105th Congress
Unprinted Senate Hearings
January 1997 - December 1998
Unprinted as of December 7, 2001
** Hearings for 19970107
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee met in closed session
to consider pending committee business.
** Hearings for 19970128
Rules NOMINATION/ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING: ... committee
concluded hearings on the nomination of Mr. [Alan
M.] Hantman, [of New Jersey, to be Architect of the
Capitol.]
** Hearings for 19970129
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from
officials of the intelligence community.
** Hearings for 19970130
Rules FEC AUTHORIZATION/CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM: Com-
mittee held hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 for the
Federal Election Commission and on campaign finance
reform proposals, ...
** Hearings for 19970204
Rules COMMITTEE BUDGET REQUESTS: Committee held hearings
to receive testimony from Senators, as indicated,
in support of resolutions requesting funds for
operating expenses of their respective committees
for periods from March 1, 1997 through February 28,
1998, and from March 1, 1998 through February 28,
1999, ...
Hearings also held on 2/5, 2/6/97
** Hearings for 19970211
Armed Services BOSNIA: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the situation in Bosnia and the status of
United States military forces participating in the
Stabilization Force...
Veterans VFW PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House Committee on
Veterans' Affairs to review the legislative recom-
mendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States, ...
** Hearings for 19970213
Finance ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET: Committee continued hearings
to examine the Administration's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 1998, focusing on spending
proposals relating to Medicare, Medicaid and welfare,
...
Foreign NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nomination of Pete Peterson, of Florida, to be
Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, ...
** Hearings for 19970225
Energy FOREST LAND MANAGEMENT: Subcommittee on Forests and
Public Land Management held hearings on proposed
legislation to provide the Forest Service and the
Bureau of Land Management with the authority and
ability to manage their lands in accordance with the
principles of multiple use and sustained yield, ...
** Hearings for 19970226
Energy PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP: APPEALS AND
LITIGATION: Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land
Management met to receive testimony on the impact of
the proposed Public Land Management Responsibility and
Accountability Restoration Act on the administrative
and judicial appeals of land management decisions of
the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management
...
Hearings also held on 3/5, 3/6/97
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from
officials of the intelligence community.
** Hearings for 19970305
Rules BUDGET/OPERATIONS: Committee held oversight hearings
to review the budget and operations of the National
Gallery of Art and certain legislative offices, ...
** Hearings for 19970306
Energy ELECTRIC UTILITIES DEREGULATION: Committee held
oversight hearings to discuss proposals to advance the
goals of deregulation and competition in the electric
power industry, ...
Hearings also held on 3/13, 3/20/97
Foreign USIA 1998 BUDGET: Subcommittee on International
Relations Operations concluded hearings on the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 1998 for the
United States Information Agency and international
broadcasting, ...
Rules BUSINESS MEETING: ... committee concluded hearings on
S. Res. 39 [authorizing expenditures by the Committee
on Governmental Affairs ...]
Veterans VETERANS PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs Affairs and the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
concluded joint hearings to review the legislative
recommendations of certain veterans organizations, ...
** Hearings for 19970311
Governmental DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Senate Committees on Gov-
Affairs ernmental Affairs' Subcommittee on Oversight of
Government Management, Restructuring, and the
District of Columbia and Appropriations' Subcom-
mittee on the District of Columbia held joint hearings
with the House Committees on Government Reform and
Oversight's Subcommittee on the District of Columbia
and Appropriations' Subcommittee on the District of
Columbia to examine the financial condition of the
government of the District of Columbia, ...
Hearings also held on 3/13/97
** Hearings for 19970312
Rules SMITHSONIAN/WOODROW WILSON CENTER/KENNEDY CENTER:
Committee concluded oversight hearings to review the
operations of the Smithsonian Institution, the Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the John
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ...
** Hearings for 19970318
Foreign CHINA: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Relations concluded hearings to examine the future of China,
focusing on the effect the death of Deng Xiaoping will
have on Chinese domestic and foreign policies, ...
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee met in closed session to
receive a briefing on intelligence matters ...
** Hearings for 19970319
Appropriations APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE: Subcommittee
on Defense held closed hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1998 for defense intel-
ligence programs, ...
Veterans DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS: Senate Committee on
Affairs Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings with the
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the
legislative recommendations of the Disabled American
Veterans, ...
