105th Congress (1997 - 1998)

January 27, 1998 - December 19, 1998

Senate Committee Meetings by Date
Compiled from the Congressional Record's Daily Digests via Thomas at thomas.loc.gov

1998/01/27
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 27, 1998,  pages D1 - D14

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1998/01/28
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 28, 1998,  pages D15 - D34

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

NATIONAL DEFENSE REPORT

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to examine certain
national security requirements of the United States, including the force
structure necessary to meet those requirements, receiving testimony from
Phillip Odeen, Chairman, Richard L. Armitage, Robert M. Kimmitt, Andrew
F. D30Krepinevich, and Gen. Robert W. RisCassi, all Members of the
National Defense Panel; and Adm. William A. Owens, USN (Ret.). 

                                [Page: D30]

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine the current
outlook for the United States economy and the budget for fiscal years
1999 through 2008, receiving testimony from June E. O'Neill, Director,
Congressional Budget Office. 

Committee will meet again tomorrow. 

EDUCATION FUNDING REFORM

Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine certain
Federal education spending reform proposals, receiving testimony from
Frank T. Brogan, Florida Department of Education, Tallahassee, on behalf
of the Education Leaders Council; Madeleine D. Manigold, Texas Education
Agency, Austin; Henry Der, California Department of Education,
Sacramento; and Cozette Buckney and Philip J. Hansen, both of Chicago
Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 

IRS REFORM

Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on proposals and
recommendations to restructure and reform the Internal Revenue Service,
and a related measure H.R. 2676, receiving testimony from Robert E.
Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury; and Charles O. Rossotti, Commissioner,
Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Richard W. Fisher, of Texas, to be Deputy United States Trade
Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, Donald C. Lubick, of
Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and L. Paige
Marvel, of Maryland, and Michael B. Thornton, of Virginia, each to be a
Judge of the United States Tax Court, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf. 

Mr. Fisher was introduced by Senators Hutchison, Lugar, and Graham, and
Ms. Marvel was introduced by Senator Sarbanes. 

NATIONAL SECURITY

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded open and closed
hearings to examine current and projected worldwide threats to United
States national security, after receiving testimony from George J.
Tenet, Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Robert M. Bryant, Deputy
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice;
Phyllis E. Oakley, Assistant Secretary of State of Intelligence and
Research; and Lt. Gen. Patrick M. Hughes, USA, Director, Defense
Intelligence Agency. 

                                [Page: D31]

No Joint hearings noted.



1998/01/29
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 29, 1998,  pages D36 - D42

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

NATIONAL DEFENSE REPORT

Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine
certain national security requirements of the United States, including
the force structure necessary to meet those requirements, after
receiving testimony from James R. Schlesinger, former Secretary of
Defense. 

NATIONAL SECURITY: NATO

Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine
national security implications of enlarging NATO and the continued
deployment of United States forces in Bosnia, after receiving testimony
from Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State and former National
Security Advisor. 

FINANCIAL MARKET CIRCUIT BREAKERS

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Securities concluded oversight hearings to examine the Department of
Treasury's views on "circuit breakers" in United States financial
markets, the name commonly given to coordinated trading halts in the
equity and equity-derivative markets that are required when large price
moves of predetermined magnitude occur, after receiving testimony from
John D. Hawke, Jr., Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic
Finance; Susan M. Phillips, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System; Arthur Levitt, Chairman, Securities and Exchange
Commission; Brooksley Born, Chairperson, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission; James L. Cochrane, New York Stock Exchange, Inc., and James
F. Duffy, American Stock Exchange, Inc., both of New York, New York; M.
Scott Gordon and Jack Sandner, both of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange,
and Edward J. Joyce, Chicago Board Options Exchange, all of Chicago,
Illinois; and Richard G. Ketchum, National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., Washington, D.C. 

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
current outlook for the United States economy and the implications for
monetary policy, after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan,
Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 

EDUCATION FUNDING REFORM

Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine the impact
of research and technology on elementary and secondary education,
receiving testimony from Senator Bingaman; Eleanor Johnson, Assistant
Director for Education and Employment Issues, General Accounting Office;
Steven H. Goldman, Ball Foundation, Glen Ellyn, Illinois; Robert E.
Slavin, Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at
Risk/Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Harold Hodgkinson,
Institute for Educational Leadership, and Thomas K. Glennan, Jr., RAND,
both of Washington, D.C.; Michael Moe, Montgomery Securities, San
Francisco, California; and James S. Lanich, Technology For Learning/Los
Angeles County Office of Education, Downey, California. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 

IRS REFORM 

Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on proposals and
recommendations to restructure and D38reform the Internal Revenue
Service, including related measures S. 1096 and H.R. 2676, receiving
testimony from Representative Portman; Donald C. Alexander, Akin, Gump,
Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Sheldon S. Cohen, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Fred
T. Goldberg, Jr., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and Margaret M.
Richardson, Ernst & Young, each a former Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, Michael E. Mares, American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants, and Stefan F. Tucker, Tucker, Flyer & Lewis, on behalf of
the American Bar Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Douglas C.
Burnette, National Society of Accountants, Alexandria, Virginia; Paul
Cherecwich, Jr., Thiokol Corporation, Ogden, Utah, on behalf of the Tax
Executives Institute, Inc.; and Bryan E. Gates, Clearwater, Florida, on
behalf of the National Association of Enrolled Agents. 

         [Page: D38]

Hearings continue on Thursday, February 5. 

MEDICARE FRAUD 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations resumed hearings to examine fraud in the Medicare
program, focusing on the enrollment process administered by the Health
Care Finance Administration, receiving testimony from John M. Frazzini,
former Investigator, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; John E.
Hartwig, Deputy Inspector General for Investigations, Cathy E. Colton,
Assistant Regional Inspector General for Investigations (Miami,
Florida), and Susan A. Frisco, Special Agent (New York City), all of the
Office of Inspector General, and H. Donna Dymon, Nurse Consultant (San
Francisco, California), and Dewey Price, Team Leader (Miami, Florida),
both of Operation Restore Trust, both of the Health Care Financing
Administration, all of the Department of Health and Human Resources; and
an incarcerated witness. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1998/02/02
Daily Digest - Monday, February 2, 1998,  pages D44 - D46

Committee Meetings

No committee meetings were held. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1998/02/03
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 3, 1998,  pages D48 - D54

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

AUTHORIZATIONS--DEFENSE 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of
Defense and the future years defense program, receiving testimony from
William S. Cohen, Secretary of Defense; William J. Lynn III, Under
Secretary of Defense (Comptroller); and Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA,
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
Hearings continue on Thursday, February 5. 

1999 BUDGET 

Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1999, receiving testimony
from Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury; and Jack Lew, Deputy
Director, Office of Management and Budget. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and
Public Land Management concluded hearings on S. 1253, to provide Federal
land management agencies the authority and capability to manage Federal
lands effectively in accordance with the principles of multiple use and
sustained yield, after receiving testimony from William H. Meadows,
Wilderness Society, Washington, D.C. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings
on the nominations of Donald J. Barry, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant
Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife, and Sallyanne Harper,
of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Environmental Protection
Agency, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. 

ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINE BANS 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine the
military implications of certain initiatives to prevent the United
States from making use of anti-personnel landmines, receiving testimony
from Gen. Carl E. Mundy, USMC (Ret.), former Commandant; Gen. Frederick
J. Kroesen, USA (Ret.), former Commander-in-Chief, Europe; and Gen.
Raymond G. Davis, USMC (Ret.), former Assistant Commandant. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1998/02/04
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 4, 1998,  pages D55 - D62

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

NOMINATION

Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF, for reappointment as Vice
Chairman of D56the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after the nominee testified
and answered questions in his own behalf. 

                                [Page: D56]

1999 BUDGET

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1999, receiving testimony
from Franklin D. Raines, Director, Office of Management and Budget. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings
on the nominations of Donald J. Barry, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant
Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife, and Margaret Hornbeck
Greene, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the
United States Enrichment Corporation, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Greene was introduced by
Senator Ford. 

ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS

Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine recent
developments in Asian financial markets and the impact on the growth of
the American economy, and on the United States role in ensuring adequate
funding for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), receiving testimony
from Lawrence H. Summers, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; Stuart E.
Eizenstat, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and
Agricultural Affairs; Robert B. Zoellick, former Counselor to the
Secretary of the Treasury and former Under Secretary for State for
Economic Affairs; C. Fred Bergsten, Institute for International
Economics, and John H. Makin, American Enterprise Institute, both of
Washington, D.C.; and Allen Sinai, Primark Decision Economics, Inc., New
York, New York. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of M. Margaret McKeown, of Washington, to be United States
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Richard L. Young, to be United
States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, Susan Oki
Mollway, to be United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii,
Edward F. Shea, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Washington, and Jeremy D. Fogel, to be United States
District Judge for the Northern District of California, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms.
McKeown was introduced by Senators Gorton and Murray and Representatives
White and Campbell, Mr. Young was introduced by Senator Lugar, Ms.
Mollway was introduced by Senators Akaka and Inouye and Representatives
Abercrombie and Mink, Mr. Shea was introduced by Senators Gorton and
Murray, and Mr. Fogel was introduced by Senator Feinstein. 

REHABILITATION ACT AUTHORIZATION

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported S. 1579, authorizing funds through fiscal year 2004 for
programs of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, with amendments. 

CLASSIFIED DISCLOSURES TO CONGRESS

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held hearings on the
constitutionality of Section 306 of S. 858 (Public Law 105-107) relating
to the encouragement of disclosure of certain information to Congress,
receiving testimony from Louis Fisher, Senior Specialist in American
National Government, Government Division, Congressional Research
Service, Library of Congress; and Peter Raven-Hansen, George Washington
University Law School, Washington, D.C. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1998/02/05
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 5, 1998,  pages D63 - D70

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

TELEMARKETING FRAUD 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State,
and the Judiciary concluded hearings to examine the scope of
telecommunications fraud and abuse and its victimization of the elderly,
after receiving testimony from Robert Pitofsky, Chairman, Federal Trade
Commission; Walter L. Maroney, New Hampshire Attorney General's Office
of Consumer Protection, Concord; Harold Phillips, Charleston County
Sheriff's Department, Charleston, South Carolina; and Helen Boosalis,
Lincoln, Nebraska, on behalf of the American Association of Retired
Persons. 

NOMINATIONS/AUTHORIZATION--DOD 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF, for appointment as the Vice
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and for appointment to the grade
of General, Maj. Gen. Thomas R. Case, USAF, for appointment in the
United States Air Force to the grade of Lieutenant General, Col. Michael
J. Squier, USA, for appointment in the Reserve of the Army to the grade
of Brigadier General, and Col. Robert L. Echols, USA, for appointment in
the Reserve of the Army to the grade of Brigadier General.  

Also, committee resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing
funds for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Defense and the future
years defense program, receiving testimony from John H. Dalton,
Secretary of the Navy; Adm. Jay L. Johnson, USN, Chief of Naval
Operations; and Gen. Charles C. Krulak, USMC, Commandant of the Marine
Corps. 

Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 10. 

