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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D410-D412 on May 2, 1996.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--FDA/COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from David A. Kessler, Commissioner, Michael A. Friedman, Deputy Commissioner for Operations, Robert J. Byrd, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Management and Systems, William Schultz, Deputy Commissioner for Policy, and Mary K. Pendergast, Deputy Commissioner/Senior Advisor to the Commissioner, all of the Food and Drug Administration, and Dennis P. Williams, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, all of the Department of Health and Human Services; and John E. Tull, Jr., Acting Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of Justice, receiving testimony from Janet Reno, Attorney General, Department of Justice.
Also, subcommittee held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the judicial system, receiving testimony from Anthony M. Kennedy and David H. Souter, both Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States; and Richard S. Arnold, Chief Judge for the Eighth Circuit, United States Courts of Appeals.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 8.
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Department of Energy, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for energy conservation programs from Christine Ervin, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and in behalf of funds for fossil energy, clean coal energy, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and Naval Petroleum Reserve from Patricia F. Godley, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, both of the Department of Energy.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 8.
APPROPRIATIONS--FAA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Federal Aviation Administration, receiving testimony from David R. Hinson, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 9.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE/NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
An original bill authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, and to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces;
An original bill entitled ``Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997;
An original bill entitled ``Military Construction Act for Fiscal Year 1997'';
An original bill entitled ``Department of Energy National Security Act for Fiscal Year 1997; and
The nomination of Markos K. Marinakis, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of the Panama Canal Commission, and 4,539 military nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
SURFACE MINING CONTROL/MARINE MINERAL RESOURCES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management concluded hearings on S. 1401, to minimize duplication in regulatory programs and to give States exclusive responsibility under approved States program for permitting and enforcement of those provisions of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 with respect to surface coal mining and reclamation operations, and S. 1194, to promote the research, identification, assessment, and exploration of marine mineral resources, after receiving testimony from Representative Cubin; Robert J. Uram, Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior; James Carter, Utah Department of Natural Resources, Salt Lake City; Gregory Conrad, on behalf of the Interstate Mining Compact Commission, Herndon, Virginia; Terry O'Connor, ARCO Coal Company, Denver, Colorado, on behalf of the Western Regional Council; Blair M. Gardner, Arch Minerals Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri; Albert A. Hale, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona; Doug McRay, Northern Plains Resources Council, Billings, Montana; and Tom Fitzgerald, National Citizens Coal Law Project, Frankfort, Kentucky.
RECREATIONAL RIVERS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 879, to limit acquisition of land on the 39-mile headwaters segment of the Missouri River, Nebraska and South Dakota, designated as recreational river, to acquisition from willing sellers, S. 1167, to exclude the South Dakota segment from the segment of the Missouri River designated as a recreational river, S. 1168, to exclude any private lands from the segment of the Missouri River designated as a recreational river, S. 1174, to designate certain segments of the Lamprey River in New Hampshire as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and S. 1374, to require adoption of a management plan for the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area that allows appropriate use of motorized and nonmotorized river craft in the recreation area, after receiving testimony from Senators Pressler and Smith; Katherine H. Stevenson, Associate Director for Cultural Resource Stewardship and Partnerships, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Jack Ward Thomas, Chief, Lyle Laverty, Director, Recreation, Heritage and Wilderness Resources Management, and Bob Richmond, Forest Supervisor, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, all of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Elizabeth Norcross, American Rivers, Washington, D.C.; Judith Spang, Lamprey River Watershed Association, Durham, New Hampshire; Richard H. Wellington, Lamprey River Advisory Committee, Lee, New Hampshire; Sandra F. Mitchell, Hells Canyon Alliance, Boise, Idaho; Richard K. Bailey, Hells Canyon Preservation Council, Joseph, Oregon; Darell Bentz, Intermountain Excursions and Bentz Boats, Lewiston, Idaho; Jerry Hughes, Hughes River Expeditions, Inc., Cambridge, Idaho; and Richard G. Sherwin, Clarkston, Washington.
NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Hubert T. Bell, Jr., of Alabama, to be Inspector General, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
The nominations of Glenn Dale Cunningham, to be United States Marshal for the District of New Jersey, and John R. Lacey, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States, Department of Justice;
S. 1474, to authorize probation officers and pretrial services officers, if approved by the district court, to carry firearms under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts; and
S. 1277, to provide equitable relief for the generic drug industry, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
