Action Taken: - -3 Tuesday, April 24, 1979 Department Investigations, Oversight, Public Hearing and Business Meeting Without objection, H.R. 3546 ordered favorably reported to Chairman de la Garza called the meeting to order and recognized the witnesses listed on page 2 of these minutes for their testimony on legislation to extend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended. Following their presentations, the witnesses were questioned by the Members of the Subcommittee. At 2:50 p.m. at the conclusion of the public hearing, the Subcommittee met in an open business session and considered the pending legislation. Chairman de la Garza advised that he planned to hold additional oversight on the specific issues which had been raised during the hearings. Discussion occurred on H.R. 3546. Mr. Fithian moved that the bill be ordered favorably reported to the full Committee. Without objection, the motion was agreed to and H.R. 3546 was ordered reported to the full Committee with the recommendation that it do pass in the presence of a quorum. During the proceedings one recess was taken at 2:25 p.m. to enable Members to respond to a recorded vote on the House Floor. At 3:00 p.m. the meeting was adjourned to reconvene at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25, to consider H.R. 3015, to repeal obsolete statutory language purporting to permit racial segregation in agricultural and mechanical arts colleges financed under the Agricultural College Act of 1890. U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 MINUTES Date Tuesday, April 24, 1979 (Sub) Committee on Family Farms, Bural Development, and. Meeting: Public Hearing.... Special Studies Subject: President's rural development policy, and the Rural. Witnesses: -2 1. Ms. Henrietta Singletary, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Rural Development, USDA, accompanied by: Mr. Jenning Orr, Assistant Administrator, Single Family Housing. Mr. L. D. Elwell, Assistant Administrator, Multi-Family Housing. Mr. Dwight Calhoun, Assistant Administrator for Community Programs. Mr. Bob Butler, Assistant Administrator for Business and Industrial Loans. Mr. Jim Anderson, Deputy Director, Budget Division Mr. George Moore, Acting Assistant Administrator for Farm Programs 2. Panel: Mr. Alfredo Navarro, President, National Rural Development and Finance Corporation. 3. 4. Mr. Joseph P. Baca, National Congress of American Indians. Honorable Dale Locker, Vice Chairman, Committee on Rural Development, National Association of State Legislatures, accompanied by: Mr. Bob Davies, Staff Director Panel: Rev. George A. Chauncey, Chairman, Interreligious Task Force on U.S. Food Policy. Ms. Corky Ramsay, Johnson, Kansas. Mr. Don Reeves, Legislative Secretary, Friends Committee on National accompanied by: Ms. Chris Miller Statements Filed: Honorable Charles Grassley, Member of Congress from Iowa Reverend Chauncey was granted permission for several religious denominations to submit their views to the Subcommittee. Chairman Nolan called the meeting to order and recognized the witnesses in the order listed on page 2 for their prepared statements, after which they were questioned by Members of the Subcommittee. During the proceedings, Mr. Akaka chaired at 2:30, 3:00 and 4:30, and the hearing was recessed at 2:32, 3:45 and 4:35 so that Members could respond to recorded votes on the House Floor. The meeting was adjourned at 4:55 p.m. to reconvene at 2:00 p.m. on April 25 to hear further testimony on the President's rural development policy and the Rural Development Policy Act. Peggy Pecore Peggy Pecore Special Studies (Sub) Committee on Family Farms, Rural Development, and Meeting: Public Hearing President's rural development policy and the Rural Subject: Bill Nos. H.R. 3580 The Family Farms, Rural Development, and Special Studies met in open The following Members were present: Mr. Nolan, Chairman (Sub) Committee Session at 2:00 p.m. o'clock, in Room 1301 LHOB |