IRS REFORM 

Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings on proposals and
recommendations to restructure and reform the Internal Revenue Service,
including related measures S.1096 and H.R. 2676, focusing on increasing
Congressional and Executive Branch oversight of the IRS, receiving
testimony from Richard B. Calahan, Deputy Inspector General, Department
of the Treasury; Lynda D. Willis, Director, Tax Policy and
Administration Issues, General Government Division, General Accounting
Office; Bruce A. Strauss, Jacksonville, Florida, former Division Chief,
Collection Division, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the
Treasury; Nina E. Olson, Community Tax Law Project, Richmond, Virginia;
Michael I. Saltzman, White & Case, New York, New York; and Robert S.
Schriebman, Rolling Hills Estates, California. 

Hearings continue on Wednesday, February 11. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1998/02/09
Daily Digest - Monday, February 9, 1998,  pages D72 - D74

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held. 

Joint Meetings 

EMPLOYMENT-UNEMPLOYMENT 

Joint Economic Committee: On Friday, February 6, committee held hearings
to examine the employment-unemployment situation for January, receiving
testimony from Katherine G. Abraham, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Department of Labor. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 



1998/02/10
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 10, 1998,  pages D76 - D80

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Agriculture,
receiving testimony from Daniel R. Glickman, Secretary, Richard
Rominger, Deputy Secretary, Keith Collins, Chief Economist, and Stephen
B. Dewhurst, Director, Office of Budget and Program Analysis, all of the
Department of Agriculture. 

Committee will meet again on Tuesday, February 24. 

AUTHORIZATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of
Defense and the future years defense program, receiving testimony from
Robert M. Walker, Acting Secretary of the Army; and Gen. Dennis J.
Reimer, USA, Chief of Staff of the Army. 

Hearings continue on Thursday, February 12. 

FDIC

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Financial Services and Technology D77concluded hearings to examine the
efforts of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to bring its
systems and those of its regulated institutions into compliance with the
Year 2000, after receiving testimony from Jack L. Brock, Jr., Director,
Governmentwide and Defense Information Systems, Accounting and
Information Management Division, General Accounting Office; and Michael
J. Zamorski, Deputy Director, Division of Supervision, Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation. 

                                [Page: D77]

U.S. REVENUE

Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
impact of recent revenue growth in the United States, after receiving
testimony from James E. Glassman, Chase Securities, Inc., New York, New
York; John G. Wilkins, Coopers and Lybrand, Washington, D.C.; and David
A. Wyss, Standard & Poor's DRI, Lexington, Massachusetts. 

INTERNET INDECENCY

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held
hearings to examine the extent of obscene material available on the
Internet and measures to restrict its access, including S. 1619, to
direct the Federal Communications Commission to study systems for
filtering or blocking certain matter on the Internet, and to require the
installation of such a system on computers in schools and libraries with
Internet access, and S. 1482, to establish a prohibition on commercial
distribution on the World Wide Web of material that is harmful to
minors, receiving testimony from Senators Coats and Murray; Seth
Warshavsky, Internet Entertainment Group, Inc., Seattle, Washington;
Andrew L. Sernovitz, Association for Interactive Media, and Christine
Varney, Hogan & Hartson, both of Washington, D.C.; Elizabeth Whitacker,
Tucson Unified School District, Tucson, Arizona; and a protected
witness. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

COMPUTER SECURITY 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine current
computer security vulnerabilities within civilian federal agencies and
current activities to prevent unauthorized computer access, after
receiving testimony from G. Edward DeSeve, Acting Deputy Director for
Management, Office of Management and Budget; Raymond G. Kammer,
Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of
Commerce; Frank A. Perry, Technical Director and Deputy Director,
Engineering and Interoperability, Defense Information Systems Agency,
Department of Defense; Len Baptiste, Director of Systems Standards and
Evaluation, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury; and
Lee B. Holcomb, Chief Information Officer, National Aeronautics and
Space Administration. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nominations of Donald J. Barry, of Wisconsin, to be
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife, and Sallyanne
Harper, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Environmental
Protection Agency. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items: 

The nominations of Richard W. Fisher, of Texas, to be Deputy United
States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, Donald C.
Lubick, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, L.
Paige Marvel, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court,
and Michael B. Thornton, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States
Tax Court; and 

S. 1133, to allow tax-free expenditures from education individual
retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses and to
increase the maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts,
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 

FOREIGN POLICY/STATE DEPARTMENT BUDGET 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to review
foreign policy issues for 1998 and the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of State, receiving
testimony from Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

INTERNET FRAUD

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations held hearings to examine certain incidences of fraud and
deception on the Internet, and how to protect consumers, receiving
testimony from Robert Pitofsky, Chairman, and Jody Bernstein, Director,
Bureau of Consumer Protection, both of the Federal Trade Commission;
Susan Grant, National Fraud Information Center/National Consumers
League, Washington, D.C.; Tatiana Gau, America Online, Inc., Vienna,
Virginia; and Barry D. Wise, Matthews, North Carolina. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

GLOBAL TOBACCO SETTLEMENT

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed hearings to examine the
scope and depth of the proposed D78settlement between State Attorneys
General and tobacco companies to mandate a total reformation and
restructuring of how tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and
distributed in America, focusing on First Amendment issues related to
cigarette advertising regulations and litigation concerning those
restrictions, and civil liability provisions of the proposed settlement,
and related provisions of S. 1530, Placing Restraints on Tobacco's
Endangerment of Children and Teens Act (pending on Senate calendar),
receiving testimony from David W. Ogden, Counselor to the Attorney
General, Department of Justice; Richard A. Daynard, Northeastern
University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts; Martin H. Redish,
Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois; and David S.
Versfelt, Freedom to Advertise Coalition, and Floyd Abrams, both of New
York, New York. 

                                [Page: D78]

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

GLOBAL TOBACCO SETTLEMENT

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee resumed hearings to
examine the scope and depth of the proposed settlement between State
Attorneys General and tobacco companies to mandate a total reformation
and restructuring of how tobacco products are manufactured, marketed,
and distributed in America, focusing on public health goals, receiving
testimony from Michael P. Eriksen, Director, Office on Smoking and
Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Alan I. Leshner,
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Marc W. Manley, Division on
Cancer Prevention and Control, National Cancer Institute, John M.
Eisenberg, Administrator, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research,
and William B. Schultz, Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Food and Drug
Administration, all of the Department of Health and Human Services; and
Matthew L. Myers, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids/National Center for
Tobacco-Free Kids, R. Timothy Columbus, Collier Shannon Rill & Scott, on
behalf of the National Association of Convenience Stores, and Scott D.
Ballin, American Lung Association, all of Washington, D.C. 

Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 24. 

SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM

Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
future of the Social Security system and goals to restore its long-term
solvency, after receiving testimony from Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner,
Social Security Administration; Jane L. Ross, Director, Income Security
Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division, General
Accounting Office; Fidel A. Vargas, Cambridge, Massachusetts, former
Member of the Advisory Council on Social Security; and Timothy J. Penny,
Cato Institute, and Joseph Perkins, American Association of Retired
Persons, both of Washington, D.C. 

No Joint hearings noted



1998/02/11
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 11, 1998,  pages D82 - D88

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

BANKRUPTCY REFORM 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief concluded hearings on
proposals to reform current bankruptcy law and provide for consumer
bankruptcy protection, including related provisions of S. 1301, H.R.
3150, H.R. 3146, and H.R. 2500, after receiving testimony from Robert
Ginsburg, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of
Illinois, on behalf of the National Bankruptcy Review Commission; James
E. Smith, Union State Bank and Trust, Clinton, Missouri, on behalf of
the American Bankers Association; Robert R. Davis, America's Community
Bankers, Washington, D.C.; Dorinda Simpson, American Partners Federal
Credit Union, Reidsville, North Carolina, on behalf of the Credit Union
National Association; Bruce L. Hammonds, MBNA Corporation, Wilmington,
Delaware; Oakley Orser, Belk Stores Services, Inc., Charlotte, North
Carolina, on behalf of the National Retail Federation; Mark Lauritano,
Wharton Economics Forecasting Associates Group, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; Lawrence M. Ausubel, University of Maryland, College Park;
William E. Brewer, Jr., Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf of the
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys; and Gary Klein,
National Consumer Law Center, Boston, Massachusetts. 

EDUCATION REFORM 

Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
Federal role in education reform, focusing on broad education reform
strategies, including charter schools, vouchers and private management
and specific reforms to the current federal education establishment,
after receiving testimony from Susan S. Westin, Associate Director,
Advanced Studies and Evaluation Methodology, General Government
Division, General Accounting Office; Chester E. Finn, Jr., Hudson
Institute, Washington, D.C., former Assistant Secretary of Education;
Chris Whittle, Edison Project, New York, New York; Eugene W. Hickok,
Pennsylvania Department of Education, Harrisburg, on behalf of the
Education Leaders Council; David L. Brennan, HOPE Academies, Cleveland,
Ohio; and Henry R. Marockie, West Virginia Department of Education,
Charleston, on behalf of the Council of Chief State School Officers. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nominations of Donald J. Barry, of Wisconsin, to be
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife, and Margaret
Hornbeck Greene, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of Directors
of the United States Enrichment Corporation. 

NATIONAL DISCOVERY TRAILS/HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings
on S. 1069, to provide for the establishment of the American Discovery
Trail as a component of the National Trails System, and S. 1403, to
provide for the establishment of a national historic lighthouse
preservation program, after receiving testimony from Katherine H.
Stevenson, Associate Director, Cultural Resource Stewardship and
Partnerships, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Gloria
Manning, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service,
Department of Agriculture; Rear Adm. John T. Tozzi, USCG, Assistant
Commandant, Coast Guard Systems, United States Coast Guard, Department
of Transportation; Gordon S. Creed, Deputy Assistant Commissioner,
Office of Property Disposal, Public Buildings Service, General Services
Administration; Reese F. Lukei, Jr., American Discovery Trail Society,
Virginia Beach, Virginia; David Lillard, American Hiking Society, Silver
Spring, Maryland; John Viehman, Anyplace Wild Television, Camden, Maine;
and Richard L. Moehl, Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association,
Dearborn, Michigan.  

IRS REFORM 

Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings on proposals and
recommendations to restructure and reform the Internal Revenue Service,
including a related measure H.R. 2676, focusing on proposals to reform
the innocent spouse tax rules, receiving testimony from Richard Beck,
New York Law School, Elizabeth Cockrell, and Svetlana Pejanovic, all of
New York, New York; David Keating, National Taxpayers Union, Alexandria,
Virginia; Marjorie D84O'Connell, O'Connell & Associates, Washington,
D.C.; Karen Andreasen, Tampa, Florida; and Josephine Berman, South
Orange, New Jersey. 

