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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D429-D431 on May 7, 1996.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMPARTMENTED NAVY PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded closed hearings on a compartmented Navy program, after receiving testimony from John M. Deutch, Director for Central Intelligence; Vice Adm. Joseph Lopez, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Resources, Warfare Requirements and Assessments; and John J. Hamre, Comptroller, Department of Defense.
FTC
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded oversight hearings on activities of the Federal Trade Commission, after receiving testimony from Robert Pitofsky, Chairman, and Janet D. Steiger, Commissioner, both of the Federal Trade Commission; and James Rill, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Bruce Silverglade, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Christine T. Milliken, National Association of Attorneys General, and Daniel Jaffe, Association of National Advertisers, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.
COAST GUARD BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries concluded hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1997 for the United States Coast Guard, after receiving testimony from Adm. Robert E. Kramek, Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Department of Transportation.
OREGON RESOURCES CONSERVATION ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management concluded hearings on S. 1662, to establish areas of wilderness and recreation in the State of Oregon, after receiving testimony from Nancy K. Hayes, Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Brian E. Burke, Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment; Karl Wenner and Alice Kilham, both of Klamath Falls, Oregon, both on behalf of the Upper Klamath Basin Working Group; Richard McIntyre, Fort Klamath, Oregon, on behalf of Oregon Trout and Water Watch of Oregon; Jim Carpenter, Klamath Wingwatchers, Inc., Klamath Falls, Oregon; Zach Willey, Environmental Defense Fund/Pacific Northwest, Bend, Oregon; Charles Calica, Warm Springs, Oregon, on behalf of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; Jan Boettcher, Oregon Water Resources Congress, Salem; Mitch Williams, Mt. Hood Corridor Community Planning Organization, Welches, Oregon; and Wade C. Boyd, Longview Fibre Company, Longview, Washington.
GSA PUBLIC BUILDINGS BUDGET/GSA PROPERTY DISPOSAL
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure concluded hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1997 for the General Services Administration Public Buildings Services, after receiving testimony from David J. Barram, Acting Administrator, General Services Administration; and Judge Robert E. Cowen, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, on behalf of the Judicial Conference of the United States.
Also, committee concluded hearings on issues related to the potential disposal of GSA-held property located in northern Virginia for the siting of a new major league baseball stadium, after receiving testimony from Thomas Sherman, Acting Regional Administrator, National Capital Region, General Services Administration; Katherine K. Hanley and Dana Kauffman, both of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Fairfax, Virginia; William L. Collins, III, Virginia Baseball Club, L.C., Alexandria; Lee Carson Fifer, Jr., Maguire, Woods, Battle and Boothe, McLean, Virginia, on behalf of the Virginia Baseball Stadium Authority; and Addson L. Smith, West Springfield Civic Association, Springfield, Virginia.
NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE COPYRIGHT PROTECTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed hearings on S. 1284, to adapt the copyright law to the digital, networked environment of the National Information Infrastructure, receiving testimony from Senator Burns; Robert L. Oakley, Georgetown University Law Center, on behalf of the Digital Future Coalition, and Kenneth R. Kay, Creative Incentive Coalition, both of Washington, D.C.; William W. Burrington, Interactive Services Association, Vienna, Virginia; Daniel Burton, Novell, Inc., Orem, Utah; and John Bettis, Los Angeles, California, on behalf of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FUNDING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings to examine how funding for biomedical research is being affected by a changing health care delivery system, reductions of income in the clinical practices of academic medical centers, and Federal budget restraints, and on S. 1534, to provide additional support for and expand clinical research programs of the National Institutes of Health, after receiving testimony from Jordan J. Cohen, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, D.C.; Gail L. Warden, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan; David G. Nathan, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, on behalf of the National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Panel of the Advisory Committee to the Director, and William Terry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, both of Boston, Massachusetts; Veronica Catanese, New York University School of Medicine, New York, on behalf of the American Federation for Clinical Research; Eugene Orringer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, on behalf of the General Clinical Research Center Program Directors' Association; Robert R. Rich, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, on behalf of the Committee on Public Affairs of the American Association of Immunologists; Janice G. Douglas, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio; and Gail H. Cassell, University of Alabama, Birmingham, on behalf of the American Society for Microbiology.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters: Committee met to review certain evidence with regard to its investigation of matters relative to the Whitewater Development Corporation.
Committee will meet again tomorrow.
