[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 7 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D65-D67]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FOOD STAMP ACT--ANTI-FRAUD PROVISIONS ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture held a hearing on the enforcement of 
anti-fraud provisions of the Food Stamp Act. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the USDA: Roger C. Viadero, Inspector 
General; and Yvette S. Jackson, Administrator, Food and Nutrition 
Service; James H. DeAtley, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Texas; 
and Christo M. Tolia, Director, Division of Public Assistance Fraud, 
Office of the Auditor General, State of Florida.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held an oversight 
hearing on the Smithsonian, National Gallery of Art, Kennedy Center and 
the Holocaust Museum. Testimony was heard from I. Michael Heyman, 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution; Lawrence J. Wilker, President, John 
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Earl A. Powell III, 
Director, National Gallery of Art; and Walter Reich, Museum Director, 
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
OVERSIGHT--LABOR DEPARTMENT; LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-Health and Human 
Services, and Education held an oversight hearing on the Department of 
Labor. Testimony was heard from Carlotta C. Joyner, Director, Education 
and Employment Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division, 
GAO.
  The Subcommittee also continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing 
on the CBO, and the GPO. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the CBO: June E. O'Neill, Director; James L. Blum,

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Deputy Director; and David M. Delquadro, Personnel Officer; and the 
following officials of the GPO: Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer; 
Francis J. Buckley, Jr., Superintendent of Documents and William M. 
Guy, Budget Officer.
EXAMINATION PARITY AND YEAR 2000 READINESS FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Ordered reported amended 
H.R. 3116, Examination Parity and Year 2000 Readiness for Financial 
Institutions Act
  Prior to this action, the Committee held a hearing on this 
legislation. Testimony was heard from Norman D'Amours, Chairman, 
National Credit Union Administration; Ellen Seidman, Director, Office 
of Thrift Supervision, Department of the Treasury; and public 
witnesses.
CBO FORECASTS
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Congressional Budget 
Office Forecasts. Testimony was heard from June E. O'Neill, Director, 
CBO.
OVERSIGHT--ENERGY DEPARTMENT BUDGET
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an 
oversight hearing on Department of Energy's Proposed Budget for Fiscal 
Year 1999. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Energy; Elizabeth A. Moler, Deputy Secretary; and Ernest 
Moniz, Under Secretary.
HIV--PREVENTING TRANSMISSION
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment held a 
hearing on Preventing the Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency 
Virus (HIV). Testimony was heard from Nettie Mayersohn, Assemblywoman, 
State of New York; Beth Meyerson, AIDS Director, Bureau of STD/HIV 
Prevention, Department of Health, State of Missouri; Lydia R. Tomoshok, 
Scientific Consultant, World Health Organization; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Employer-
Employee Relations, hearing on proposals to provide fairness to small 
business and employees, including the following bills; H.R. 2449, Fair 
Access to Indemnity and Reimbursement Act; H.R. 1598, Justice on Time 
Act of 1997; H.R. 1595, Fair Hearing Act, and H.R. 758, Truth in 
Employment Act of 1997. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CAMPAIGN REFORM
Committee on House Oversight: Held a hearing on Campaign Reform. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives White, Horn, Maloney of New 
York, Franks of New Jersey, Bereuter, Ford and Mink of Hawaii.
ALGERIA'S TURMOIL
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa held a 
hearing on Algeria's Turmoil. Testimony was heard from Ronald Neumann, 
Deputy Assistant, Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State; Ramtane 
Lamamra, Ambassador, Embassy of Algeria; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--CIVIL LIABILITY PORTION OF TOBACCO SETTLEMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Held an oversight hearing on the Civil 
Liability Portions of the Proposed Tobacco Settlement. Testimony was 
heard from David Ogden, Counselor to the Attorney General, Department 
of Justice; Gale Norton, Attorney General, State of Colorado, and 
public witnesses.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on National Security: Held a hearing on the fiscal year 1999 
National Defense Authorization budget request. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of Defense: William S. Cohen, 
Secretary; and Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA., Chairman, Joint Chiefs of 
Staff.
RHINO AND TIGER PRODUCT LABELING ACT; RHINOCEROS AND TIGER CONSERVATION 
ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife & Oceans held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2807, 
Rhino and Tiger Product Labeling Act; and H.R. 3113, to reauthorize the 
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act. Testimony was heard from Bruce 
Babbit, Secretary of the Interior; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
 Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public 
Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2098, the National 
Cave and Karst Research Institute Act of 1997 and H.R. 2989, to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the St. Jude's Ranch for 
Children, Nevada, approximately 40 acres of land in Las Vegas, Nevada, 
to be used for the development of facilities for the residential care 
and treatment of adjudicated girls. Testimony was heard from Senator 
Bingaman; Representatives Skeen; the following officials of the 
Department of the Interior: Carson Culp, Assistant Director, Minerals, 
Realty and Resource Protection, Bureau of Land Management; and Michael 
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Soukup, Associate Director, Natural Resources Stewardship and Science, 
National Parks Service; and public witnesses.
SUSPENSIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 8 to 0, a resolution 
providing that suspensions will be in order on Wednesday, February 11, 
1998, or on Thursday, February 12, 1998. The rule provides that the 
Speaker or his designee shall consult with the Minority Leader or his 
designee on any suspension considered under this resolution.
NASA POSTURE
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a 
hearing on NASA Posture. Testimony was heard from Daniel S. Goldin, 
Administrator, NASA.
PERSIAN GULF WAR VETERANS' ILLNESSES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on the research, 
investigations and programs involving Persian Gulf War veterans' 
illnesses. Testimony was heard from Arthur Caplan, member, Presidential 
Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses; the following 
officials of the Department of Veterans' Affairs: Kenneth W. Kizer, 
Under Secretary, Health, and Joseph Thompson, Under Secretary, 
Benefits; Bernard Rostker, Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary, 
Gulf War Illnesses, Department of Defense; the following officials of 
the GAO; Donna Heivilin, Director, Planning and Reporting, National 
Security and International Affairs Division, and Stephen Backhus, 
Director, Veterans' Affairs and Military Health Care Issues, Health, 
Education, and Human Services Division; and public witnesses.
IRAQ BRIEFING
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a briefing on Iraq. The Committee was briefed by departmental 
witnesses.