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Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

KYOTO PROTOCOL--GLOBAL WARMING 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine the
results of the recent Kyoto Conference and implications of the proposed
Kyoto Protocol on global warming, focusing on the President's climate
change technology initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,
receiving testimony from Stuart E. Eizenstat, Under Secretary of State
for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

AUTHORIZATION--AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH 

Committee on Labor and Human Services: Subcommittee on Public Health and
Safety concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for
the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, focusing on the current
activities and recent products relating to the need for health care
quality improvement, after receiving testimony from John M. Eisenberg,
Administrator, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Department of
Health and Human Services; David Edwards, Eastman Kodak Company,
Rochester, New York; Cary Sennett, National Committee for Quality
Assurance, and Stuart Butler, Heritage Foundation, both of Washington,
D.C.; Barry Greene, Medical Group Management Association, Denver,
Colorado; Paul D. Clayton, Columbia University, New York, New York, on
behalf of the American Medical Informatics Association; and William M.
Tierney, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis. 

CLASSIFIED DISCLOSURES 

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session and
ordered favorably reported an original bill to encourage the disclosure
to Congress of certain classified and related information. 

Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings to examine the
constitutionality of certain classified disclosures to Congress as
contained in Public Law 105-107, Intelligence Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1998, after receiving testimony from Louis Fisher, Senior
Specialist, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; and
Randolph Moss, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal
Counsel, Department of Justice. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1998/02/12

Daily Digest - Thursday, February 12, 1998,  pages D89 - D96

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of
Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on Air Force
programs, receiving testimony from F. Whitten Peters, Acting Secretary
of the Air Force; and Gen. Michael E. Ryan, USAF, Chief of Staff of the
Air Force. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 

UNFUNDED MANDATES 

Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings on the
implementation of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (P.L. 104-4), and on
S. 389 and provisions of H.R. 1010, measures to establish a point of
order against congressional consideration of bills that contain
private-sector mandates with costs over the $100 million threshold,
regardless of whether federal funding is provided, and to direct the
Congressional Budget Office to provide expanded cost information for
private-sector mandates above the threshold, after receiving testimony
from Representatives Condit and Portman; James L. Blum, Deputy Director,
Congressional Budget Office; R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
and Sharon Buccino, Natural Resources Defense Council, both of
Washington, D.C.; and John Nicholson, Company Flowers, Arlington,
Virginia. 
NOMINATION 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Winter D. Horton Jr., of Utah, to be a
Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Bennett,
testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

SATELLITE CARRIER FEES 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on S. 1422, to provide for a one-year delay in an increase in
the copyright fees satellite carriers pay for superstation and network
affiliate signals delivered to satellite TV households, after receiving
testimony from Fritz Attaway, Motion Picture Association of America, and
Gene Kimmelman, Consumers Union, both of Washington, D.C.; Eddy W.
Hartenstein, DirecTV, Inc., El Segundo, California; and Larry Wetsit,
Nemont Telephone Cooperative, Inc./Nemont Communications, Inc., Scobey,
Montana. 

AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Aviation concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds
for the Airport Improvement Program, after receiving testimony from Todd
Hauptli, American Association of Airport Executives, Alexandria,
Virginia; David Plavin, Airports Council International-North America,
and Edward A. Merlis, Air Transport Association of America, both of
Washington, D.C.; Robert Kunkel, National Association of State Aviation
Officials, Silver Spring, Maryland; and David Roberts, BAA Indianapolis,
Indianapolis, Indiana. 

PUBLIC LANDS/NATIONAL MONUMENTS 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National
Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded hearings on S.
62, to prohibit further extension or establishment of any national
monument in Idaho without full public participation and an express Act
of Congress, S. 477, to require an Act of Congress and the consultation
with the Governor and State legislature prior to the establishment by
the President of national monuments in excess of 5,000 acres, S. 691, to
ensure that the public and the Congress have the right and opportunity
to participate in decisions that affect the use and management of all
public lands, H.R. 901, to preserve the sovereignty of the U.S. over
public lands D91and acquired lands owned by the United States, and to
preserve State sovereignty and private property rights in non-Federal
lands surrounding those public lands and acquired lands, and H.R. 1127,
to provide for congressional review of national monument status and
consultation, after receiving testimony from John D. Leshy, Solicitor,
Department of the Interior; Rafe Pomerance, Deputy Assistant Secretary
of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific
Affairs; William Perry Pendley, Mountain States Legal Foundation, and
John F. Shepherd, Holland and Hart, both of Denver, Colorado; and Edward
M. Norton, National Trust for Historic Preservation, and Theodore
Roosevelt, IV, Lehman Brothers, on behalf of the National Parks and
Conservation Association, both of Washington, D.C. 

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ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine the
International Monetary Fund's role in the Asia financial crisis,
receiving testimony from Robert E. Rubin, Secretary, and Lawrence H.
Summers, Deputy Secretary, both of the Department of the Treasury; and
Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ADOPTION REFORM 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of
Government Management, Restructuring, and the District of Columbia
concluded hearings to examine certain recommendations to reform the
adoption and foster care system in the District of Columbia, after
receiving testimony from Representative Camp; Rochelle Chronister,
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, Topeka; and
Ernestine F. Jones, District of Columbia Child and Family Services,
Judith Meltzer, Center for the Study of Social Policy, Thomas Wells,
Consortium for Child Welfare, Debora D. Caruth, and Gordon Henry
Gosselink, all of Washington, D.C  

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items: 

The nominations of Jeremy D. Fogel, to be United States District Judge
for the Northern District of California, Edward F. Shea, to be United
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, Richard L.
Young, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of
Indiana, Beverly Baldwin Martin, to be United States Attorney for the
Middle District of Georgia, and Hiram Arthur Contreras, to be United
States Marshal for the Southern District of Texas; and 

S. Res. 148, designating 1998 as the "Onate Cuartocentenario", the 400th
anniversary
commemoration of the first permanent Spanish settlement in New Mexico,
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 

AUTHORIZATION--EDUCATION OF THE DEAF ACT 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for Gallaudet University and the
National Technical Institute for the Deaf as contained in the Education
of the Deaf Act, after receiving testimony from Judith E. Heumann,
Assistant Secretary of Education for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services; I. King Jordan, Gallaudet University, Robert R.
Da Vila, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Sarah E. Snyder,
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, and Nancy J. Bloch,
National Association of the Deaf, all of Washington, D.C.; Megan Clancy,
Boston, Massachusetts; Mollie Easter, Algona, Iowa; Rebecca Ellis,
Putney, Vermont, Meghan Rainone, Marlton, New Jersey; Matthew Hamill,
Loveland, Ohio; and Kathryn Hoheusle, Bethel, New York. 

IRS REFORM: TAXPAYER RIGHTS 

Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings on proposals to
restructure and reform the Internal Revenue Service and improve taxpayer
rights, including the proposed Putting the Taxpayer First Act of 1998,
receiving testimony from C. Virginia Kirkpatrick, CVK Personnel
Management and Training Specialists, and Edith B. Quick, Quick Tax and
Accounting Service, both of St. Louis, Missouri; Ron Morgan, Husch and
Eppenberger, Kansas City, Missouri; Roger N. Harris, Padgett Business
Services, Athens, Georgia; Jack Doll, Marjon, Inc., Frederick, Maryland,
on behalf of the National Federation of Independent Business; and Nancy
Workman, Workman Construction Company, and Elizabeth A. Nielson, Nielson
& Associates, both of Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

TOBACCO SETTLEMENT: NATIVE AMERICAN PROVISIONS 

Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
tobacco settlement provisions with regard to tobacco-related activities
on Indian lands as contained in S. 1414 and S. 1530 (both pending on
Senate calendar), and S. 1415, bills to reform and restructure the
process by which tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and
distributed, to prevent the use of tobacco products by minors, and to
redress the adverse health effects of tobacco use, after receiving
testimony from W. Craig D92Vanderwagen, Director, Clinical and
Preventive Services, Office of Public Health, Indian Health Service,
Department of Health and Human Services; Thomas LeClaire, Director,
Office of Tribal Justice, Department of Justice; Washington State
Attorney General Christine Gregoire, Olympia; Colorado Attorney General
Gale Norton, Denver; Gary Lasley, Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, Macy; Mark
Hutton, Hutton & Hutton, Wichita, Kansas, on behalf of the Lower Brule
Sioux Tribe; Alex Tallchief Skibine, University of Utah College of Law,
Salt Lake City; and Franklin Ducheneaux, Ducheneaux, Taylor &
Associates, Washington, D.C. 

                                [Page: D92]

No Joint hearings noted.



1998/02/13
Daily Digest - Friday, February 13, 1998,  pages D97 - D98

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1998/02/23
Daily Digest - Monday, February 23, 1998,  pages D99 - D106

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Securities concluded hearings on S. 1260, to limit the conduct of
securities class actions under State law by setting national standards
for stocks that are traded on the national markets, after receiving
testimony from Boris Feldman, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Palo
Alto, California; Richard W. Painter, Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New
York; Michael Morris, Sun Microsystems, Inc., D100Mountain View,
California; Mary Rouleau, Consumer Federation of America, and John F.
Olson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, both of Washington, D.C.; and J. Harry
Weatherly, Jr., Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on behalf of the
Government Finance Officers Association. 

                               [Page: D100]

CHILD CARE SYMPOSIUM

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children and
Families met to discuss certain child care and parenting issues,
receiving testimony from Olivia A. Golden, Assistant Secretary for
Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services; Diane G.
Fisher, Terrace Park, Ohio, and Anita K. Blair, Arlington, Virginia,
both on behalf of the Independent Women's Forum, Arlington, Virginia;
Jay Belsky, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Armand M.
Nicholi, Jr., Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston; Danielle Crittenden, Women's Quarterly, Darcy Olsen, Cato
Institute, Helen Blank, Children's Defense Fund, Charmaine Yoest, Family
Research Council, Robert Rector, Heritage Foundation, all of Washington,
D.C.; Ellen Galinsky, Families and Work Institute, New York, New York;
Maggie Gallagher, Institute for American Values, Westchester, New York;
Wade Horn, National Fatherhood Initiative, Gaithersburg, Maryland; Heidi
Brennan, Mothers at Home, and Brenda Hunter, both of Vienna, Virginia;
Michael Lotito, Society for Human Resource Management, Alexandria,
Virginia; and Stanley I. Greenspan, Reading, Massachusetts. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1998/02/24
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 24, 1998,  pages D108 - D116

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Agriculture,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities
from I. Miley Gonzalez, Under Secretary for Research, Education and
Economics, Eileen Kennedy, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Research,
Education and Economics, Donald Bay, Administrator, National Agriculture
Statistics Service, Floyd P. Horn, Administrator, Agricultural Research
Service, Susan Offutt, Administrator, Economic Research Service, Bobby
H. Robinson, Administrator, Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service, and Dennis Kaplan, Deputy Director, Budget,
Legislation, and Regulatory Systems, all of the Department of
Agriculture. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, February 26. 

APPROPRIATIONS--JUSTICE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State,
and Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Justice, receiving
testimony from Janet Reno, Attorney General, and Stephen R. Colgate,
Assistant Attorney General for Administration, both of the Department of
Justice. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, February 26. 

