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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1041-D1042 on Oct. 2, 1996.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ENERGY SECURITY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded hearings to examine the use of renewable fuels and the future security of United States energy supplies, after receiving testimony from Joseph J. Romm, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Keith Collins, Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture; R. James Woolsey, former Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Gen. Lee Butler, USAF (Ret.), on behalf of the Clean Fuels Foundation; Mark Carver, Arkenol, Inc., Mission Viejo, California; Jack Huggins, Pekin Energy Company, Pekin, Illinois, on behalf of the Renewable Fuels Association; and John B. Campbell, Ag Processing Inc., Omaha, Nebraska.
BOSNIA/MIDDLE EAST
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to examine the impact of recent elections in Bosnia and the deployment of United States military forces to Bosnia and the Middle East, receiving testimony from Adm. Leighton W. Smith, Jr., USN, former Commander of Implementation Forces in Bosnia and former Commander of Allied Forces in Southern Europe.
Committee recessed subject to call.
FEDERAL DISASTER RESPONSE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety concluded oversight hearings to review the Federal Emergency Management Agency response to large national disasters, focusing on the impact of Hurricane Fran, after receiving testimony from James Lee Witt, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency; H. Martin Lancaster, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works); Dallas R. Smith, Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services; Mayor Don Betz, and Karen Carter Dixon, both of Wilmington, North Carolina; Mayor Koka Booth, and William Garman, both of Cary, North Carolina; and David C. Jones, Madison County Board of Supervisors, Madison, Virginia.
IMMIGRATION SERVICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded oversight hearings to review the status of operations at the Immigration and Naturalization Service, after receiving testimony from Doris Meissner, Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice.
INDIAN GAMING REGULATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings to review recent enforcement activities of the National Indian Gaming Commission, after receiving testimony from Kevin Di Gregory, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Harold Monteau, Chairman, and Philip Hogen and Thomas Foley, both Associate Commissioners, all of the National Indian Gaming Commission; and Richard G. Hill, National Indian Gaming Association, Washington, D.C.
