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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D263-D265 on March 1, 1995.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--CFTC/FCA/FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Mary L. Schapiro, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Marsha P. Martin, Chairman, Farm Credit Administration; and David A. Kessler, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 8.
APPROPRIATIONS--STATE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of State, receiving testimony from Warren Christopher, Secretary of State.
Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 7.
APPROPRIATIONS--ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for energy and water development, focusing on Department of Energy atomic energy defense activities, receiving testimony from Victor H. Reis, Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, and Kenneth E. Baker, Acting Director, Office of Nonproliferation and National Security, both of the Department of Energy; and Harold Smith, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy.
Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 14.
APPROPRIATIONS--NEA/NEH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Jane Alexander, Chairperson, National Endowment for the Arts; and Sheldon Hackney, Chairperson, National Endowment for the Humanities. [[Page D264]]
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 8.
AIRLINE COMPETITION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:Subcommittee on Aviation concluded hearings to review the recommendations of the National Commission to Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline Industry, after receiving testimony from Gerald L. Baliles, Hunton and Williams, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the National Commission to Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline Industry.
AUTHORIZATION--SPACE PROGRAMS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the space programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation, and the Department of Commerce, after receiving testimony from Daniel S. Goldin, Administrator, France Cordova, Chief Scientist, Malcolm Peterson, Deputy Comptroller, Wesley Harris, Associate Administrator for Aeronautics, and Charles Kennel, Associate Administrator for Mission to Planet Earth, all of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Keith Calhoun-Senghor, Director, Office of Air and Space Commercialization, Department of Commerce; and Frank Weaver, Director, Office of Commercial Space Transportation, Department of Transportation.
ALASKA POWER ADMINISTRATION SALE ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S. 395, to provide for the sale of Alaska Power Administration assets, and to allow exports of Alaska North Slope crude oil when carried on United States flag vessels, after receiving testimony from Senator Stevens; Representative Thomas; William H. White, Deputy Secretary of Energy; Alaska Lt. Governor Fran Ulmer, and Howard Marlowe, Coalition to Keep Alaska Oil, both of Juneau; California Secretary of the Resources Agency Douglas Wheeler, and Jerry Hoffman, California Independent Petroleum Association, both of Sacramento; Michael Sacco, Seafarers International Union of North America (AFL-
CIO), Camp Springs, Maryland; George Alcorn, Alcorn Exploration, Houston, Texas, on behalf of the Independent Petroleum Association of America; Linda L. Adamany, BP Oil Shipping Company, USA, Cleveland, Ohio; Peter Sutton, Tosco Corp., Stamford, Connecticut; David Lohman, Port of Portland, Portland, Oregon; and Tom Jones, Shipbuilders Council of America, Jacksonville, Florida.
FOREST HEALTH PROTECTION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management concluded hearings on S. 391, to protect and restore the health of Federal forest lands, after 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; Maitland Sharpe, Assistant Director for Resource Assessment and Planning, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Thomas M. Bonnicksen, Texas A&M University, College Station; James E. Hubbard, Fort Collins, Colorado, on behalf of the National Association of State Foresters; Arthur D. Partridge, University of Idaho, Moscow; Dominick A. DellaSala, World Wildlife Fund, R. Neil Sampson, American Forests, Brock Evans, National Audubon Society, and Steven P. Quarles, Crowell and Moring, on behalf of the American Forest and Paper Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Mark Simmons, Western Council of Industrial Workers/United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Elgin, Oregon; and John Osborn, Inland Empire Public Lands Council, Spokane, Washington.
SOLID WASTE INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION AND FLOW CONTROL
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control and Risk Assessment concluded hearings on proposals to authorize State and local governments to enact flow control laws and to regulate the interstate transportation of solid waste, including S. 398 and S. 465, after receiving testimony from Senators Coats and Cohen; Representatives Pallone and Christopher Smith; New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman, Trenton; Edward C. Farrell, New York State Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials, Albany; Randy Johnson, Hennepin County, Minnesota, on behalf of the National Association of Counties; Jonathan H. Adler, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Micah S. Green, Public Securities Association, and Michael O. Roush, National Federation of Independent Business, all of Washington, D.C.; Anthony F. Ciofalo, Allied Waste Industries, Scottsdale, Arizona, on behalf of the National Solid Wastes Management Association; and Allen Hershkowitz, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, New York.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on proposals to change the Social Security earnings limit and repeal the tax on 85% of Social Security benefits, receiving testimony from Senator McCain; Representative Hastert; Robert J. Myers, former [[Page D265]] Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration; Department of Health and Human Services; Bruce Bartlett, National Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas, Texas; Martha McSteen, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, Washington, D.C.; and Deroy Murdock, Third Millennium, New York, New York.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
START II TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued hearings on the Treaty Between the United States and the Russian Federation on Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START II Treaty) signed at Moscow on January 3, 1993, including the following documents, which are integral parts thereof: the Elimination and Conversion Protocol; the Exhibitions and Inspections Protocol; and the Memorandum of Attribution (Treaty Doc. 103-1), receiving testimony from William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense; and Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on the impact of welfare reform and work requirements on the child care system, receiving testimony from Jane L. Ross, Director, Income Security Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division, General Accounting Office; Sandra L. Hofferth, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Deborah A. Phillips, Director, Board on Children and Families, National Research Council; Patricia Siegel, California Child Care Resource and Referral Network, San Francisco; Robert I. Lerman, American University, Washington, D.C.; Claudia Langguth, Tonn and Associates, Austin, Texas; Judith Rosen, Fairfax County Office for Children, Fairfax, Virginia; and Tamara Elser, Fair Haven, Vermont.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee will meet again on Wednesday, March 8.