OPERATIONAL READINESS 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held hearings to
examine the status of the operational readiness of the United States
military forces including the availability of resources and training
opportunities necessary to meet our national security requirements,
receiving testimony from Vice Admiral Herbert A. Browne, Jr., II, USN,
Commander, III Fleet; Maj. Gen. Marvin R. Esmond, USAF, Commander, Air
Force Air Warfare Center, Nellis Air Force Base; Maj. Gen. Ronald G.
Richard, USMC, Commanding General, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat
Center; Brig. Gen. Dean W. Cash, USA, Commanding General, National
Training Center and Fort Irwin; Col. Thomas Matthews, USA, Commander,
Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division; Capt. Thomas Kilcline, USN,
Commander, Carrier Air Group 14; Col. Stephen Bozarth, USAF, Commander,
388th Fighter Wing Operations Group; and Col. Emerson N. Gardner, USMC,
Commander, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM 

Committee on the Budget: Committee's Task Force on Social Security
concluded hearings to discuss the Administration's plans to safeguard
Social Security in the context of the Federal budget, after receiving
testimony from Franklin D. Raines, Director, Office of Management and
Budget; Lawrence H. Summers, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; and
Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner, Social Security Administration. 

GLOBAL TOBACCO SETTLEMENT 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee resumed
hearings to examine the proposed settlement between State Attorneys
General and tobacco companies to mandate a total reformation and
restructuring of how tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and
distributed in America, receiving testimony from Geoffrey C. Bible,
Philip Morris Companies, Inc., Steven F. Goldstone, RJR Nabisco, Inc.,
and Laurence A. Tisch, Loews Corporation, all of New York, New York;
Nicholas G. Brookes, Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation,
Louisville, Kentucky; and Vincent A. Gierer, Jr., UST Inc., Greenwich,
Connecticut. 

Hearings continue on Thursday, February 26. 

                               [Page: D110]

GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National
Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded oversight
hearings to examine the National Park Service's proposal to develop a
visitor center and museum facility complex at the Gettysburg National
Military Park in Pennsylvania, after receiving testimony from Senators
Specter and Santorum; Denis P. Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park
Service, Department of the Interior; Ralph W. Tarr, Andrews & Kurth,
Washington, D.C., former Solicitor, Department of the Interior; Walter
L. Powell, Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association, and Keith G.
Dorman, Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg, both of Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania; Richard Moe, National Trust for Historic Preservation,
Washington, D.C.; and Dennis E. Frye, Association for the Preservation
of Civil War Sites, New York, New York. 

NATO ENLARGEMENT 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine
Administration views on the proposed Protocols to the North Atlantic
Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech
Republic (these protocols were opened for signature at Brussels on
December 16, 1997, and signed on behalf of the United States and other
parties to the North Atlantic Treaty) (Treaty Doc. 105-36), receiving
testimony from Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State; William S.
Cohen, Secretary of Defense; and Gen. Henry H. Shelton, Chairman, Joint
Chiefs of Staff. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

REGULATORY IMPROVEMENT ACT 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee resumed hearings on S. 981,
to provide for the analysis of major regulatory rules by Federal
agencies, receiving testimony from Bruce Alberts, President, National
Academy of Sciences and Chairman, National Research Council; Ohio
Governor George V. Voinovich, Columbus, and Nebraska Governor Ben
Nelson, Lincoln, both on behalf of the National Governors' Association;
Milton Russell, Joint Institute for Energy and Environment/University of
Tennessee, Knoxville; Nancy Donley, Chicago, Illinois, and Sue Doneth,
Marshall, Michigan, both on behalf of Safe Tables Our Priority; Lester
M. Crawford, Georgetown University, Warren Belmar, American Bar
Association, Franklin E. Mirer, United Auto Workers, Karen Florini,
Environmental Defense Fund, and Robert E. Litan, Brookings Institution,
all of Washington, D.C.; and Michael A. Resnick, National School Boards
Association, Alexandria, Virginia. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution,
Federalism, and Property Rights concluded hearings to examine whether
term limits or campaign finance reform would provide true political
reform, after receiving testimony from Missouri State Representative
Joan Bray, Jefferson City; James A. Buchen, Wisconsin Manufacturers and
Commerce, Madison; Donald Simon, Common Cause, David Keene, American
Conservative Union, and Paul Jacob, US Term Limits, all of Washington,
D.C.; Bradley A. Smith, Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio;
and Rod Pacheco, Riverside, California. 

FOREIGN TERRORISTS IN AMERICA 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and
Government Information concluded hearings to examine the extent of and
policies to prevent foreign terrorist operations in America, focusing on
certain incidences of terrorist attacks in the United States, including
the bombing incident at the World Trade Center in New York City, after
receiving testimony from Dale L. Watson, Section Chief for International
Terrorism Operations, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Walter D.
Cadman, Counterterrorism Coordinator, Office of Field Operations,
Immigration and Naturalization Service, both of the Department of
Justice; Richard A. Rohde, Deputy Assistant Director, Office of
Investigations, United States Secret Service, Department of the
Treasury; J. Gilmore Childers, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, New York,
New York; Henry J. DePippo, Nixon Hargrave Devans & Doyle, Rochester,
New York; Patrick J. Colgan, Jr., PBL Associates, Wyckoff, New Jersey;
Benjamin Jacobson, Peregrine Group, Miami, Florida; and Steven Emerson,
The Investigative Project, and Omar Ashmawy, both of Washington, D.C. 

GLOBAL TOBACCO SETTLEMENT 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee resumed hearings to
examine the scope and depth of the proposed settlement between State
Attorneys General and tobacco companies to mandate a total reformation
and restructuring of how tobacco products are manufactured, marketed,
and distributed in America, and S. 1648, to provide for reductions in
youth smoking, for advancements in tobacco-related research, and the
development of safer tobacco products, receiving testimony from Charles
N. Jeffress, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and
Health; Lewis A. Grossman, American University Washington College of
Law, Richard M. Cooper, Williams & Connolly, on behalf of R.J. Reynolds
D111Tobacco Company, and Richard A. Levinson, American Public Health
Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Jack E. Henningfield, Pinney
Associates, Bethesda, Maryland, on behalf of the Society of Research on
Nicotine and Tobacco; Jon D. Hanson, Harvard University Law School,
Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Kyle D. Logue, University of Michigan Law
School, Ann Arbor. 

                               [Page: D111]

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Togo Dennis West Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senator Faircloth, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

Joint Meetings 

IMF AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY 

Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
financing, procedures, administration, and economic impact of the
International Monetary Fund, after receiving testimony from Timothy
Geithner, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs;
Charles Calomiris, Columbia University, New York, New York; Allan
Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Larry
Lindsey, American Enterprise Institute, and C. Fred Bergsten, Institute
for International Economics, both of Washington, D.C. 



1998/02/25
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 25, 1998,  pages D118 - D128

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

OPERATIONAL READINESS

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness concluded
hearings to examine the status of the operational readiness of the
United States Military Forces including the availability of resources
and training opportunities necessary to meet our national security
requirements, after receiving testimony from Gen. William W. Crouch,
USA, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army; Adm. Donald L. Pilling,
USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF, Vice
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force; Gen. Richard I. Neal, USMC,
Assistant Commandant, United States Marine Corps; Lt. Gen. John W.
Hendrix, USA, Commanding General, V Corps, U.S. Army Europe and VII
Army; Vice Adm. Steve Abbot, USN, Commander, Sixth Fleet; Lt. Gen. John
W. Handy, USAF, Commander, 21st Air Force, Air Mobility Command; and Lt.
Gen. Carlton W. Fulford, Jr., USMC, Commanding General, 1 Marine
Expeditionary Force. 

MONETARY POLICY

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the Federal Reserve's report on the economic
situation and monetary policy of the United States, after receiving
testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System. 

BUDGET PROJECTIONS

Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine long
term budget projections, focusing on overall policy and Federal
spending, after receiving testimony from Paul L. Posner, Director,
Budget Issues, Accounting and Information Management Division, General
Accounting Office; former Representative Bill Frenzel and Timothy Penny,
both on behalf of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and C.
Eugene Steuerle, Urban Institute, all of Washington, D.C.; and Uwe E.
Reinhardt, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. 

AUTHORIZATION-RAIL SAFETY

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Rail Safety
Act, after receiving testimony from Jolene M. Molitoris, Administrator,
Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation; Robert T.
D120Francis II, Chairman, and Robert Lauby, Director, Office of Railroad
Safety, both of the National Transportation Safety Board; M.B. Oglesby,
Jr., Association of American Railroads, and Dan Pickett, AFL-CIO, both
of Washington, D.C.; Gerri L. Hall, Operation Lifesaver, Inc.,
Alexandria, Virginia; and Lonnie E. Blaydes, Jr., Dallas Area Rapid
Transit, Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the American Public Transit
Association. 

                               [Page: D120]

SPECIALTY FOREST PRODUCTS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and
Public Land Management concluded oversight hearings to examine the
harvest of specialty forest products from national forests, focusing on
the Forest Service's progress and plans for managing specialty forest
products, how Native Americans will be able to obtain the plant
materials they depend on, and how community-based solutions can protect
environmental values while meeting the social and economic needs of
local communities, after receiving testimony from Ronald Stewart, Deputy
Chief for Programs and Legislation, Forest Service, Department of
Agriculture; Christina Johnson, Trinity Alps Botanicals, Burnt Ranch,
California; Victor Benavides, Forest Workers and Harvesters Alliance,
White Salmon, Washington; Melissa Borsting, Rogue Institute for Ecology
and Economy, Ashland, Oregon; Bodi K. Shaw, Confederated Tribes, Warm
Springs, Oregon; Carla HighEagle, Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee,
Lapwai, Idaho; Rebecca Templin Richards, University of Montana,
Missoula; Chris C. Schnepf, University of Idaho, Coeur d' Alene; Keith
A. Blatner, Washington State University, Pullman; and Jason W. Clay,
World Wildlife Fund, Washington, D.C. 

IRS REFORM

Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings on proposals and
recommendations to restructure and reform the Internal Revenue Service,
including a related measure H.R. 2676, receiving testimony from Paul C.
Light, Pew Charitable Trusts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Ronald P.
Sanders, George Washington University, Thomas H. Stanton, National
Academy of Public Administration, G. Jerry Shaw, Senior Executives
Association, Robert M. Tobias, National Treasury Employees Union, and
Ray Woolner, Professional Managers Association, all of Washington, D.C. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATION

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Robert T. Grey, Jr., of Virginia, for the rank of
Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States Representative
to the Conference on Disarmament, after the nominee testified and
answered questions in his own behalf. 

