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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D121-D123 on Feb. 13, 1997.
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Committee Meetings
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education held a hearing on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Administration for Children and Families and the Administration on Aging, Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: David Satcher, M.D., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Olivia Golden, Administrator, Children, Youth and Families; and Robyn I. Stone, Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on the Joint Committee on Taxation. Testimony was heard from Representative Archer.
NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security met in executive session to hold a briefing on the World Situation Update. The subcommittee was briefed by George Tenet, Acting Director, CIA; and Lt. Gen. Patrick M. Hughes, USA, Director, DIA, Department of Defense.
FINANCIAL SERVICES MODERNIZATION
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit continued hearings on Financial Services Modernization legislation including H.R. 268, Depository Institution Affiliation and Thrift Charter Conversion Act. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the Currency; and John F. Downey, Executive Director, Supervision, Office of Thrift Supervision; Ricki Helfer, Chairman, FDIC; and Arthur Levitt, Jr., Chairman, SEC.
CBO BUDGET OUTLOOK AND ANALYSIS
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on CBO Budget Outlook and Analysis of the Administration's Budget Proposal. Testimony was heard from June E. O'Neill, Director, CBO.
ARMORED CAR RECIPROCITY AMENDMENTS; COMMITTEE BUDGET AND OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Commerce: Ordered reported H.R. 624, Armored Car Reciprocity Amendments of 1997.
The Committee also approved the Committee budget and an oversight plan for the 105th Congress.
OVERSIGHT PLAN; COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Approved an oversight plan and the committee budget for the 105th Congress.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET: CIVIL SERVICE IMPACTS
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Civil Service held a hearing on the Administration's fiscal year 1998 budget: Civil Service Impacts. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--GAO HIGH-RISK SERIES
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology held a hearing on
``Oversight of the GAO's High-Risk Series.'' Testimony was heard from Gene L. Dodaro, Assistant Comptroller General, Accounting and Information Management Division, GAO.
RURAL HEALTH CLINIC PROGRAM
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on the Need for Better Focus in the Rural Health Clinic Program. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the GAO: Bernice Steinhardt, Director, Health Service Quality and Public Health; and Frank Pasquier, Assistant Director--Health Issues, Seattle; the following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Kathy Buto, Associate Administrator, Policy, Health Care Financing Administration; Marilyn H. Gaston, M.D., Director, Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration; and George Grob, Deputy, Office of Inspector General; and public witnesses.
SUPERFUND CLEAN-UP
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing on Superfund Clean-Up. Testimony was heard from Representatives Pallone and Mica; the following officials of the GAO: Peter Guerrero, Director, Environmental Protection Issues; Stanley Czerwinski, Associate Director and Jim Donagahy, Assistant Director, both with the Resources, Community and Economic Development Division; and Mitchell Karpman, Mathematical Statistician; Elliot Laws, Assistant Administrator, Solid Waste and Emergency Response, EPA; and public witnesses.
HONG KONG'S REVERSION TO PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific held a hearing on Hong Kong's Reversion to the People's Republic of China. Testimony was heard from Jeffrey Bader, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses.
THREATS TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY
Committee on National Security: Held a hearing on threats to U.S. National Security. Testimony was heard from the following former Directors of the CIA: James Woolsey, William Webster, and James Schlesinger.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Small Business: Met for organizational purposes.
The Committee also approved an oversight plan for the 105th Congress.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Met for organizational purposes.
USER FEES FOR FAA SERVICES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation continued hearings on Airlines' Proposals to Establish User Fees for FAA Services. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on the Administration's fiscal year 1998 budget. Testimony was heard from Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Frank Q. Nebeker, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals; Preston M. Taylor, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Veterans' Employment and Training, Department of Labor; Maj. Gen. John P. Herrling, USA (Ret.), Secretary, American Battle Monuments Commission; and H. Martin Lancasater, Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Civil Works).
The Committee also approved an oversight plan for the 105th Congress.
MEDICARE PROVISIONS OF ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on Medicare provisions in the Administration's budget. Testimony was heard from Bruce C. Vladeck, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET--HUMAN RESOURCES PROVISIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a hearing on the Human Resource provisions of the fiscal year 1998 Administration's budget. Testimony was heard from Representative Smith of Texas; Olivia A. Golden, Acting Assistant Secretary, Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services; Carolyn W. Colvin, Deputy Commissioner, Programs and Policy, SSA; and public witnesses.
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Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice, hearing on ``U.S. Counternarcotics Assistance to Colombia,'' 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
