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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1094-D1095 on Sept. 14, 1995.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE/D.C./FOREIGN OPERATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
H.R. 1976, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, with amendments;
H.R.----------, making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996; and
H.R. 1868, making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, with amendments.
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the government of the District of Columbia, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Annice M. Wagner, Chief Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals; Eugene N. Hamilton, Chief Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia; Andrew F. Brimmer, Chairman, District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority; Wilma R. Harvey, President, District of Columbia Board of Education; and Franklin L. Smith, Superintendent, District of Columbia Public Schools.
PUBLIC BROADCASTING REFORM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings on proposals to privatize the public broadcasting system, after receiving testimony from Frederick M.R. Smith, CS First Boston, New York, New York; George L. Miles, Jr., WQED Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Delano E. Lewis, National Public Radio, and Kenneth Robinson, both of Washington, D.C.; Burnhill Clark, KCTS Television, Seattle, Washington; and Newton N. Minow, Carnegie Corporation, Chicago, Illinois. FEDERAL OIL AND GAS LEASING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Production and Regulation concluded hearings on the following bills:
S. 1014, to improve the management of royalties from Federal and Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases, after receiving testimony from Cynthia Quarterman, Director, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior; Don Hoffman, Montana Department of Revenue, Helena; J. Larry Nichols, Devon Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and J.B. Rollins, Chevron U.S.A. Production Company, Houston, Texas; and
S. 1012, to extend the time for construction of certain FERC licensed hydro projects, after receiving submitted testimony from Elizabeth A. Moler, Chair, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS AND FOREIGN POLICY IN SOUTH ASIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs concluded hearings to examine United States conventional weapons and foreign policy in South Asia, after receiving testimony from Senator Pressler; Robin Raphel, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs; Bruce O. Riedel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Near East and South Asian Affairs; Stephen P. Cohen, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana; George K. Tanham, RAND Corporation, Michael Krepon, Henry L. Stimson Center, James Clad, Georgetown University, and William Clark, Jr., Center for Strategic and International Studies, all of Washington, D.C.; and Bruce Fein, Great Falls, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following measures:
S. 1111, to amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to patents on biotechnological processes;
S. 977, to correct certain references in the Bankruptcy Code; and
S.J. Res. 20, granting the consent of Congress to the compact to provide for joint natural resources and boating at the Jennings Randolph Lake Project lying in Garrett County, Maryland and Mineral County, West Virginia, entered into between the States of West Virginia and Maryland.
RUBY RIDGE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Government Information resumed hearings to examine certain Federal law enforcement actions with regard to the 1992 incident at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, receiving testimony from Roger Love, Mark Tilton, Christopher Whitcomb, Dale Monroe, Edward C. Wenger, Jr., Warren Bamford, Jerome Barker, and Christopher Curran, all of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