CASPIAN SEA OIL PIPELINE

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic
Policy, Export and Trade Promotion held hearings on the implementation
of U.S. energy policy in the Caspian region, focusing on the
construction of a Western Caspian Sea oil pipeline, receiving testimony
from Robert W. Gee, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and
International Affairs; Jan Kalicki, Counselor to the Department of
Commerce; Lawrence R. Fisher, Fluor-Daniel Incorporated, Sugar Land,
Texas; and Charles William Maynes, Eursaia Foundation, Washington, D.C. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

HIGH-TECH WORKER SHORTAGE AND IMMIGRATION POLICY

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine
United States immigration policy with regard to labor market conditions
in high-technology industries, and the Administration's proposal to
raise the annual quota of H1-B visas, which enable skilled engineers to
enter the United States to work for American high-tech companies, after
receiving testimony from Raymond J. Uhalde, Acting Assistant Secretary
of Labor for Employment and Training; T.J. Rodgers, Cypress
Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, California; Michael Murray,
Microsoft Corporation, Robert I. Lerman, Urban Institute, both of
Washington, D.C.; Stephen H. Leven, Texas Instruments Incorporated,
Dallas, on behalf of the American Electronics Association; Kenneth M.
Alvares, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Palo Alto, California; Stephen
Director, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Peter R. Genereaux, Utah
Information Technologies Association, Midvale; Harris N. Miller,
Information Technology Association of America, Arlington, Virginia; and
John R. Reinert, Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers--United States of America, Colorado Springs, Colorado. 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Susan Graber, of Oregon, and Richard A. Paez, of
California, each to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth
Circuit, Sam A. Lindsay, to be United States District Judge for the
Northern District of Texas, Hilda G. Tagle, to be United States District
Judge for the Southern District of Texas, and Judith M. Barzilay, of New
Jersey, and Delissa A. Ridgway, of the District of Columbia, each to be
a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. D121Ms.
Graber was introduced by Senators Smith and Wyden, Mr. Paez was
introduced by Senators Feinstein and Boxer, Mr. Lindsay was introduced
by Senator Hutchison, Ms. Tagle was introduced by Senator Hutchison and
Representative Ortiz and Eddie Bernice Johnson, and Ms. Ridgway was
introduced by District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. 

                               [Page: D121]

QUALITY SCHOOL-AGE CARE

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine certain initiatives to mobilize school and community resources
to provide quality programs to address the needs of students during
non-school hours, including the Administration's proposed  expansion of
the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program designed to provide
funds to school-community partnerships to start up or expand
after-school, extended learning programs for school-age children, after
receiving testimony from Gerald N. Tirozzi, Assistant Secretary of
Education for Elementary and Secondary Education; Shepherd Smith,
Institute for Youth Development, Washington, D.C.; Sue Luck, Greater
Burlington YMCA, Burlington, Vermont; Brad Luck, Essex Teen Center,
Essex Junction, Vermont; Arthur W. Sheninger, Hatchery Hill School,
Hackettstown, New Jersey, on behalf of the National Association of
Elementary School Principals; Linda Childears, Young American's Bank,
Denver, Colorado, on behalf of the National Assembly of National
Voluntary Health and Human Welfare Organizations; and Thomas C. Frazier,
Baltimore City Police Department, Baltimore, Maryland, on behalf of
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids. 

BUDGET REQUESTS

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded oversight
hearings to review the strategic plan implementation, including the
budget requests for fiscal year 1999, after receiving testimony on
behalf of funds for their operations from Gary Sisco, Secretary of the
Senate; Gregory S. Casey, Senate Sergeant at Arms; and Alan M. Hantman,
Architect of the Capitol. 

INDIAN PROGRAMS BUDGET

Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings on the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 1999 for Indian programs,
receiving testimony from Kevin Gover, Assistant Secretary of the
Interior for Indian Affairs; Michael H. Trujillo, Assistant Surgeon
General, and Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and
Human Services; Jacqueline L. Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development for Native American Programs; W. Ron
Allen, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Sequin, Washington, on behalf of the
National Congress of American Indians; Chester Carl, Navajo Nation's
Housing Authority, Window Rock, Arizona, on behalf of the National
American Indian Housing Council; Julia A. Davis, Northwest Portland Area
Indian Health Board, Portland, Oregon; John Cheek, National Indian
Education Association, Alexandria, Virginia; and Buford Rolin, National
Indian Health Board, Denver, Colorado. 

Committee will meet again tomorrow. 

Joint Meetings

RADIO FREQUENCY WEAPONS

Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
proliferation and use of radio frequency weapons technology, and their
potential impact on United States infrastructure and economy after
receiving testimony from James F. O'Bryon, Deputy Director, Operational
Test and Evaluation Live Fire Testing, Office of the Secretary of
Defense; Ira W. Merritt, Missile Defense and Space Technology Center,
U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, Huntsville, Alabama; and R.
Alan Kehs, U.S. Army Research Laboratories, Adelphi, Maryland; and David
Schriner, Ridgecrest, California. 



1998/02/26
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 26, 1998,  pages D129 - D138

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Natural Resources Conservation
Service of the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony from James
R. Lyons, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, and
Thomas A. Weber, Acting Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service,
both of the Department of Agriculture, who were accompanied by several
of his associates. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 3. 

APPROPRIATIONS--STATE DEPARTMENT 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State,
and Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget
estimates D131for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of State,
receiving testimony from Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State. 

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Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 3. 

APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of
Defense, receiving testimony from John J. Hamre, Deputy Secretary of
Defense. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 4. 

APPROPRIATIONS--CAPITOL POLICE/SECRETARY OF THE SENATE/CBO 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Wilson
Livingood, House Sergeant at Arms, Gregory S. Casey, Senate Sergeant at
Arms, Alan M. Hantman, Architect of the Capitol, and Gary L. Abrecht,
Chief of Police, all on behalf of the Capitol Police Board; Gary Sisco,
Secretary of the Senate; and June E. O'Neill, Director, Congressional
Budget Office. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 12. 

APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Treasury and General
Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1999 for law enforcement programs of the Department of the Treasury,
receiving testimony from Raymond W. Kelly, Under Secretary for
Enforcement, John W. Magaw, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms, Lewis C. Merletti, Director, United States Secret Service,
Samuel Banks, Acting Commissioner, United States Customs Service, Ted F.
Brown, Assistant Commissioner for Criminal Investigation, Internal
Revenue Service, W. Ralph Basham, Director, Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, and William Baity, Deputy Director, Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network, all of the Department of the Treasury. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 5. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 1,078
military nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. 

EXPORT PROMOTION 

Committee on the Budget: Committee's International Affairs Task Force
concluded hearings to examine the success of the National Trade Strategy
from the perspective of international affairs funding, after receiving
testimony from David L. Aaron, Under Secretary of Commerce for
International Trade; JayEtta Z. Hecker, Associate Director,
International Relations and Trade Issues, National Security and
International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office; and Edmund
Rice, Coalition for Employment Through Exports, Inc., Washington, D.C. 

GLOBAL TOBACCO SETTLEMENT 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee resumed
hearings to examine the scope and depth of the proposed settlement
between States Attorneys Generals and tobacco companies to mandate a
total reformation and restructuring of how tobacco products are
manufactured, marketed, and distributed in America, focusing on those
provisions that would limit the liability of tobacco companies,
receiving testimony from Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore,
Jackson; Kansas Attorney General Carla J. Stovall, Topeka; Colorado
Attorney General Gale Norton, Denver; Stanley M. Chesley, Waite,
Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, on behalf of the
Castano Plaintiffs Litigation Committee; Eugene I. Pavalon, Chicago,
Illinois, on behalf of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Kris
W. Kobach, University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law, Kansas
City, Missouri; and Richard F. Scruggs, Scruggs, Millette, Lawson,
Bozeman & Dent, Pascagoula, Mississippi. 

Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 3. 

FAA MODERNIZATION 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Aviation concluded hearings to examine the Federal Aviation
Administration's plans to replace and upgrade the National Airspace
System's equipment and facilities to meet the increase in traffic
volume, enhance the margin of air safety, and increase the efficiency of
the air traffic control system, focusing on its problems in meeting
cost, schedule, and performance goals, after receiving testimony from
Jane F. Garvey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA;
Gerald L. Dillingham, Associate Director, Transportation Issues,
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General
Accounting Office; Margaret T. Jenny, US Airways, Arlington, Virginia;
and Phil Boyer, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Washington, D.C. 

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MEDICARE PRIVATE CONTRACTING 

Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on S. 1194, to amend title
XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the right of medicare
beneficiaries to enter into private contracts with physicians and other
health care professionals for the provision of health services for which
no payment is sought under the medicare program, receiving testimony
from Senators Kyl and Durbin; Representative Cardin; Nancy-Ann Min
DeParle, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Department
of Health and Human Services; Beatrice Braun, Spring Hill, Florida, on
behalf of the American Association of Retired Persons; Kent Masterson
Brown, United Seniors Association, Inc., Fairfax, Virginia; J. Edward
Hill, Tupelo, Mississippi, on behalf of the American Medical
Association; and William A. Reynolds, Missoula, Montana, on behalf of
the American College of Physicians. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

U.S. TRADE SANCTIONS IN ASIA 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific
Affairs held hearings to examine whether unilateral trade sanctions are
an effective tool of United States foreign policy in Asia, receiving
testimony from Frank D. Kittredge, National Foreign Trade Council, Inc.,
Ernest H. Preeg, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Ernest
Z. Bower, US-ASEAN Business Council, Inc., Arthur T. Downey, Baker
Hughes, Incorporated, on behalf of the National Association of
Manufacturers, and Douglas H. Paal, Asia Pacific Policy Center, all of
Washington, D.C. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

DRUG CERTIFICATION 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere,
Peace Corps, Narcotics and Terrorism held hearings to examine the
effectiveness of the certification process under the Foreign Service Act
used by the United States to assess how other nations cooperate in their
counternarcotics efforts, receiving testimony from Thomas A.
Constantine, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department
of Justice; John P. Walters, Philanthropy Roundtable, Washington, D.C.;
Richard B. Craig, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio; and Rensselaer W.
Lee III, Global Advisory Services, McLean, Virginia. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

MERIT SYSTEM PROTECTION ACT 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings on S.
1495, to strengthen the ability of the Office of Personnel Management to
obtain judicial review of a final order or decision of the Merit Systems
Protection Board within 60 days after receiving notice thereof, after
receiving testimony from Lorraine Lewis, General Counsel, Office of
Personnel Management; David M. Cohen, Director, Commercial Litigation
Branch of the Civil Division, Department of Justice; and Robert M.
Tobias, National Treasury Employees Union, and Mark D. Roth, American
Federation of Government Employees (AFL-CIO), both of Washington, D.C. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items: 

The nominations of M. Margaret McKeown, of Washington, to be United
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Thomas J. Umberg, of
California, to be Deputy Director for Supply Reduction, Office of
National Drug Control Policy, Randall Dean Anderson, to be United States
Marshal for the District of Utah, and Robert A. Miller, of South Dakota,
to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute; 

H.R. 1534, to simplify and expedite access to the Federal courts for
injured parties whose rights and privileges, secured by the United
States Constitution, have been deprived by final actions of Federal
agencies, or other government officials or entities acting under color
of State law; to prevent Federal courts from abstaining from exercising
Federal jurisdiction in actions where no State law claim is alleged; to
permit certification of unsettled State law questions that are essential
to resolving Federal claims arising under the Constitution; and to
clarify when government action is sufficiently final to ripen certain
Federal claims arising under the Constitution, with an amendment in the
nature of a substitute; 

S. 1605, to establish a matching grant program to help States, units of
local government, and Indian tribes to purchase armor vests for use by
law enforcement officers, with an amendment; 

S. 1244, to amend Federal bankruptcy law with respect to avoidance by
the trustee in bankruptcy of fraudulent transfers and obligations to
cite circumstances under which a transfer of a charitable contribution
to a qualified religious or charitable unit shall not be considered to
be fraudulent, and to prohibit the trustee from avoiding such charitable
contributions when acting as lien creditors and successor to certain
creditor and purchasers, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute; and 

S. Res. 181, expressing the sense of the Senate that on March 2, every
child in America should be in the company of someone who will read to
him or her. 