** Hearings for 19970320
Rules CRS/LOC: Committee concluded oversight hearings to
review the operations and budget of the Congressional
Research Service and the Library of Congress, ...
Veterans VETERANS' PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the
legislative recommendations of certain veterans
organizations, ...
** Hearings for 19970408
Foreign RUSSIA-NATO: Subcommittee on European Affairs
Relations concluded closed hearings to examine the Russia-Nato
relationship after the Helsinki Summit, ...
** Hearings for 19970409
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 4/10/97
** Hearings for 19970410
Foreign HONG KONG: Committee concluded hearings to examine
Relations United States law enforcement interests in Hong
Kong, ...
Also, committee concluded hearings to examine the
outlook for Hong Kong following its planned reversion
to China, focusing on the future of freedom,
democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Hong
Kong, ...
Rules SENATE ELECTIONS: Committee held hearings to review
certain petitions filed in connection with a contested
United States Senate election held in Louisiana in
November 1996, ...
Hearings also held on 4/15/97
** Hearings for 19970415
Foreign U.S.-JAPAN BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP: Subcommittee on
Relations East Asian and Pacific Affairs concluded hearings to
examine the United States' bilateral relationship
with Japan, ...
** Hearings for 19970416
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 4/17/97
** Hearings for 19970417
Governmental CHINESE ARMS PROLIFERATION: Subcommittee on Inter-
Affairs International Security, Proliferation, and Federal
Services concluded hearings in closed session to
examine China's proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction and related technologies, missile
delivery systems, and advanced conventional weapons,
...
** Hearings for 19970418
Foreign NOMINATION: On Friday, April 18, committee concluded
Relations hearings on the nomination of Thomas R. Pickering, of
New Jersey, to be Under Secretary of State for Poli-
tical Affairs, ...
** Hearings for 19970423
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
** Hearings for 19970424
Foreign HONG KONG: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific
Relations Affairs concluded hearings to examine United States
interests and policies toward Hong Kong, ...
** Hearings for 19970430
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
** Hearings for 19970501
Foreign NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nomination of Stuart E. Eizenstat, of Maryland, to be
Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and
Agricultural Affairs, ...
** Hearings for 19970508
Energy ELECTRIC UTILITIES DEREGULATION: Committee met to
further discuss proposals to advance the goals of
deregulation and competition in the electric power
industry, focusing on the effects of competition on
fuel use and types of fuel generation, ...
Hearings also held on 5/22, 6/12, 6/24/97
** Hearings for 19970514
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 5/15/97
Rules CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM: Committee held hearings to
examine the campaign finance system for Presidential
elections, focusing on the growth of soft money and
other effects on political parties and candidates, ...
** Hearings for 19970522
Energy COMMUNITY BASED FORESTRY: Subcommittee on Forests and
Public Land Management met to discuss the emerging
process of community-based forestry, or finding
community-based solutions to conflict resolution
in public land management, ...
Foreign CHINA MFN STATUS: Subcommittee on East Asian and
Relations Pacific Affairs held hearings on East Asian and
Pacific Affairs to examine whether the renewal of
China's most favored nation status is an appropriate
tool for the United States to use in trying to shape
the Chinese government's international and domestic
policy, ...
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
** Hearings for 19970603
Foreign U.S.-HONG KONG AGREEMENT: Committee concluded hearings
Relations on the Agreement Between the Government of the United
States of America and the Government of Hong Kong for
the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders signed at Hong
Kong on December 20, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105-3), ...
** Hearings for 19970619
Foreign GLOBAL CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS: Subcommittee on Inter-
Relations national Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion
concluded hearings to examine global climate change
issues, including S. Res. 98, expressing the sense
of the Senate regarding the conditions for the United
States becoming a signatory to any international
agreement on greenhouse gas emissions under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of
1992, and the United States negotiating position
during the multi-national conference to be held in
December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan, ...
** Hearings for 19970625
Veterans GULF WAR ILLNESSES: Committee resumed hearings to
Affairs examine the United States Government's response with
regard to the disclosure of information on the pos-
sible exposure of United States and allied troops to
chemical and biological weapons during the Persian
Gulf War and the handling of health care concerns of
U.S. veterans, focusing on a related General
Accounting Office report, ...
** Hearings for 19970626
Foreign GLOBAL CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS: Subcommittee on Inter-
Relations national Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion
resumed hearings to examine current international
negotiations intended to curb global greenhouse gas
emissions, focusing on United States economic and
science considerations, ...
