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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D255-D256 on March 22, 1996.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET SUBMISSION
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal year 1997 budget submission. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress.
OVERSIGHT--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S PROPOSED BUDGET
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an oversight hearing on the Department of Energy's Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 1997. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy: Thomas P. Grumbly, Acting Under Secretary; Kyle Simpson, Associate Deputy Secretary, Energy Programs; Joseph Vivona, Chief Financial Officer; Dan Dreyfus, Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management; and Joe Romm, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
STATISTICAL CONSOLIDATION ACT OF 1995
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on H.R. 2521, Statistical Consolidation Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Commerce: Everett M. Ehrlich, Under Secretary, Economic Affairs; and Martha Farnsworth Riche, Director, Bureau of the Census; Katharine Abraham, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor; Sally Katzen, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB; L. Nye Stevens, Director, Federal Management and Workforce Issues, General Government Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
UNFUNDED MANDATES REFORM ACT OF 1995: 1 YEAR REVIEW
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995: A One Year Review. Testimony was heard from Representatives Portman and Talent; Sally Katzen, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB; Shelly H. Metzenbaum, Associate Administrator, Office of Regional Operations and State/Local Relations, EPA; Bernard Anderson, Assistant Secretary, Employment Standards, Department of Labor; Jamienne Studley, Deputy General Counsel, Department of Education; Vincent F. Callahan, Jr., member, House of Delegates, State of Virginia; and public witnesses.
OMNIBUS EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 1995
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 361, Omnibus Export Administration Act of 1995.
OVERSIGHT--ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT AND LOBBY REFORM PROPOSALS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held an oversight hearing on ethics in government and lobbying reform proposals. Testimony was heard from Representatives Flanagan, Upton, Kaptur, English of Pennsylvania, Zimmer, DeFazio, Fox, and Traficant; and public witnesses.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Procurement and the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development continued joint hearings on fiscal year 1997 national defense authorization, with emphasis on the Air Force modernization request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Air Force: Arthur L. Money, Assistant Secretary, Acquisition; and Lt. Gen. George K. Muellner, USAF, Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary, Acquisition.
Hearings continue March 29.
PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION BAN ACT--DISPOSITION OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule providing that it shall be in order to take the bill H.R. 1833, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1995, from the Speaker's table and consider it in the House, with the Senate amendments thereto. The rule provides for a single motion to concur in each of the Senate amendments. The Senate amendments and the motion shall be considered as read and shall be debatable for 1 hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. Finally, the rule provides that the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the motion to final adoption without intervening motion or a demand for a division of the question. Testimony was heard from Representatives Canady of Florida, Frank of Massachusetts, Schroeder and Lowey.
NSF AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Basic Research held a hearing on fiscal year 1997 NSF authorization. Testimony was heard from Neal F. Lane, Director, NSF.
Joint Meetings
STATE OF THE ECONOMY
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the economic state of the United States, after receiving testimony from Joseph E. Stiglitz, Chairman, Michael J. Boskin and Murray L. Weidenbaum, each a former Chair, and William A. Niskanen and Alan Blinder, each a former Member, all of the Council of Economic Advisers.
