Volume 142, No. 74 covering the 2nd Session of the 104th Congress (1995 - 1996) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D525-D526 on May 23, 1996.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--U.N./USIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the United Nations from Madeleine K. Albright, United States Representative to the General Assembly of the United Nations; and in behalf of funds for the United States Information Agency from Joseph Duffey, Director, United States Information Agency; and David Burke, Chairman, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Department of State.
APPROPRIATIONS--CBO/CAPITOL POLICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for certain activities of the Legislative Branch, receiving testimony from June E. O'Neill, Director, Congressional Budget Office; and Howard O. Green, Jr., Senate Sergeant-at-Arms, Gary Albrecht, Chief, Capitol Police, and Wilson Livingood, Chairman, Capitol Police Board, all on behalf of the United States Capitol Police.
Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, June 14.
APPROPRIATIONS--EPA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1997 for the Environmental Protection Agency, receiving testimony from Carol M. Browner, Administrator, EPA.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 483, to amend Federal copyright provisions regarding preemption of laws concerning duration of copyrights, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 2980, to prohibit and prescribe penalties for interstate stalking; and
The nomination of J. Rene Josey, to be a United States Attorney for South Carolina.
RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children and Families held hearings to examine initiatives to encourage responsible fatherhood, receiving testimony from Wade F. Horn, National Fatherhood Initiative, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; David Popenoe, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Charles Ballard, National Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family Development, Washington, D.C.; and Randy Phillips, PromiseKeepers, Boulder, Colorado.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
VETERANS BENEFITS PROGRAMS
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on proposed legislation to provide a cost- of-living adjustment in rates of disability compen- sation and dependency and indemnity compensation, S. 281, to change the date for the beginning of the Vietnam Era for the purpose of veterans benefits from August 5, 1964 to December 22, 1961, S. 749, to revise the authority relating to the Center for Minority Veterans and the Center for Women Veterans of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 993, to provide for cost-savings in the housing loan program for veterans, and to limit cost-of-living increases for Montgomery GI bill benefits, S. 994, to clarify the eligibility of certain minors for burial in national cemeteries, S. 995, to restrict payment of a clothing allowance to incarcerated veterans, S. 996, Veterans' Insurance Reform Act, S. 1131, to authorize the provision of financial assistance to insure that financially needy veterans receive legal assistance in connection with proceedings before the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals, S. 1342, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make loans to refinance loans made to veterans under the Native American Veterans Direct Loan Program, S. 1711, to establish a commission to evaluate the programs of the Federal Government that assist members of the Armed Forces and veterans in readjusting to civilian life, S. 1748, to permit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to reorganize the Veterans Health Administration, S. 1749, to make technical changes in certain provisions relating to construction-project terminology, S. 1750, to modify disbursement agreement authority to include residents and interns serving in any VA facility providing hospital care or medical services, S. 1751, to revise the procedure for providing claimants and their representatives with copies of Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions, S. 1752, to exempt full-time registered nurses, physician assistants, and expanded-
function dental auxiliaries from restriction on remunerated outside professional activities, S. 1753, to suspend a special pay agreement for physicians and dentists who enter residency training programs, and Titles II and III of H.R. 2289, Veterans Housing, Employment Programs, and Employment Rights Benefits Act, after receiving testimony from Frank Q. Nebeker, Chief Judge, United States Court of Veterans Appeals; Charles L. Cragin, Chairman, Board of Veterans' Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs; and John R. Vitikacs, American Legion, Dennis Cullinan, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Richard F. Schultz, Disabled American Veterans, Russell W. Mank, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Carl F. Stout, Vietnam Veterans of America, Maura Farrell Miller, Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs, Samuel V. Spagnolo, National Association of VA Physicians and Dentists, Keith D. Snyder, National Organization of Veterans Advocates, and David B. Isbell, Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program, all of Washington, D.C.
IRANIAN ARMS SHIPMENTS TO BOSNIA
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee resumed hearings to examine United States policy with regard to Iranian and other arms transfers to Bosnia, receiving testimony from Strobe Talbott, Deputy Secretary of State.
Committee recessed subject to call.
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