** Hearings for 19970708
Foreign CONGO: Subcommittee on African Affairs held hearings
Relations to examine United States policy and the prospects
for a stable democracy with regard to recent develop-
ments within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ...
Foreign NORTH KOREA: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific
Relations Affairs concluded hearings on the future stability
of North Korea, ...
** Hearings for 19970709
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
on intelligence matters, ...
Rules SENATE ELECTIONS: Committee met in open and closed
sessions to receive a briefing on the status of the
investigation concerning petitions filed in connection
with a contested U.S. Senate election held in
Louisiana in November 1996 ...
Hearings also held on 9/18, 10/1/97
** Hearings for 19970710
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of Ralph Frank, of Washington, to be
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Nepal, John C. Holzman,
of Hawaii, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic
of Bangladesh, and Karl Frederick Inderfurth, of North
Carolina, to be Assistant Secretary of State for South
Asian Affairs, ...
** Hearings for 19970715
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of A. Peter Burleigh, of California, to be
the Deputy Representative of the United States to the
United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambas-
sador, David J. Scheffer, of Virginia, to be Ambas-
sador at Large for War Crimes Issues, Richard Sklar,
of California, to be Representative of the United
States to the United Nations for U.N. Management and
Reform, with the rank of Ambassador, Linda Jane Zack
Tarr-Whelan, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador
during her tenure of service as United States Repre-
sentative to the Commission on the Status of Women of
the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations,
James Franklin Collins, of Illinois, to be Ambassador
to the Russian Federation, Marc Grossman, of Virginia,
to be Assistant Secretary of State for European and
Canadian Affairs, John Christian Kornblum, of Mich-
igan, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of
Germany, Stephen R. Sestanovich, of the District of
Columbia, as Ambassador at Large and Special Adviser
to the Secretary of State for the New Independent
States, and Gordon D. Giffin, of Georgia, to be
Ambassador to Canada, ...
** Hearings for 19970716
Judiciary GLOBAL TOBACCO SETTLEMENT: Committee held hearings to
examine the terms and parameters of the proposed
Global Tobacco Settlement which will mandate a total
reformation and restructuring of how tobacco products
are manufactured, marketed and distributed in America,
focusing on its long-term impact on children and the
public health, and its legal and constitutional
ramifications, ...
Hearings also held on 7/30/97
** Hearings for 19970722
Foreign CENTRAL ASIA: Committee concluded hearings to examine
Relations United States foreign policy in the independent states
of the Caucasus and Central Asia, ...
Foreign NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nomination of Stanley O. Roth, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and
Pacific Affairs, ...
** Hearings for 19970724
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of David R. Andrews, of California, to be
Legal Adviser, Bonnie R. Cohen, of the District of
Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Management, Edward
William Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, to be Director General
of the Foreign Service, James P. Rubin, of New York,
to be Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, and
Wendy Ruth Sherman, of Maryland, to be Counselor, with
the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service,
all of the Department of State, and George R. Munoz,
of Illinois, to be President of the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation, United States International
Development Cooperation Agency, ...
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
** Hearings for 19970725
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of Maura Harty, of Florida, to be Ambas-
sador to the Republic of Paraguay, and James F. Mack,
of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Co-operative
Republic of Guyana, ...
** Hearings for 19970728
Governmental CAMPAIGN FINANCING: Committee met in closed session
Affairs to discuss certain issues with regard to the com-
mittee's special investigation on campaign financing.
** Hearings for 19970729
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of Philip Lader, of South Carolina, to be
Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, Felix George Rohatyn, of New York,
to be Ambassador to France, Keith C. Smith, of Cali-
fornia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania,
Richard Dale Kauzlarich, of Virginia, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, James W.
Pardew Jr., of Virginia, for the Rank of Ambassador
during his tenure of service as U.S. Special Repre-
sentative for Military Stabilization in the Balkans,
Anne Marie Sigmund, of the District of Columbia, to be
Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, and Daniel V.
Speckhard, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Belarus, ...
** Hearings for 19970904
Foreign CAMBODIA: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific
Relations Affairs concluded hearings to examine the current
political situation in Cambodia and the policy taken
by the United States in response to Hun Sen's seizure
of power in Cambodia, ...