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ANTITRUST OVERSIGHT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights
and Competition held oversight hearings to review the state of antitrust
enforcement within the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice,
and proposals to improve international antitrust enforcement, including
increasing criminal fines for corporate price-fixing conspiracies,
receiving testimony from Joel I. Klein, Assistant Attorney General,
Antitrust Division, Department of Justice. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 4. 

MEDICAL CONFIDENTIALITY 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on
proposed legislation to protect the confidentiality of medical
information, including S. 1368, to provide individuals with access to
health information of which they are the subject, ensure personal
privacy with respect to personal medical records and health care-related
information, impose criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized use of
personal health information, and to provide for the strong enforcement
of these rights, after receiving testimony from Senators Bennett and
Leahy; Kathleen Sebelius, Kansas Department of Insurance, Topeka, on
behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; Janlori
Goldman, Georgetown University Medical Center, and Christine Brunswick,
National Breast Cancer Coalition, both of Washington, D.C.; Michael L.
Rhodes, Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, Utah; and Bonnie
Rogers, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on behalf of the American
Association of Occupational Health Nurses. 

TRIBAL PRIORITY ALLOCATIONS 

Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings to
examine Tribal Priority Allocation funding as contained in the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1999 for the Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony
from Kevin Gover, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian
Affairs; John Washakie, Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Fort Washakie, Wyoming, on behalf of the Shoshone Business
Council; Andrew L. Othole, Pueblo of Zuni, Zuni, New Mexico; Edward K.
Thomas, Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska,
Juneau; Bernida Churchill, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians, Onamia,
Minnesota; and James T. Martin, United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.,
Nashville, Tennessee. 

INTELLIGENCE 

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the
intelligence community. 

Committee will meet again on Wednesday, March 4. 

Joint Meetings 

VETERANS PROGRAMS 

Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the
legislative recommendations of certain veteran organizations, receiving
testimony from Elizabeth R. Carr, Blinded Veterans Association, Kenneth
C. Huber, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Jack Berman, Jewish War
Veterans, Louis C. Tebbe, Military Order of the Purple Heart, and
Charles R. Jackson, Non Commissioned Officers Association of the USA,
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1998/02/27
Daily Digest - Friday, February 27, 1998,  pages D140 - D146

Committee Meetings 

( Committees not listed did not meet ) 

BUDGET REQUESTS 

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings on budget
requests for fiscal year 1999, receiving testimony on behalf of funds
for their respective operations from Earl A. Powell III, Director,
National Gallery of Art; Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer, Government
Printing Office; and Daniel P. Mulhollan, Director, Congressional
Research Service, Library of Congress. 

Committee will meet again on Wednesday, March 4. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1998/03/02
Daily Digest - Monday, March 2, 1998,  pages D147 - D152

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

IRAQ 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs held hearings to examine the current situation in Iraq and
whether Saddam Hussein can be forced out of power, receiving testimony
from R. James Woolsey, former Director of Central Intelligence; Ahmed
Chalabi, Iraqi National Congress, London, England; and Zalmay Khalilzad,
Rand Corporation, and Richard N. Haass, Brookings Institution, both of
Washington, D.C. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1998/03/03
Daily Digest, Tuesday, March 3, 1998,  pages D153 - D162

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1999 for rural programs of the Department of
Agriculture, receiving testimony from Jill Long Thompson, Under
Secretary for Rural Development, Wally Beyer, Administrator, Rural
Utilities Service, Jan E. Shadburn, Administrator, Rural Housing
Service, Dayton J. Watkins, Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, and Robert Armstrong, Executive Director, Alternative
Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation, all of the
Department of Agriculture. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 10. 

APPROPRIATIONS--FBI/DEA/INS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State,
and the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Justice, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Louis
J. Freeh, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Thomas A.
Constantine, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Doris
Meissner, Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, all of
the Department of Justice. 

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. 

APPROPRIATIONS--DOE DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water
Development held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1999 for Department of Energy defense programs, receiving testimony from
Victor H. Reis, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 10. 

APPROPRIATIONS--IMF SUPPLEMENTAL 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held
hearings on proposed supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1998 for the International Monetary Fund, receiving
testimony from Robert E. Rubin, Secretary, and Lawrence H. Summers,
Deputy Secretary, both of the Department of the Treasury; and Alan
Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 17. 

APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for Army and
defense agency military construction programs, receiving testimony from
Alma B. Moore, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations,
Logistics & Environment); Brig. Gen. Gary W. Heckman, Director, Center
for Command Support, U.S. Special Operations Command; Frederick N.
Baillie, Executive Director, Resource, Planning and Performance
Directorate, Defense Logistics Support Command, Defense Logistics
Agency; Carolyn H. Becraft, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Personnel Support, Families and Education), Office of the Under
Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness); and Rear Adm. Tom
Carrato, USN, Chief Operating Officer, TRICARE Management Activity. 

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Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 10. 

AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings in open and
closed sessions on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal
year 1999 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense
program, focusing on the military strategies and operational
requirements of the unified commands, receiving testimony from Gen.
Wesley K. Clark, USA, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. European Command; Gen.
John H. Tilelli, USA, Commander in Chief, United Nations
Command/Combined Forces Command Korea, and Commander, U.S. Forces Korea;
and Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, USMC, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Central
Command. 

Committee will meet again on Thursday, March 5. 

AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower held hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on
the seapower threat-based force requirement, receiving testimony from
Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff; Adm. Donald L. Pilling, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations; and
Gen. Richard I. Neal, USMC, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 10. 

FINANCIAL REGULATORY RELIEF 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held
hearings on S. 1405, to provide for improved monetary policy and
regulatory reform in financial institution management and activities, to
streamline financial regulatory agency actions, and to provide for
improved consumer credit disclosure, receiving testimony from Laurence
H. Meyer, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Rex
Hammock, Hammock Publishing, Nashville, Tennessee, on behalf of the
National Federation of Independent Business; Cornelius D. Mahoney,
Woronoco Savings Bank, Westfield, Massachusetts, on behalf of the
America's Community Bankers; and Edward E. Furash, Furash & Company,
Washington, D.C. 

Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 10. 

GLOBAL TOBACCO SETTLEMENT 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee resumed
hearings to examine the scope and depth of the proposed settlement
between State Attorneys General and tobacco companies to mandate a total
reformation and restructuring of how tobacco products are manufactured,
marketed, and distributed in America, focusing on proposed restrictions
on the advertising, marketing and sale of tobacco products, receiving
testimony from Senator Mack; Robert Pitofsky, Chairman, Federal Trade
Commission; Michael P. Eriksen, Director, Office on Smoking and Health,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and
Human Services; Matthew L. Myers, Campaign for Tobacco-Free
Kids/National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids, and David C. Vladeck, Public
Citizen Litigation Group, both of Washington, D.C.; Richard A. Daynard,
Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts; David S.
Versfelt, Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York, New York, on
behalf of the Freedom to Advertise Coalition; and Martin Redish,
Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois. 

Hearings continue on Thursday, March 5. 

FOREST SERVICE BUDGET 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings
to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1999
for the Forest Service, after receiving testimony from Michael P.
Dombeck, Chief, Forest Service, and James R. Lyons, Under Secretary for
Natural Resources and Environment, both of the Department of
Agriculture, who were accompanied by several of their associates. 

ISTEA AUTHORIZATION 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee met and approved an
amendment to be offered as a floor amendment to the modified committee
amendment in the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 1676) to S. 1173,
to authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway safety
programs, and for mass transit programs (pending before the Senate). 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items: 

Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the accession of
Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. (These Protocols were opened
for signature at Brussels on December 16, 1997, and signed on behalf of
the United States and other parties to the North Atlantic Treaty (Treaty
Doc. 105-36); 

S. Con. Res. 60, expressing the sense of Congress in support of efforts
to foster friendship and cooperation between the United States and
Mongolia; 

                               [Page: D156]

S. Con. Res. 78, relating to the indictment and prosecution of Saddam
Hussein for war crimes and other crimes against humanity; 

S. Res. 174, to state the sense of the Senate that Thailand is a key
partner and friend of the United States, has committed itself to
executing its responsibilities under its arrangements with the
International Monetary Fund, and that the United States should be
prepared to ensure continued close bilateral relations; 

H.R. 1116, to provide for the conveyance of the reversionary interest of
the United States in certain lands to the Clint Independent School
District and the Fabens Independent School District; and 

The nominations of Robert T. Grey, Jr., of Virginia, for the rank of
Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States Representative
to the Conference on Disarmament, and three Foreign Service Officer
promotion lists. 

SOFTWARE INDUSTRY 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine the state
of competition in the computer software industry, focusing on market
power and structural change in the software industry and the role of
antitrust laws in high-technology industries, receiving testimony from
Bill Gates, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington; Scott McNealy,
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Palo Alto, California; James Barksdale, Netscape
Communications Corporation, Mountain View, California; Michael Dell,
Dell Computer Corporation, Round Rock, Texas; Douglas J. Burgum, Great
Plains Software, Fargo, North Dakota; and Stewart Alsop II, New
Enterprise Associates, Menlo Park, California. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

INFECTIOUS DISEASES 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Public Health
and Safety concluded hearings to examine how certain infectious diseases
are a continuing threat to the health of United States citizens and of
people around the world and the United States response to promote the
international effort to combat emerging diseases, after receiving
testimony from David Satcher, Assistant Secretary for Health/U.S.
Surgeon General, Anthony S. Fauci, Director, National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, and
Stephen Blount, Associate Director for Global Health, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, all of the Department of Health and
Human Services; David Brandling-Bennett, Pan American Health
Organization/World Health Organization, Washington, D.C.; Fredia S.
Wadley, Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville; Joan Baumback, New
Mexico Department of Health, Las Cruces; Herbert A. Pigman, Rotary
International, Evanston, Illinois; and Christopher J.L. Murray, Harvard
University School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

Joint Meetings

VETERANS PROGRAMS 

Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs concluded joint
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the
legislative recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States, after receiving testimony from John E. Moon, Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States, Washington, D.C. 



1998/03/04
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 4, 1998,  pages D164 - D174

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

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 1999 for the Department of Commerce, receiving
testimony from William M. Daley, Secretary, W. Scott Gould, Chief
Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration, and Mark
Brown, Director, Office of Budget, all of the Department of Commerce. 

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. 

APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of
Defense, focusing on Air Force programs, receiving testimony from F.
Whitten Peters, Under Secretary, and Gen. Michael E. Ryan, Chief of
Staff, both of the United States Air Force. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 11. 

AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on
policies of the industrial and technology base supporting national
defense, receiving testimony from John B. Goodman, Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense (Industrial Affairs and Installations); Lance A.
Davis, Deputy Director (Technology Transfer and Lab Management),
Department of Defense; and David E. Cooper, Associate Director for
Defense Acquisition Issues, General Accounting Office. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 12. 

MILITARY TRANSFORMATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland Forces held
hearings to examine certain military transformation initiatives,
focusing on the Joint Staff's implementation plan (Joint Vision 2010) to
promote innovation and change in the Department of Defense, including
developing information superiority, receiving testimony from Lt. Gen.
Frank B. Campbell, Director for Force Structure, Resources, and
Assessment; Lt. Gen. Douglas D. Buchholz, Director for Command, Control,
Communications, and Computer Systems, Joint Staff; Maj. Gen. George F.
Close, Director for Operational Plans and Interoperability; Gen. John J.
Sheehan, USMC (Ret.), former Commander, United States Atlantic Command;
and Gen. Robert W. RisCassi, USA (Ret.), Member, National Defense Panel. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

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AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel held hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on
recruiting and retention policies within the Department of Defense and
the military services, receiving testimony from Mark Gebicke, Director,
Military Operations and Capabilities Issues, General Accounting Office;
Frank M. Rush, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force
Management Policy; Lt. Gen. Frederick E. Vollrath, USA, Deputy Chief of
Staff for Personnel; Vice Adm. Daniel T. Oliver, USN, Chief of Naval
Personnel; Lt. Gen. Carol A. Mutter, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff for
Manpower and Reserve Affairs; Lt. Gen. Michael D. McGinty, USAF, Deputy
Chief of Staff for Personnel; Maj. Gen. Mark R. Hamilton, USA,
Commanding General, United States Army Recruiting Command; Rear Adm.
Barbara E. McGann, USN, Commander, Navy Recruiting Command; Maj. Gen.
Jack W. Klimp, USMC, Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruiting
Command; Col. Peter U. Sutton, USAF, Commander, Air Force Recruiting
Service; Beverly Schladt and David Moser, both Senior Evaluators,
General Accounting Office; Sgt. First Class Gregory W. Seibert, United
States Army; Aviation Administrator Second Class Jack D. Layne, and
Signalman Second Class Deanna M. Luna, both of the United States Navy;
Technical Sgt. Timothy C. Barber, United States Air Force; and Gunnery
Sgt. Paul A. Jornet, United States Marine Corps. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 11. 

DEFENSE DEPOT MAINTENANCE 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness concluded
hearings to examine the status of the bidding process between public and
private competitors over the disposition of the workloads currently
performed at Sacramento and San Antonio Air Logistics Centers identified
for closure during the 1995 base realignment and closure process, after
receiving testimony from Henry L. Hinton, Jr., Assistant Comptroller
General, National Security and International Affairs Division, Robert
Murphy, General Counsel, and Julia Denman, Assistant Director, Defense
Management Issues, all of the General Accounting Office; Jacques S.
Gansler, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology; Gen.
George T. Babbitt, Jr., USN, Commander, Air Force Materiel Command;
Darleen A. Druyun, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
(Acquisition and Management); Maj. Gen. Eugene L. Tattini, USAF,
Commander, Sacramento Air Logistics Center; Maj. Gen. Richard H.
Roellig, USAF, Commander, Ogden Air Logistics Center; Maj. Gen. Charles
H. Perez, USAF, Commander, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center; Maj. Gen.
James S. Childress, USAF, Commander, San Antonio Logistics Center; and
Maj. Gen. Richard N. Goddard, USAF, Commander, Warner Robins Air
Logistics Center. 

DOE BUDGET 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings
on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1999 for the
Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from Federico Pena,
Secretary of Energy. 

U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific
Affairs concluded hearings to examine the recent World Trade
Organization decision in the Eastman Kodak v. Fuji Photo Film dispute
and its implications for United States-Japan relations, after receiving
testimony from Susan G. Esserman, General Counsel, Office of the United
States Trade Representative; Ira Wolf, Kodak Japan Limited, Tokyo, on
behalf of the Eastman Kodak Company; and William H. Barringer, Willkie
Farr & Gallagher, on behalf of the Fuji Photo Film, Inc., Clyde V.
Prestowitz, Economic Strategy Institute, and Edward J. Lincoln,
Brookings Institution, all of Washington, D.C. 

NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
effectiveness of national drug control policies, after receiving
testimony from Barry R. McCaffrey, Director, Office of National Drug
Control Policy. 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPETITION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights,
and Competition held hearings on the implementation of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 and its goal to provide increased
competition to the telecommunications industry, focusing on Federal and
State coordination efforts with regard to the entry of the Regional Bell
Companies into interLATA long distance service, receiving testimony from
William E. Kennard, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission; Joel I.
Klein, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of
Justice; Jolynn Barry Butler, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio,
Columbus; Bert Roberts, MCI Communications Corporation, Washington,
D.C.; Royce Caldwell, SBC Communications, Inc., San Antonio, Texas; Jim
Robbins, Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; and William J.
Rouhana, Jr., WinStar Communications, Inc., New York, New D167York, on
behalf of the Association for Local Telecommunications Services. 

                               [Page: D167]

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS THREAT 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and
Government Information held joint hearings with the Select Committee on
Intelligence to examine the threat posed by the use of biological
weapons by terrorists, receiving testimony from Stephen M. Ostroff,
Associate Director for Epidemiologic Science, National Center for
Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Department of Health and Human Services; Col. David R. Franz, Deputy
Commander, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Ft. Detrick,
Maryland; and W. Seth Carus, Center for Counter Proliferation
Research/National Defense University, Washington, D.C. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS OPERATIONS 

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings on S.
1578, to require the Director of the Congressional Research Service to
make accessible to the public via the Internet all information available
through the CRS web site that is not confidential, including CRS issue
briefs, reports, and authorization or appropriations products, the
proposed budget request for fiscal year 1999 for the Library of
Congress, to review the Library's management operations, and its plans
for the Bicentennial observance in the year 2000, and proposed
legislation authorizing funds for the American Folklife Center of the
Library of Congress, receiving testimony from Senator McCain; James H.
Billington, Librarian of Congress; Donald L. Scott, Deputy Librarian of
Congress; William L. Kinney Jr., Chairman, American Folklife Center
Board of Trustees; and Alan Jabbour, Director, American Folklife Center. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1998/03/05
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 5, 1998,  pages D176 - D184

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the impact of global climate change on United States
agriculture and forests, focusing on an international agreement reached
in Kyoto, Japan in December 1997 to control greenhouse gas emissions
(Kyoto Protocol), and the President's proposed budget request for fiscal
year 1999 for climate change programs, after receiving testimony from
Senator Wyden; Stuart E. Eizenstat, Under Secretary of State for
Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs; Richard Rominger, Deputy
Secretary of Agriculture; Janet Yellen, Chair, Council of Economic
Advisers; Dean R. Kleckner, Rudd, Iowa, on behalf of the American Farm
Bureau Federation; Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense Fund, New York, New
York; Mary Novak, WEFA, Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts; and Marty
Strange, Randolph, Vermont, on behalf of the Center for Rural Affairs. 

APPROPRIATIONS--NOAA/SBA 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State,
and the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1999, receiving testimony in behalf of funds
for their respective activities from D. James Baker, Under Secretary of
Commerce for Atmosphere and Oceans/National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration; and Aida Alvarez, Administrator, Small Business
Administration. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 10. 

APPROPRIATIONS--EDUCATION/CAMPUS SECURITY 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Education,
receiving testimony from Richard W. Riley, Secretary of Education. 

Also, subcommittee concluded hearings to examine certain incidents of
crime on college campuses and efforts to strengthen the campus crime
reporting and disclosure provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965
and the Campus Security Act of 1990, after receiving testimony from
Senator Torricelli; David A. Longanecker, Assistant Secretary of
Education for Postsecondary Education; Howard K. Clery, Jr., Security On
Campus, Inc., King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; Jacob A. McKee, Lehigh
University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Stanley O. Ikenberry, American
Council on Education, and Delores Stafford, George Washington
University, both of Washington, D.C.; Michele Goldfarb, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Barbara R. Prentice, Centerville,
Massachusetts. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 10. 

                               [Page: D178]

AIRLINE COMPETITION 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings to examine certain barriers to competition in the
United States domestic airline industry, receiving testimony from
Patrick V. Murphy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation for
Aviation and International Affairs; John H. Anderson, Jr., Director,
Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development
Division, General Accounting Office; Paul S. Dempsey, University of
Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado, on behalf of Frontier Airlines,
Inc.; Mark S. Kahan, Spirit Airlines, Inc., Eastpointe, Michigan; and
Michael Boyd, Boyd Group, Evergreen, Colorado. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 2. 

APPROPRIATIONS--IRS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal
Service, and General Government held hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Internal Revenue Service,
receiving testimony from Charles O. Rossotti, Commissioner, Internal
Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 12. 

APPROPRIATIONS--FEMA/CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY
SERVICE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1999, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from James Lee Witt, Director, Federal Emergency Management
Agency; and Harris Wofford, Chief Executive Officer, Corporation for
National and Community Service. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 12. 

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
role of the Department of Defense in countering the transnational
threats of the 21st century, including terrorism, narco-trafficking, and
weapons of mass destruction, after receiving testimony from Walter B.
Slocombe, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Adm. Joseph W. Prueher,
USN, Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Command; Gen. Charles E.
Wilhelm, USMC, Commander-in-Chief, United States Southern Command; and
Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, USA, Commander-in-Chief, United States Special
Operations Command. 

COMMERCIAL SPACE ACT 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Science, Technology and Space concluded hearings on S. 1473 and H.R.
1702, bills to encourage the development of a commercial space industry
in the United States, after receiving testimony from Senators Allard and
Graham; John Barker, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State/Bureau of
Political-Military Affairs; Keith Calhoun-Senghor, Director, Office of
Air and Space Commercialization, Technology Administration, Department
of Commerce; Edward A. Frankle, General Counsel, National Aeronautics
and Space Administration; Gil I. Klinger, Acting Deputy Under Secretary
of Defense for Space; John Copple, Space Imaging, Thornton, Colorado;
Michael S. Kelly, Kelly Space and Technology, San Bernardino,
California; Robert Meuser, Kistler Aerospace, Kirkland, Washington; and
F. Michael Swiek, United States Global Positioning System Industry
Council, Washington, D.C. 

INTERIOR BUDGET 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings
on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1999 for the
Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from Bruce
Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior. 

BUSINESS MEETING 


Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee met and approved a report
of the committee on the special investigation of illegal or improper
activities in connection with the l996 Federal election campaign. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:

S. 1379, to require disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act
regarding certain persons, and disclose Nazi war criminal records
without impairing any investigation or prosecution conducted by the
Department of Justice or certain intelligence matters, with an amendment
in the nature of a substitute; 

S. Res. 171, designating March 25, 1998, as "Greek Independence Day: A
National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy''; and 

The nominations of Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be United States
Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Susan Graber, of Oregon, to be a
United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Sam A. Lindsey, to be
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Hilda
G. Tagle, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District
of Texas, Judith M. Barzilay, of New Jersey, and Delissa A. Ridgway,
each to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade,
and D179Brian Scott Roy, to be a United States Marshal for the Western
District of Kentucky. 

