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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D32-D33 on Jan. 24, 1996.
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Committee Meetings
TRAVEL AND TOURISM PARTNERSHIP ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials and the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade of the Committee on International Relations held a joint hearing on H.R. 2579, Travel and Tourism Partnership Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from Greg Farmer, Under Secretary, Department of Commerce; Judd Buchanan, Chairman, Tourism Commission, Canada; and public witnesses.
WHITE HOUSE TRAVEL OFFICE
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Continued hearings on the White House Travel Office. Testimony was heard from the following former officials of the White House Travel Office; Billy R. Dale, Director; Gary D. Wright, Assistant Director; Barnaby L. Brasseux, Assistant to the Director; John P. Dreylinger, Assistant to the Director; Robert T. Maughan, Communications Officer; John P. McSweeney, Assistant to the Director; and Robert S. Van Eimeren, Assistant to the Director.
LANDMINE THREAT IN BOSNIA
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Research and Development and the Subcommittee on Military Procurement held a joint hearing on the research and development response to the landmine threat in Bosnia. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Capt. Joseph Mazzafro, USN, Joint Staff (J-2); Maj. Gen. Clair F. Gill, USA, Commanding General, U.S. Army Engineer Central/School and Fort Leonard Wood; Thomas Reeder, Intelligence Analyst, National Ground Intelligence Center; Col. Dennis Barlow, USA, Director, Policy and Plans, Humanitarian and Refugee Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary, Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict; John M. Bachkosky, Deputy Under Secretary, Advanced Technology; George T. Singley, III, Deputy Director, Defense Research and Engineering; A. Fenner Milton, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Science and Technology, Department of the Army; Brig. Gen. Roy E. Beauchamp, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, Research and Development and Engineering, U.S. Army Materiel Command; John Reingruber, Assistant for Science and Technology, Office of the Assistant Secretary, Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict; and Claude Manley, Deputy Director, Navy Joint Explosives Ordnance Technology Division, U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division; and a public witness.
PROVIDING EXPEDITED PROCEDURES
Committee on Rules: Ordered reported, by voice vote, a resolution waiving clause 4(b) of rule XI (requiring a \2/3\ vote to consider a rule on the same day it is reported by the Committee on Rules) against certain resolutions reported by the Rules Committee before March 16, 1996. The waiver applies to special rules providing for consideration or disposition of any measures, amendments, thereto, conference reports thereon, or amendments reported in disagreement from a conference that:
(1) make general appropriations for the fiscal year 1996; (2) include provisions making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1996; or (3) include provisions increasing or waiving the public debt limit.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to appoint members to investigative subcommittees concerning the Preliminary Inquiry voted on Representative Barbara-Rose Collins and the Preliminary Inquiry voted on Representative Newt Gingrich.