Foreign NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nomination of Peter L. Scher, of the District of
Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure
of service as Special Trade Negotiator, ...
** Hearings for 19970908
Governmental NATIONAL DROUGHT POLICY: Subcommittee on Oversight of
Affairs Government Management, Restructuring, and the District
of Columbia concluded hearings on S. 222, to establish
an advisory commission to provide advice and recom-
mendations on the creation of an integrated, coor-
dinated Federal policy designed to prepare for and
respond to serious drought emergencies, ...
** Hearings for 19970910
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of Thomas J. Dodd, of the District of
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa
Rica, Donna Jean Hrinak, of Virginia, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of Bolivia, Edward E. Shumaker III, of
New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Trinidad and Tobago, and Curtis Warren Kamman, of the
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Colombia, ...
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee met in closed session to
receive a briefing on intelligence matters from
officials of the intelligence community.
** Hearings for 19970911
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of Susan E. Rice, of the District of
Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for
African Affairs, Brian Dean Curran, of Florida, to
be Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique,
Timberlake Foster, of California, to be Ambassador to
the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Tom McDonald, of
Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe,
Nancy Jo Powell, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Uganda, and Amelia Ellen Shippy, of
Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Malawi, ...
** Hearings for 19970917
Foreign CHINA POLICY ACT: Committee held hearings on S. 1164,
Relations to state a policy of the United States that engages
the People's Republic of China in areas of mutual
interest, promotes human rights, religious freedom,
and democracy in China and enhances the national
security interests of the United States with respect
to China, ...
Foreign INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION TREATY: Com-
Relations Committee concluded hearings on the Constitution and
Convention of the International Telecommunication
Union (ITU), with Annexes, signed at Geneva on
December 22, 1992, and amendments to the Constitution
and Convention, signed at Kyoto on October 14, 1994,
together with declarations and reservations by the
United States as contained in the Final Acts (Treaty
Doc. 104-34), ...
** Hearings for 19970918
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of Wyche Fowler, Jr., of Georgia, to be
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Martin S.
Indyk, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant
Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara
K. Bodine, of California, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Yemen, Robin Lynn Raphel, of Washington,
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia, and
Johnny Young, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the
State of Bahrain, ...
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Also, committee held closed hearings
on related intelligence matters, ...
** Hearings for 19970923
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of Corinne Claiborne Boggs, of Louisiana,
to be Ambassador to the Holy See, R. Nicholas Burns,
of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Greece, Thomas M.
Foglietta, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Italy,
and Mark Robert Parris, of Virginia, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of Turkey, ...
Veterans AMERICAN LEGION: Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs
Affairs and the House Committee on Veterans Affairs concluded
joint hearings to review the legislative recommen-
dations of the American Legion, ...
** Hearings for 19970924
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of Thomas S. Foley, of Washington, to be
Ambassador to Japan, Alphonse F. La Porta, of New
York, to be Ambassador to Mongolia, and Stephen W.
Bosworth, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Korea, ...
** Hearings for 19970925
Foreign TREATIES: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations Treaty of Maritime Boundaries between the United
States and the United Mexican States, signed at Mexico
City, May 4, 1978 (Treaty Doc. 96-6), the Protocol
Between the United States and Canada Amending the
1916 Convention for the Protection of Migratory Birds
in Canada and the United States, with a related
exchange of notes, signed at Washington on December
14, 1995 (Treaty Doc. 104-28), the Protocol Between
the Government of the United States and the Government
of the United Mexican States Amending the Convention
for the Protection of Migratory Birds and Game
Mammals, signed at Mexico City on May 5, 1997 (Treaty
Doc. 105-26), ...
Rules CAPITOL SECURITY: Committee held hearings to examine
the security needs of the United States Capitol
complex, ...
** Hearings for 19971001
Foreign ALGERIA: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian
Relations Affairs concluded hearings to examine the current
situation in Algeria, including recent human rights
violations, ...
** Hearings for 19971009
Foreign U.N. CLIMATE CHANGE TREATY: Subcommittee on Inter-
Relations national Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion
held hearings to examine the legally binding obli-
gations and impact on the United States economy of the
United Nations proposed climate change treaty which
will be negotiated in December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan,
...
** Hearings for 19971021
Budget EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION: Committee held hearings to
examine the economic and monetary union in Europe and
its implications for the United States economy, ...