                               [Page: D179]

IMMIGRATION NATURALIZATION PROCESS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded
oversight hearings on activities of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service of the Department of Justice, focusing on Federal efforts to
improve the naturalization process of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service, after receiving testimony from Stephen R. Colgate, Assistant
Attorney General, Justice Management Division, Michael R. Bromwich,
Inspector General, and Cedric Lee, Special Agent, Immigration and
Naturalization Service (Honolulu, Hawaii), all of the Department of
Justice; Gary M. Ahrens, KPMG Peat Marwick, Dayton, Ohio; and William
Stan Hawthorne, Coopers & Lybrand, Chantilly, Virginia. 

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children and
Families concluded hearings to examine proposals to coordinate Federal
and State efforts to establish increased programs to provide after
school care for children, including S. 882, to improve academic and
social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during
after school hours, after receiving testimony from Senator Boxer;
Georgia State Senator Mary Margaret Oliver, Atlanta; Mayor Thomas M.
Menino, Boston, Massachusetts; Edward A. Flynn, Arlington County Chief
of Police, Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of Fight Crime: Invest in
Kids; James W. Horne, Jr., Bridgeport Youth Coalition and Bridgeport
Board of Education, Bridgeport, Connecticut; Eric Yonnie and Sharon
Jones, both of the Chinle Learning Center/ Navajo Nation, Chinle,
Arizona; Janet Frieling, School's Out Consortium/YWCA, Seattle,
Washington; and Cynthia Kiefer, Nashville, Tennessee. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1998/03/06
Daily Digest - Friday, March 6, 1998,  pages D185 - D192

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS: BOSNIA AND IRAQ

Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
legislation making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1998 for contingency operations in Bosnia and
Iraq, and for recovery from natural disasters in the Northeast,
California and Guam, after receiving testimony from William S. Cohen,
Secretary of Defense; and Gen. Hugh H. Shelton, USA, Chairman, Joint
Chiefs of Staff. 

TOBACCO SETTLEMENT: CIVIL LIABILITY

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on the civil
liability protection provisions of S. 1530, to resolve ongoing tobacco
litigation, to reform the civil justice system responsible for
adjudicating tort claims against companies that manufacture tobacco
products, and establish a national tobacco policy for the United States
that will decrease youth tobacco use and reduce the marketing of tobacco
products to young Americans, receiving testimony from Senator Conrad,
Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore, Jackson; Stanley M. Chesley,
Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; Richard D.
Hailey, Indianapolis, Indiana, on behalf of the Association of Trial
Lawyers of America; Colorado Attorney General Gale Norton, Denver; John
R. Garrison, American Lung Association, Washington, D.C.; D. Scott Wise,
Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York, New York. 

Hearings continue on Thursday, March 12. 

                               [Page: D187]

No Joint hearings noted.



1998/03/09
Daily Digest - Monday, March 9, 1998,  pages D194 - D198

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of
Government Management, Restructuring, and the District of Columbia
concluded hearings to examine the District of Columbia Public Schools'
efforts to repair school roofs during the D195summer of 1997, focusing
on the availability of funds and the cost of the fiscal year 1997
capital improvement program procurement process, after receiving
testimony from Gloria L. Jarmon, Director, Health, Education, and Human
Services Accounting and Financial Management Issues, Accounting and
Information Management Division, General Accounting Office; David L.
Cotton, Cotton & Company, Alexandria, Virginia; Joyce Ladner, Member,
District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance
Authority; Julius W. Becton, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, District of
Columbia Public Schools; and Taalib-Din Uqdah, Washington, D.C. 

                               [Page: D195]

JUVENILE RECORD KEEPING 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Youth Violence concluded
hearings to examine the effectiveness of the juvenile record keeping
requirement provisions of S. 10, to reduce violent juvenile crime,
promote accountability by juvenile criminals, and punish and deter
violent gang crime (pending on Senate calendar), after receiving
testimony from Charles W. Archer, Assistant Director, Criminal Justice
Information Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Department of Justice; Lewis Vass, Virginia Department of State Police,
Richmond; and Gary R. Cooper, Sacramento, California, and Robert R.
Belair, Washington, D.C., both on behalf of SEARCH/National Consortium
for Justice Information and Statistics. 

BABY BOOMERS' LONG-TERM CARE

Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
financial challenge for individuals and policy makers of meeting the
long-term care needs of the baby boom generation, focusing on how
retirement of the baby boomers will impact the demand for long-term
care, the ability of public budgets to provide those services, and the
projected retirement income of baby boomers, after receiving testimony
from William J. Scanlon, Director, Health Financing and Systems Issues,
Health, Education, and Human Services Division, General Accounting
Office; Mathew Greenwald, Mathew Greenwald & Associates, Inc., Janemarie
Mulvey and Barbara Stucki, both of the American Council of Life
Insurance, and Joshua M. Wiener, Urban Institute, all of Washington,
D.C.; Samuel Morgante, GE Capital Assurance Company, San Rafael,
California, on behalf of the Health Insurance Association of America;
Roger Auerbach, Oregon Department of Human Resources, Salem; Alan
Lazaroff, Centura Health, Denver, Colorado, on behalf of the National
Chronic Care Consortium; Mark J. Schulte, Brookdale Living Communities,
Inc., Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the American Seniors Housing
Association; and Lynda Gormus, Richmond, Virginia. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1998/03/10
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 10, 1998,  pages D199 - D208

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the current Federal crop insurance program and
proposals to improve the system, after receiving testimony from
Representatives Pomeroy and Collin Peterson; Dallas R. Smith, Deputy
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural
Services, on behalf of the Risk Management Agency; Ernest L. Ross,
American Association of Crop Insurers, Washington, D.C.; Robert E.
Fulwider, West Liberty, Iowa, on behalf of the Independent Insurance
Agents of America and the National Association of Crop Insurance Agents;
Dee Vaughan, Lone Star Corn Growers Association, Dumas, Texas, on behalf
of the National Corn Growers Association and the American Farm Bureau
Federation; and Phil Cyre, South Dakota Farmers Union, Hazel, South
Dakota, on behalf of the National Farmers Union. 

APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for
military construction programs, focusing on Air Force and Navy projects,
after receiving testimony from Robert B. Pirie, Jr., Assistant Secretary
of the Navy (Installations and Environment); Rear Adm. David Nash,
Chief, Naval Facilities Engineering Command; Brig. Gen. James M. Hayes,
Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics
(Facilities), United States Marine Corps; Rear Adm. John B. Totushek,
Deputy Director of Naval Reserve; Rodney A. Coleman, Assistant Secretary
of the Air Force (Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installations, and
Environment); Maj. Gen. Eugene A. Lupia, Civil Engineer, Deputy Chief of
Air Force Staff, Installations and Logistics; Maj. Gen. Paul A. Weaver,
Director, Air National Guard; and Brig. Gen. Ralph S. Clem, Deputy to
the Chief of Air Force Reserve. 

APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Food and Nutrition Service,
Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony from Shirley R. Watkins,
Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, Yvette Jackson,
Administrator, and Ronald J. Vogel, Associate Deputy Administrator,
Special Nutrition Programs, both of the Food and Nutrition Service, and
Dennis Kaplan, Deputy Director, Budget, Legislation, and Regulatory
Systems, all of the Department of Agriculture. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 17. 

CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON THE INTERNET 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State,
and the Judiciary and Related Agencies concluded hearings to review the
progress of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on-line investigation
into the scope of child pornography and sexual exploitation of children
on the Internet and to examine whether additional funding is necessary
to continue the project, after receiving testimony from Louis J. Freeh,
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; and
Ernest E. Allen, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children,
Arlington, Virginia.

APPROPRIATIONS--DOE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water
Development held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1999 for the Department of Energy, receiving testimony in behalf of
funds for their respective activities from Dan W. Reicher, Assistant
Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and Martha A.
Krebs, Director, Office of Energy Research, both of the Department of
Energy. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 26. 

APPROPRIATIONS--HHS 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Health and Human Services,
receiving testimony from Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human
Services. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 18. 

                               [Page: D201]

MEDICARE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education held hearings to examine the status of the
Health Care Financing Administration's efforts to establish
resource-based practice expenses under the Medicare physician fee
schedule as directed by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, receiving
testimony from Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, Administrator, Health Care
Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Neil
H. Brooks, Rockville, Connecticut, on behalf of the American Academy of
Family Physicians; Arthur L. Day, University of Florida, Gainesville, on
behalf of the Practice Expense Coalition; Timothy J. Gardner, University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, on behalf of the Society of Thoracic
Surgeons and the American Association for Thoracic Surgery; and Alan R.
Nelson, American Society of Internal Medicine, Washington, D.C. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower held hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on
littoral warfare missions in the 21st century, receiving testimony from
Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., USN, Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations for Resources; Major Gen. Edward Hanlon, Jr., USMC, Director
Expeditionary Warfare; Rear Adm. Daniel J. Murphy, Jr., USN, Director,
Surface Warfare; Rear Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., USN, Director,
Submarine Warfare; and Rear Adm. Dennis V. McGinn, USN, Director, Air
Warfare. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 17. 

FINANCIAL REGULATORY RELIEF 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
hearings on S. 1405, to provide for improved monetary policy and
regulatory reform in financial institution management and activities, to
streamline financial regulatory agency actions, and to provide for
improved consumer credit disclosure, after receiving testimony from
Laurence H. Meyer, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System; John D. Hawke, Jr., Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, and
Ellen Seidman, Director, Office of Thrift Supervision, both of the
Department of the Treasury; Andrew C. Hove, Jr., Acting Chairman,
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Utah Commissioner of Financial
Institutions G. Edward Leary, Salt Lake City, on behalf of the
Conference of State Bank Supervisors; Stephen A. Yoder, AmSouth Bank,
Birmingham, Alabama, on behalf of the American Bankers Association; E.
Lee Beard, First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Hazleton,
Hazleton, Pennsylvania; and Joseph S. Bracewell, Century National Bank,
on behalf of the Independent Bankers Association of America, Margot
Saunders, National Consumer Law Center, on behalf of the Consumer
Federation of America and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, and
Frank C. Torres, III, Consumers Union, all of Washington, D.C. 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nominations of Orson Swindle, of Hawaii, and Mozelle
Willmont Thompson, of New York, each to be a Federal Trade Commissioner;
Robert J. Shapiro, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of
Commerce for Economic Affairs, John Charles Horsley, of Washington, to
be Associate Deputy Secretary of Transportation, and Christy Carpenter,
of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Swindle was introduced by
Senators Inouye and Akaka, Mr. Thompson was introduced by Representative
Nadler, Ms. Carpenter was introduced by Senators Hutchison and Boxer,
Mr. Horsley was introduced by Senators Gorton and Murray and
Representative Dicks, and Mr. Shapiro was introduced by Senators
Lieberman and Moynihan. 

MONTAGNARD PEOPLE IN VIETNAM 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded