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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D534-D535 on May 2, 1995.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for energy and water development programs, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from John H. Zirschky, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Lt. Gen. Arthur E. Williams, Chief, United States Army Corps of Engineers; and Daniel P. Beard, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREST SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Forest Service, receiving testimony from James R. Lyons, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, and Jack Ward Thomas, Chief, Forest Service, both of the Department of Agriculture.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 11.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Gen. Dennis J. Reimer, USA, to be Chief of Staff of the Army, and for reappointment to the grade of general, and Lt. Gen. Charles C. Krulak, USMC, to be Commandant of the Marine Corps, and for appointment to the grade of general, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Reimer was introduced by Senator Nickles, and Mr. Krulak was introduced by Senator Inouye.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for military [[Page D535]] activities of the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on space programs and the Space Management Initiative, receiving testimony from Maj. Gen. Robert S. Dickman, USAF, Director, Space Programs (SAF/AQS); Rear Adm. Philip S. Anselmo, USN, Deputy Director, Space and Electronic Warfare (N6B); Brig. Gen. Peter C. Franklin, USA, Assistant Deputy for Systems Management and International Cooperation; Stephen A. Cambone, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.; and Scott Pace, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGULATORY PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief held hearings on S. 650, to increase the amount of credit available to fuel local, regional, and national economic growth by reducing the regulatory burden imposed upon financial institutions, receiving testimony from Richard S. Carnell, Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the Currency, and Jonathan L. Fiechter, Acting Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, all of the Department of the Treasury; Susan M. Phillips, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and Ricki Tigert Helfer, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
The nomination of Lawrence Harrington, of Tennessee, to be United States Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank;
The Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Panama on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, with Annex and Appendices, signed at Panama on April 11, 1991 (Treaty Doc. 102-15), with two provisos; and
The Extradition Treaty Between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, signed at Washington on March 28, 1995 (Treaty Doc. 104-3).
NAVY SHIP PROCUREMENT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held hearings to examine waste and mismanagement in the United States Navy ship procurement system, focusing on a 1985 contract known as the Navy T-AO Kaiser Class Oiler Contract, in which the Navy never received two ships, receiving testimony from Derek J. Vander Schaaf, Deputy Inspector General, Timothy J. Staehling, Program Manager, and David P. Cole, Auditor, all of the Department of Defense; Capt. C.J. (Pete) Schrodt, USN (Ret.), Pocatello, Idaho, former Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Brooklyn, New York; and Capt. Karl M. Klein, USN (Ret.), Atlantic Beach, Florida, former Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Jacksonville, Florida.
Hearings continue on Thursday, May 4.
LEGAL SYSTEM COSTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts concluded hearings to examine proposals to reform the legal system in an effort to reduce costs to consumers, after receiving testimony from Senator Abraham; Gerald E. Thomson, American College of Physicians, Washington, D.C.; Neil Vidmar, Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina; Timothy R. McCormick, Park Ridge Health System, Rochester, New York, on behalf of the National Council of Community Hospitals; Glenn Bailey, Keene Corporation, New York, New York; David Johnson, Shive-Hattery Engineers and Architects, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on behalf of the American Consulting Engineers Council; J. Robert Hunter, Consumer Federation of America, Arlington, Virginia; Jeffrey O'Connell, University of Virginia Law School, Charlottesville; and Herbert M. Kritzer, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison.
NOMINATION
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on the nomination of Henry W. Foster, Jr., of Tennessee, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps, and Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Murray and Representatives Ford and Clement, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. Testimony was also received from Representatives Stokes, Coburn, and Lowey.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INDIAN SELF-GOVERNANCE
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on how the Indian Health Service is implementing the Tribal Self-
Governance Project, after receiving testimony from Michel Lincoln, Deputy Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services; Dale Risling, Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe, Hoopa, California; Marge Anderson, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Onamia, Minnesota; Lindsey Manning, Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute Tribe, Owyhee, Nevada; and Pamela Iron, Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
