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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D235-D237 on March 13, 1997.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for agricultural research, education, and extension programs of the 1996 Farm Bill, receiving testimony from Catherine E. Woteki, Acting Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics; Mary E. Clutter, Assistant Director for the Biological Sciences, National Science Foundation; Wendy Baldwin, Deputy Director for Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; James F. Decker, Deputy Director for Energy Research, Department of Energy; Robert A. Robinson, Director, Food and Agricultural Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Division, General Accounting Office; David Lineback, University of Idaho, Moscow, on behalf of the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology; Martin A. Apple, Council for Scientific Society Presidents, Washington, D.C.; and Louis Sherman, on behalf of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, and S. Suzanne Nielson, on behalf of the Institute for Food Technologists, both of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 18.
NATIONAL CHEESE EXCHANGE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies held hearings to explore alternatives to the National Cheese Exchange as part of the dairy pricing system, receiving testimony from Senator Feingold; Daniel R. Glickman, Secretary, Michael Dunn, Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, and Keith Collins, Chief Economist, all of the Department of Agriculture; Alan T. Tracy, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection, Madison; E. Linwood Tipton, International Dairy Foods Association, Washington, D.C.; Edward T. Coughlin, National Milk Producers Federation, Arlington, Virginia; Harold J. Howrigan, St. Albans Cooperative Creamery, Inc., Fairfield, Vermont; Buckey M. Jones, Mid-America Dairymen, Inc., Smithdale, Mississippi; Arden Tewksbury, Progressive Agriculture Organization, Meshoppen, Pennsylvania; Bill Brey, Wisconsin Farmers Union, Sturgeon Bay, on behalf of the National Farmers Union; and Kenneth E. Zurin, Kenburn Farms, Mount Joy, Pennsylvania.
Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 18.
APPROPRIATIONS--COMMERCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of Commerce, receiving testimony from William M. Daley, Secretary of Commerce.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 19.
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of Energy, receiving testimony from Federico Pena, Secretary of Energy.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 10.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on military strategies and operational requirements of the unified commands, receiving testimony from Gen. Howell M. Estes, USAF, Commander-in-
Chief, U.S. Space Command; Gen. Eugene E. Hablger, USAF, Commander-in-
Chief, U.S. Strategic Command; Gen. Walter Kross, USAF, Commander-in-
Chief, U.S. Transportation Command; and Gen. John J. Sheehan, USMC, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command.
Committee will meet again on Tuesday, March 18.
AMTRAK
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine held hearings to examine the financial condition of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
(Amtrak), receiving testimony from Phyllis F. Scheinberg, Associate Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Thomas M. Downs, President and CEO, National Railroad Passenger Corporation; and Donald M. Itzkoff, Deputy Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported, with amendments, S. 104, to reform United States policy with regard to the management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-
level radioactive waste.
ELECTRIC UTILITIES DEREGULATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed oversight hearings to discuss proposals to advance the goals of deregulation and competition in the electric power industry, receiving testimony from Joseph Dickey, Chief Operating Officer, Tennessee Valley Authority; Richard Munson, Northeast-Midwest Institute, Washington, D.C.; Robert Claussen, Alabama Municipal Electric Agency, Montgomery; Roy Hemmingway, Oregon Northwest Energy, Portland, on behalf of the Northwest Energy Review Transition Board; Glenn English, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Arlington, Virginia; Gary Zarker, Seattle City Light, Seattle, Washington, on behalf of the American Public Power Association; Missy Mandell, Lower Colorado River Authority, Austin, Texas, on behalf of the Large Public Power Council; Dick Snell, Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona; and Don Meiners, Entergy Mississippi, Jackson, on behalf of TVA Watch.
Hearings continue on Thursday, March 20.
NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation and Recreation held hearings to examine the future of the National Park System and to identify the needs, requirements, and innovative programs that will improve and enhance the operations of the Park Service, receiving testimony from Jim Maddy, President, National Park Foundation; James M. Ridenour, Eppley Institute/University of Indiana, Bloomington; W. James Host, National Tour Association, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky; Charles M. Clusen, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Paul C. Pritchard, National Parks and Conservation Association, both of Washington, D.C.; and Deanne Adams, Association of National Park Rangers, Seattle, Washington.
Hearings continue on Thursday, March 20.
AUTHORIZATION--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, receiving testimony from Senators Roth, Jeffords, and Biden; Michael P. Huerta, Associate Deputy Secretary of Transportation/
Director, Office of Intermodalism, Department of Transportation; Thomas M. Downs, President and CEO, National Railroad Passenger Corporation
(Amtrak); Leslie White, C-Tran, Vancouver, Washington, on behalf of the American Public Transit Association; and Karen Borlaug Phillips, Association of American Railroads, William E. Loftus, American Short Line Railroad Association, and Thomas J. Donohue, American Trucking Associations, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 19.
CAPITAL GAINS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the impact of capital gains taxation on the cost of capital, saving and investment, and economic growth, receiving testimony from Paul A. Volcker, former Chairman, Federal Reserve System, and Allen Sinai, Primark Decision Economics, Inc., both of New York, New York; Jack Kemp, Empower America, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Mark Bloomfield, American Council for Capital Formation, both of Washington, D.C.; and Alan J. Auerbach, University of California, Berkeley.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
MEDICARE
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health Care resumed hearings to examine the financial soundness of the Medicare program and its long-
term status, receiving testimony from Guy King, Ellicott City, Maryland, former Chief Actuary, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; John C. Goodman, National Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas, Texas; David B. Kendall, Progressive Policy Institute, and Richard J. Davidson, American Hospital Association, both of Washington, D.C.; and Daniel H. Johnson, Jr., Metairie, Louisiana, on behalf of the American Medical Association.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ACDA/INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Operations concluded hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1998 for the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and certain international organizations and conferences, after receiving testimony from John D. Holum, Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; and Princeton N. Lyman, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.
NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services concluded hearings to examine issues with regard to the deployment of a national missile defense system by the United States and reductions to strategic offensive weapons in both the United States and Russia, after receiving testimony from Max M. Kampelman, Vice Chairman, U.S. Institute of Peace; and Keith B. Payne, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Washington, D.C., and Andrei Kortunov, Moscow Public Science Foundation, Russia, both on behalf of the National Institute for Public Policy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee began markup of S. 4, to provide private sector employees the same opportunities for time-
and-a-half compensatory time off, biweekly work programs, and flexible credit hour programs to help balance the demands and needs of work and family, and to clarify the provisions relating to exemptions of certain professionals from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee continued hearings in open and closed session on the nomination of Anthony Lake, of Massachusetts, to be Director of Central Intelligence, where the nominee further testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 18.
