[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 134 (Wednesday, October 1, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1046-D1047]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
USDA'S GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS ACT STATEMENT
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review the USDA's 
Government Performance and Results Act statement. Testimony was heard 
from Robert Robinson, Director, Food and Agriculture Issues, Resources, 
Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; and Irwin David, 
Acting Chief Financial Officer, USDA.
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD--ACCOUNTING RULES FOR DERIVATIVES
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing 
on Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) accounting rules for 
derivatives. Testimony was heard from Arthur Levitt, Jr., Chairman, 
SEC; Susan Phillips, member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve 
System; Edmund Jenkins, Chairman, Financial Accounting Standards Board; 
and public witnesses.
$50 BILLS--PRINTING FLAWS
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic 
and International Monetary Policy held a hearing on Printing Flaws on 
the Redesigned $50 Bills. Testimony was heard from Larry Rolufs, 
Director, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Department of the Treasury; 
Theodore E. Allison, Assistant to the Board, Federal Reserve System; 
and Bernard Ungar, Director, Government Business, GAO.
IMPLEMENTATION--CLEAN AIR ACT NAAQS REVISIONS--OZONE AND PARTICULATE 
MATTER
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment and the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a joint hearing on 
the Implementation of the Clean Air Act National Ambient Air Quality 
Standards (NAAQS) Revisions for Ozone and Particulate Matter. Testimony 
was heard from Carol M. Browner, Administrator, EPA; William A. 
Walaska, Senator, State of Rhode Island; Steve Morse, Senator, State of 
Minnesota; Brian Frosh, Senator, State of Maryland; Pat McCrory, Mayor, 
Charlotte, North Carolina; and public witnesses.
EMERGENCY STUDENT LOAN CONSOLIDATION ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Ordered reported amended H.R. 
2535, Emergency Student Loan Consolidation Act of 1997.
CONTRACTING OUT--SUCCESSES AND FAILURES
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Civil 
Service held a hearing on ``Contracting Out--Successes and Failures.'' 
Testimony was heard from G. Edward DeSeve, Acting Deputy Director, 
Management, OMB; John Goodman, Deputy Under Secretary, (Industrial 
Affairs and Installations), Department of Defense; and public 
witnesses.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME AND GLOBAL TERRORISM THREAT
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on the Threat from 
International Organized Crime and Global Terrorism. Testimony was heard 
from Louis J. Freeh, Director, FBI, Department of Justice; and public 
witnesses.
KENYA SITUATION
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa approved 
for full Committee action amended H. Con. Res. 130, concerning the 
situation in Kenya.

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OVERSIGHT--MARIHUANA REFERENDA IN AMERICA
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight 
hearing on marihuana referenda movement in America. Testimony was heard 
from Barry McCaffrey, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy; 
and public witnesses.
ARMY REPORTS--CORRECTIVE ACTIONS--SEXUAL MISCONDUCT CASES
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held 
a hearing on the Department of the Army reports on and corrective 
actions related to recent cases of sexual misconduct and related 
matters. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of the Army: Lt. Gen. Jared L. Bates, USA, Inspector 
General, Maj. Gen. Richard S. Siegfried, USA, Chair, Senior Review 
Panel on Sexual Harassment; Brig. Gen. Evelyn P. Foote, USA, Special 
Assistant to the Secretary; Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary; and Gen. 
Dennis J. Reimer, USA, Chief of Staff.
RUSSIAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS SECURITY
Committee on National Security; Subcommittee on Military Research and 
Development held a hearing on security of Russian nuclear weapons. 
Testimony was heard from Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, Director, Office of 
Emergency Response Defense Programs, Department of Energy; Arnold S. 
Warshawsky, Technology Assessment Group, Lawrence Livermore National 
Laboratory; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported the following measures: H. 
Con. Res. 151, amended, expressing the sense of the Congress that the 
United States should manage its public domain National Forests to 
maximize the reduction of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere among many 
other objectives and that the United States should serve as an example 
and as a world leader in actively managing its public domain national 
forests in a manner that substantially reduces the amount of carbon 
dioxide added to the atmosphere; H.R. 1856, amended, Volunteers for 
Wildlife Act of 1997; H.R. 2000, amended, to amend the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act to make certain clarifications to the land bank 
protection provisions; H.R. 2259, King Cove Health and Safety Act of 
1997; and H.R. 2402, amended, Water-Related Technical Corrections Act 
of 1997.
AMERICAN LAND SOVEREIGNTY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule, 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 901, American Land Sovereignty 
Protection Act. The rule makes in order the Committee on Resources 
amendment in the nature of a substitute as an original bill for the 
purpose of amendment, which shall be considered as read. The rule also 
makes in order an amendment to be offered by Representative Miller of 
California or his designee, which shall be considered as read, and 
shall be debatable for 60 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent. The rule provides one motion to recommit, 
with or without instructions. Finally, the rule provides that House 
Resolution 243 is laid on the table.
SPACE SHUTTLE SAFETY
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a 
hearing on Space Shuttle Safety. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of NASA: Wilbur Trafton, Associate Administrator, Office of 
Human Space Flight; and Paul M. Johnstone, Chairman, Aerospace Safety 
Advisory Panel; Allen Li, Associate Director, GAO; and a public 
witness.
FAA'S WIDE AREA AUGMENTATION SYSTEM--ALLEGATIONS OF COST OVERRUNS AND 
DELAYS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on allegations of cost overruns and delays in 
the FAA's wide area augmentation system (WAAS). Testimony was heard 
from Gerald L. Dillingham, Associate Director, Transportation Issues, 
Resources, Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; the 
following officials of the Department of Transportation: Kenneth M. 
Mead, Inspector General; and George L. Donohue, Associate 
Administrator, Research and Acquisitions, FAA; John R. Landon, 
Assistant Deputy Under Secretary, Space Systems and Architectures, 
Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
LAOGAI SLAVE LABOR PRODUCTS ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported amended H.R. 2195, Laogai 
Slave Labor Products Act of 1997.

Joint Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR
Conferees on Tuesday, September 30, agreed to file a conference report 
on the differences between the Senate-and House- passed versions of 
H.R. 2107, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998.