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of Steven J. Green, of Florida, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore, Lange
Schermerhorn, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Djibouti, Brenda Schoonover, of Maryland,
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Togo, and William
H. Twaddell, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the
Federal Republic of Nigeria, ...
** Hearings for 19971022
Foreign AFGHANISTAN: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South
Relations Asian Affairs concluded hearings to examine the
current situation with regard to the ongoing war in
Afghanistan and its implications for the United
States, ...
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
** Hearings for 19971023
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of Daniel Fried, of the District of
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Poland,
Peter Francis Tufo, of New York, to be Ambassador to
the Republic of Hungary, Alexander R. Vershbow, of the
District of Columbia, to be United States Permanent
Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of
Ambassador, Thomas J. Miller, of Virginia, for the
rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as
Special Coordinator for Cyprus, David Timothy Johnson,
of Georgia, for the rank of Ambassador during his
tenure of service as Head of the United States
Delegation to the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, Kathryn Walt Hall, of Texas, to
be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria, and James
Carew Rosapepe, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to
Romania, ...
** Hearings for 19971024
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of Carolyn Curiel, of Indiana, to be
Ambassador to Belize, Victor Marrero, of New York, to
be the Permanent Representative of the United States
to the Organization of American States, with the rank
of Ambassador, Christopher C. Ashby, of Connecticut,
to be Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,
Timothy Michael Carney, of Washington, to be Ambas-
sador to the Republic of Haiti, and Stanley Louis
McLelland, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Jamaica, ...
** Hearings for 19971028
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of Richard Frank Celeste, of Ohio, to be
Ambassador to India, Shaun Edward Donnelly, of
Indiana, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently and
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the
Republic of Maldives, Edward M. Gabriel, of the
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom
of Morocco, Cameron R. Hume, of New York, to be
Ambassador to the Democratic and Popular Republic
of Algeria, Daniel Charles Kurtzer, of Maryland, to be
Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, James A.
Larocco, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the State of
Kuwait, and Edward S. Walker, Jr., of Maryland, to be
Ambassador to Israel. ...
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
** Hearings for 19971029
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of William Dale Montgomery, of
Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Croatia, Harriet C. Babbitt, of Arizona, to be Deputy
Administrator, Terrence J. Brown, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Administrator for Management, and Thomas H.
Fox, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant
Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination,
all of the Agency for International Development, Amy
L. Bondurant, of the District of Columbia, to be
Representative of the United States to the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,
with the rank of Ambassador, Kirk K. Robertson, of
Virginia, to be Executive Vice President of the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Joseph
A. Presel, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Uzbekistan, Stanley Tuemler Escudero, of
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Azerbaijan, B. Lynn Pascoe, of Virginia, for the rank
of Ambassador during his tenure of Service as Special
Negotiator for Nagorno-Karabakh, Steven Karl Pifer, of
California, to be Ambassador to Ukraine, Lyndon Lowell
Olson, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador to Sweden,
Gerald S. McGowan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to
the Republic of Portugal, Kathryn Linda Haycock
Proffitt, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Malta, James Catherwood Hormel, of California, to
be Ambassador to Luxembourg, and David B. Hermelin, of
Michigan, to be Ambassador to Norway, ...
** Hearings for 19971030
Rules SENATE STRATEGIC PLANNING: Committee held hearings
to examine a process for establishing goals and
objectives for the administrative functions of the
Senate, ...
** Hearings for 19971031
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of Mary Mel French, of the District of
Columbia, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the
rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service, Betty
Eileen King, of Maryland, to be Representative of the
United States on the Economic and Social Council of
the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador,
George Edward Moose, of Maryland, to be Representative
of the United States to the European Office of the
United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, Phyllis
E. Oakley, of Louisiana, to be Assistant Secretary of
State for Intelligence and Research, Nancy H. Rubin,
of New York, for the rank of Ambassador during her
tenure of service as Representative of the United
States on the Human Rights Commission of the Economic
and Social Council of the United Nations, and Julia
Taft, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant
Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and
Migration, ...
** Hearings for 19971106
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
** Hearings for 19980203
Foreign ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINE BANS: Committee held hearings
Relations to examine the military implications of certain
initiatives to prevent the United States from making
use of anti-personnel landmines,...
** Hearings for 19980212
Foreign ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS: Committee held hearings to
Relations examine the International Monetary Fund's role in the
Asia financial crisis,...
