, Public 
Schools; Robert G. Childs, Chairman, Committee on Education, board of 
Education; and Josephine Baker, Chair, Public Charter School Board; and 
Malcolm E. Peabody, Co-Chairman, Friends in Choice of Urban Schools.
SUPERFUND PROGRAM--OPERATION
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials 
held a hearing on the Operation of the Superfund Program. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Bilirakis, Dan Schaefer of Colorado, Condit, 
Roemer, Ford, John, Goodling, Martinez, Hefley, Kanjorski, Visclosky, 
Neal, Barrett of Nebraska, DeLauro, Buyer, Hinchey, English of 
Pennsylvania, Foley, Frelinghuysen, Peterson of Pennsylvania, McHale, 
Sununu, and Johnson of Connecticut.
SECURITY AND FREEDOM THROUGH ENCRYPTION ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on H.R. 695, Security and Freedom 
Through encryption (SAFE) Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Goodlatte and Lofgren; William P. Cowell, Deputy Director, NSA, 
Department of Defense; William A. Reinsch, Under Secretary, Export 
Administration, Department of Commerce; Robert S. Litt, Deputy 
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; 
and public witnesses.

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PRESIDENTIAL AND EXECUTIVE OFFICE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology approved for full 
Committee action amended H.R. 1962, Presidential and Executive Office 
Financial Accountability Act of 1997.
ELECTORAL COLLEGE REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing on proposals for Electoral College Reform: H.J. Res. 28, 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct popular 
election of the President and Vice President of the United States; and 
H.J. Res. 43, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States to abolish the Electoral College and to provide for the direct 
election of the President and Vice President of the United States. 
Testimony was heard from Representative LaHood; and public witnesses.
SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Technology held a hearing on 
Small Business Technology Transfer Program. Testimony was heard from 
Daniel Hill, Assistant Administrator, Technology, SBA; Susan Kladiva, 
Acting Associate Director, Energy, Resources and Science Issues, GAO; 
Wendy Baldwin, Deputy Director, Extramural Research, NIH, Department of 
Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
VETERANS' COMPENSATION COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT ACT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Benefits approved for 
full Committee action H.R. 2367, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living 
Adjustment Act of 1997.