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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D992-D994 on Sept. 24, 1996.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
HATCH ACT AND RELATED LAW VIOLATIONS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review the Hatch Act and related law violations. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Grant Buntrock, Administrator; Randy Weber, Associate Administrator; Willie Cook, Director, Civil Rights and Small Business Development Staff, Chris Niedermayer, Assistant to the Deputy Administrator, Farm Programs, and Eric Shrader, Assistant to the Director, Management Services Division, all with the Farm Service Agency; Eugene Moos, Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services; and Wardell Townsend, Assistant Secretary, Administration; Ronald Blackley, Senior Advisor, Bureau of Legislative and Public Affairs, AID, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency; K. Rashid Nuri, Senior Advisor, Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce; the following officials of the Department of Justice: John C. Keeney, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division; and William Reukauf, Associate Special Counsel, Prosecution, Office of Special Counsel.
CITIZENSHIP USA
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice held a hearing on Citizenship USA. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice: Louis D. Crocetti, Associate Commissioner, Examinations; Tom Conklin, Deportations, Chicago, Diane Dobberfuhl, Ethel Ware and Joyce Woods, all with Adjudications, Chicago; James Humble-Snachez, Los Angeles and Nell Jacobs, Dallas, both with Investigations; Cora Miller, Adjudications, Las Vegas; Robin Lewis, Adjudications, Oklahoma City; and David Rosenberg, Director, Citizenship USA Programs.
TRADE PROMOTION COORDINATING COMMITTEE--ANNUAL REPORT
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade held an oversight hearing on the Annual Report of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee. Testimony was heard from Stuart Eizenstat, Under Secretary, International Trade, Department of Commerce.
UN: OFFICE OF SECRETARY GENERAL AND PROSPECTS FOR REFORM
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights held a hearing on United Nations: the Office of Secretary General and the Prospects for Reform. Testimony was heard from Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, former Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a hearing on the National Guard Youth Challenge Program. Testimony was heard from Col. Maynard K. Bean, (Ret.), Army National Guard Director, Commonwealth Challenge, State of Virginia; Col. Bill Crowson, Director, National Guard Youth Challenge and The Challenge Academy, State of Mississippi; Lt. Col. Michael D. Bedwell, Director, Youth Challenge Program, State of Oklahoma; Bob Hughes, Acting Director, Youth Challenge Program, State of Georgia; and public witnesses.
CONFERENCE REPORT--INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points of order against the conference report on H.R. 3259, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal year 1997, and against its consideration. The rule provides that the conference report shall be considered as read. Testimony was heard from Chairman Combest and Representative Dicks.
CONFERENCE REPORT--IMMIGRATION IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points of order against the conference report on H.R. 2202, Immigration in the National Interest Act of 1996, and against its consideration. The rule also provides that the conference report shall be considered as read. Testimony was heard from Representatives Smith of Texas and Bryant of Texas.
IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT AMENDMENT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule on H.R. 4134, authorizing States to deny public education benefits to certain aliens not lawfully present in the United States, providing for consideration in the House for one hour equally divided between the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their designees. The rule provides one moment to recommit. Testimony was heard from Representative Gallegly.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES AND RESOLUTIONS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds approved for full Committee action the following bills: S. 1931, to provide that the U.S. Post Office building that is to be located at 9 East Broad Street, Cookeville, TN, shall be known and designated as the ``L. Clure Morton Post Office and Courthouse''; H.R. 4042, to designate the U.S. courthouse located at 500 Pearl Street in New York City, NY, as the ``Ted Weiss United States Courthouse''; H.R. 4119, to designate the Federal building and U.S. courthouse located at 475 Mulberry Street in Macon, GA, as the ``William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and United States Courthouse''; and H.R. 4113, to designate the United States courthouse to be constructed at the corner of Superior and Huron Roads, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the ``Carl B. Stokes, United States Courthouse.''
The Subcommittee also approved for full Committee action the following resolutions: 2 11(b); 7 construction; and 17 lease.
Joint Meetings
IMMIGRATION IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST ACT
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the Senate- and House-
passed versions of H.R. 2202, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve deterrence of illegal immigration to the United States by increasing border patrol and investigative personnel, by increasing penalties for alien smuggling and for document fraud, by reforming exclusion and deportation law and procedures, by improving the verification system for eligibility for employment, and through other measures, to reform the legal immigration system and facilitate legal entries into the United States.