** Hearings for 19980224
Budget SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM: 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,...
** Hearings for 19980225
Foreign CASPIAN SEA OIL PIPELINE: Subcommittee on
Relations 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,...
Foreign NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations 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,...
Rules BUDGET REQUESTS: Committee concluded oversight
hearings to review the strategic plan implementation,
including the budget requests for fiscal year 1999,...
Hearings also held on 2/27/98
** Hearings for 19980226
Budget EXPORT PROMOTION: Committee's International Affairs
Task Force concluded hearings to examine the success
of the National Trade Strategy from the perspective
of international affairs funding,...
Foreign DRUG CERTIFICATION: Subcommittee on Western
Relations 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,...
Foreign U.S. TRADE SANCTIONS IN ASIA: Subcommittee on East
Relations Asia and Pacific Affairs held hearings to examine
whether unilateral trade sanctions are an effective
tool of United States foreign policy in Asia,...
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters,...
Veterans VETERANS PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the
legislative recommendations of certain veteran
organizations,...
** Hearings for 19980303
Veterans VETERANS PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans
Affairs 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,...
** Hearings for 19980304
Foreign U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS: Subcommittee on East Asian
Relations 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,...
Rules LIBRARY OF CONGRESS OPERATIONS: 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,...
** Hearings for 19980305
Armed Services INTERNATIONAL SECURITY: 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, ...
** Hearings for 19980311
Foreign MIDDLE EAST: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South
Relations Asian Affairs held hearings to examine recent
developments in the Middle East, focusing on the
Israel-PLO negotiating process and the role of the
United States in that process,...
** Hearings for 19980312
Foreign CHINESE NUCLEAR COOPERATION: Committee held closed
Relations hearings to examine certain intelligence issues
relating to Chinese nuclear cooperation with various
countries,...
** Hearings for 19980318
Foreign AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS TO ASIA: Subcommittee on
Relations International Economic Policy, Export and Trade
Promotion held hearings to examine the role of the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) in supporting United
States agricultural exports to Asia,...
** Hearings for 19980319
Appropriations INTELLIGENCE: Subcommittee on Defense held closed
hearings to review certain intelligence matters,...
Rules SMITHSONIAN/KENNEDY CENTER/WOODROW WILSON CENTER:
Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year
1999 and operations of the Smithsonian Institution,
the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,...
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters,...
Hearings also held on 3/25, 3/26/98
** Hearings for 19980324
Foreign INDONESIA: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific
Relations Affairs concluded hearings to examine the current
economic and political situation in Indonesia,...
** Hearings for 19980325
Foreign ECONOMIC SANCTIONS REFORM: Subcommittee on
Relations International Economic Policy, Export and Trade
Promotion held hearings on S. 1413, to provide a
framework for consideration by the legislative and
executive branches of unilateral economic
sanctions,...
Rules FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION: Committee concluded
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds
for fiscal year 1999 for the Federal Election
Commission,...
Veterans VETERANS' PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the
legislative recommendations of certain veterans'
organizations,...
** Hearings for 19980429
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held a closed business
meeting to consider intelligence matters.
Hearings also held on 4/30/98
** Hearings for 19980506
Indian Affairs TRIBAL SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY: Committee concluded
hearings on S. 1691, to provide for Indian legal
reform, focusing on the status of tribal sovereign
immunity and the role it plays to preserve the Federal
Government's protection of tribal self-government, and
its impact on Indian economic development, commercial
dealings, and taxation,...
** Hearings for 19980507
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of William Joseph Burns, of Pennsylvania,
to be Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,
and Ryan Clark Crocker, of Washington, to be
Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic,...
Foreign OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION: Subcommit-
Relations tee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade
Promotion concluded oversight hearings to examine the
operations of the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation in its implementation of foreign policy
investment and development priorities of the United
States Government,...
** Hearings for 19980513
Foreign TREATIES: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations Montreal Protocol No. 4 to Amend the Convention for
the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to
International Carriage by Air signed at Warsaw on
October 12, 1929, as amended by the Protocol done at
The Hague on September 8, 1955 (Treaty Doc. 95-2 B),
the International Convention for the Protection of New
Varieties of Plants of December 2, 1961, as Revised at
Geneva on November 10, 1972, on October 23, 1978, and
on March 19, 1991, and signed by the United States on
October 25, 1991 (Treaty Doc. 104-17), the Grains
Trade Convention and Food Aid Convention Constituting
the International Grains Agreement, 1995 signed by the
United States on June 26, 1995 (Treaty Doc. 105-4),
Convention on the International Maritime Organization
signed at Geneva, March 6, 1948 (the IMO Convention)
(Treaty Doc. 104-36), and Trademark Law Treaty done at
Geneva on October 27, 1994, with Regulations and
signed by the United States on October 28, 1994
(Treaty Doc. 105-35),...
** Hearings for 19980514
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters,...
** Hearings for 19980518
Foreign INDONESIA: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific
Relations Affairs concluded hearings to examine the political
situation in Indonesia and the United States response
to recent incidents of unrest,...
** Hearings for 19980519
Appropriations NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY: Subcommittee on Energy and Water
Development concluded hearings to examine the state of
advanced nuclear technologies, focusing on the
disposal of spent nuclear fuel from nuclear power
reactors, the future strategic direction for nuclear
energy and nuclear regulation, and the development of
the Gas Turbine-Modular Helium Reactor,...
** Hearings for 19980520
Foreign RUSSIAN POLICY: Subcommittee on European Affairs
Relations concluded hearings to examine Russian and domestic
policy issues and United States policy toward
Russia,...
** Hearings for 19980521
Foreign NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nomination of Jeffrey Davidow, of Virginia, to be
Ambassador to Mexico,...
** Hearings for 19980602
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee met in closed session to
consider pending intelligence matters, but made no
announcements, and recessed subject to call.
** Hearings for 19980604
Budget FEDERAL SPENDING ON INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS: Inter-
national Affairs Task Force concluded hearings to
examine United States Government resources supporting
American foreign policy goals and interests that fall
outside the international affairs budget category,...
Intelligence NATIONAL SECURITY: Committee held closed hearings on
the investigation of the impacts to United States
national security from advanced satellite technology
exports to China and Chinese efforts to influence U.S.
policy,...
Hearings also held on 6/5, 6/10/98
** Hearings for 19980609
Foreign TREATY--COMBATING BRIBERY OF FOREIGN OFFICIALS:
Relations Committee concluded hearings on the Convention on
Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in
International Business Transactions, adopted at Paris
on November 21, 1997, by a conference held under the
auspices of the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development, signed in Paris on December 17, 1997,
by the United States and 32 other nations (Treaty Doc.
105-43),...
** Hearings for 19980610
Foreign CAMBODIA: Committee resumed hearings on the
Relations investigation of the impacts to United States national
security from advanced satellite technology exports to
China and Chinese efforts to influence United States
policy,...
Judiciary [PRESIDENTIAL DECISION DIRECTIVE (PDD-63)] Also,
committee met to receive a briefing on the
Presidential Decision Directive (PDD-63) aimed at
countering attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure,
and the Department of Defense exercise known as
"Eligible Receiver" which simulated an attack on
government computers to test the security of their
system...
** Hearings for 19980611
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of E. William Crotty, of Florida, to be
Ambassador to Barbados, and to serve concurrently and
without additional compensation as Ambassador to
Antigua and Barbuda, to the Commonwealth of Dominica,
to Grenada, to St. Kitts and Nevis, to Saint Lucia,
and to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, John O'Leary,
of Maine, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chile,
and Arthur Louis Schechter, of Texas, to be Ambassador
to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas,...
** Hearings for 19980616
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of Shirley Elizabeth Barnes, of New York,
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar,
William Davis Clarke, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to
the State of Eritrea, Vivian Lowery Derryck, of Ohio,
to be Assistant Administrator for Africa, Agency for
International Development, George Williford Boyce
Haley, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of the Gambia, Katherine Hubay Peterson, of
California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of
Lesotho, Charles Richard Stith, of Massachusetts, to
be Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania, Paul
L. Cejas, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Belgium,
Eric S. Edelman, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Finland, Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel, of the
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Slovenia, Michael Craig Lemmon, of Florida, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, Rudolf Vilem
Perina, of California, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Moldova, Edward L. Romero, of New Mexico,
to be Ambassador to Spain and to serve concurrently
and without additional compensation as Ambassador to
Andorra, Cynthia Perrin Schneider, of Maryland, to be
Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and
Kenneth Spencer Yalowitz, of Virginia, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Georgia,...
