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DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND
STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1997

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

AUG 07.1996

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HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND
STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES

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JIM KULIKOWSKI, THERESE MCAULIFFE, JENNIFER MILLER, and KIM WOLTERSTORFF,

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DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND
STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1997

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND
STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES

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NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking
Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees.

JIM KULIKOWSKI, THERESE MCAULIFFE, JENNIFER MILLER, and KIM WOLTERSTORFF,

Subcommittee Staff

PART 5

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Secretary of Commerce

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Commerce Inspector General

Commerce Science and Technology Programs

Trade Policy Promotion and Enforcement

Business and Economic Development

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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana, Chairman

JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania

JOHN T. MYERS, Indiana

C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida
RALPH REGULA, Ohio

JERRY LEWIS, California

JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky
JOE SKEEN, New Mexico
FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia
TOM DELAY, Texas

JIM KOLBE, Arizona

BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH, Nevada

JIM LIGHTFOOT, Iowa

RON PACKARD, California
SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama
JAMES T. WALSH, New York

CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina
DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio

ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma
HENRY BONILLA, Texas

JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan
DAN MILLER, Florida

JAY DICKEY, Arkansas

JACK KINGSTON, Georgia

FRANK RIGGS, California

MIKE PARKER, Mississippi

RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi
MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York

GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington
JIM BUNN, Oregon

MARK W. NEUMANN, Wisconsin

DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin
SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois
LOUIS STOKES, Ohio
TOM BEVILL, Alabama

JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania
CHARLES WILSON, Texas
NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota
JULIAN C. DIXON, California

VIC FAZIO, California

W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina
STENY H. HOYER, Maryland

RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois
RONALD D. COLEMAN, Texas

ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
JIM CHAPMAN, Texas

MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio

DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado

NANCY PELOSI, California

PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana

THOMAS M. FOGLIETTA, Pennsylvania

ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES, California
NITA M. LOWEY, New York
RAY THORNTON, Arkansas
JOSÉ E. SERRANO, New York

JAMES W. DYER, Clerk and Staff Director

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DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND

STATE, THE JUDICIARY,

AND RELATED

AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1997

THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1996.

SECRETARY OF COMMERCE

WITNESS

HON. MICHAEL KANTOR, SECRETARY OF COMMERCE

Mr. ROGERS [presiding]. The committee will come to order. The Chair apologizes to the Secretary and the other members and everyone for being late. We had a meeting that I could not get out of, Mr. Secretary. I apologize to you.

We're pleased to welcome this morning Mickey Kantor, the new Secretary of Commerce, who will testify on behalf of programs in the 1997 budget request of the Commerce Department.

I would like to say, on behalf of myself personally and the other subcommittee members, that we are fortunate to have someone with your leadership abilities, qualities and experience to follow behind an almost irreplaceable Secretary of Commerce, Ron Brown. We've all been greatly impacted by the tragic loss of Ron Brown and the other dedicated public servants and business leaders. But we've also been impacted by the dedication and devotion that Ron Brown had to the Commerce Department and his unceasing efforts to put America's leadership mark on the national and global economy.

The subcommittee has had the pleasure of working with Mickey Kantor on trade matters as the U.S. Trade Representative, and we're fortunate to have your expertise, Mr. Secretary, to assist us in developing priorities for the Commerce Department and finding ways to most efficiently allocate the limited resources this subcommittee will have. We're looking forward to working with you.

The 1997 request totals $4.27 billion, which is an increase of $655 million, or 18 percent above the amount that Congress provided in 1996. I've told the Attorney General, the Chief Justice, the Secretary of State, and all agency heads that have appeared before the subcommittee or have talked to me, that Fiscal Year 1997 will bring with it another year of budget restraints and constraints.

Mr. Secretary, at this point we will insert your written statement in the record, and you may proceed with any verbal remarks you would care to make. We welcome you this morning and congratulate you on your selection as the Secretary of Commerce. We think you'll do a fine job, as you have in the past.

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