** Hearings for 19980617
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters,...
Hearings also held on 6/24/98
** Hearings for 19980618
Foreign U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS: Subcommittee on East Asian and
Relations Pacific Affairs concluded hearings to examine recent
changes in congressional views of the bilateral
relationship between the United States and the
People's Republic of China, and H.R. 967, to prohibit
the use of United States funds to provide for the
participation of certain Chinese officials in
international conferences, programs, and activities
and to provide that certain Chinese officials shall be
ineligible to receive visas and excluded from
admission to the United States, H.R. 2358, to provide
for improved monitoring of human rights violations in
the People's Republic of China, H.R. 2386, to
implement the provisions of the Taiwan Relations Act
concerning the stability and security of Taiwan and
United States cooperation with Taiwan on the
development and acquisition of defensive military
articles, H.R. 2570, to condemn those officials of the
Chinese Communist Party, the Government of the
People's Republic of China, and other persons who are
involved in the enforcement of forced abortions by
preventing such persons from entering or remaining in
the United States, and H.R. 2605, to require the
United States to oppose the making of concessional
loans by international financial institutions to any
entity in the People's Republic of China,...
** Hearings for 19980624
Foreign ASIAN FINANCIAL CONDITION: Subcommittee on
Relations International Economic Policy, Export, and Trade
Promotion held hearings to examine the state of
certain Asian economies and currencies,...
** Hearings for 19980625
Foreign CHINA MISSILE PROLIFERATION: Committee held closed
Relations hearings to examine Chinese missile proliferation
issues,...
** Hearings for 19980715
Commerce ELECTRONIC COMMERCE: Committee concluded hearings on
S. 2107, to enhance electronic commerce by promoting
the reliability and integrity of commercial
transactions through establishing authentication
standards for electronic communications,...
** Hearings for 19980716
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of Hugh Q. Parmer, of Texas, to be
Assistant Administrator for Humanitarian Response,
Agency for International Development, Mary Beth West,
of the District of Columbia, for the rank of
Ambassador during her tenure of service as Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Fisheries and
Space, John Bruce Craig, of Pennsylvania, to be
Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, Theodore H.
Kattouf, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the United
Arab Emirates, Elizabeth Davenport McKune, of
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the State of Qatar,
David Michael Satterfield, of Virginia, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon, William B.
Milam, of California, to be Ambassador to the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan, James Howard Holmes, of
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia,
Steven Robert Mann, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of Turkmenistan, Richard Nelson Swett,
of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to Denmark, and
Melissa Foelsch Wells, of Connecticut, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia,...
** Hearings for 19980720
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of Richard E. Hecklinger, of Virginia, to
be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand, Charles F.
Kartman, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador
during his tenure of service as Special Envoy for the
Korean Peace Talks, and Kent M. Weidemann, of
California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of
Cambodia,...
** Hearings for 19980721
Rules NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Scott E. Thomas, of the District of
Columbia, David M. Mason, of Virginia, Darryl R. Wold,
of California, and Karl J. Sandstrom, of Washington,
each to be a Member of the Federal Election
Commission,...
** Hearings for 19980722
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of David G. Carpenter, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security,
and to be Director of the Office of Foreign Missions,
and to have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure
of service, Bert T. Edwards, of Maryland, to be Chief
Financial Officer, Department of State, and Jonathan
H. Spalter, of the District of Columbia, to be an
Associate Director (Bureau of Information) of the
United States Information Agency,...
** Hearings for 19980729
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters,...
** Hearings for 19980730
Environment NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Romulo L. Diaz, Jr., of the District
of Columbia, to be Assistant Administrator for
Administration and Resources Management, and J.
Charles Fox, of Maryland, to be Assistant
Administrator for Water, both of the Environmental
Protection Agency,...
** Hearings for 19980901
Judiciary COUNTER-TERRORISM: Subcommittee on Technology,
Terrorism, and Government Information met in closed
session to receive a briefing on the recent bombings
of the American embassies in Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam
and the United States response...
** Hearings for 19980902
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters,...
Hearings also held on 9/9, 9/16, 9/23/98
** Hearings for 19980910
Environment NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Terrence L. Bracy, of Virginia, to be a
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall
Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental
Policy, and Norine E. Noonan, of Florida, to be
Assistant Administrator for Research and Development
of the Environmental Protection Agency,...
Foreign WIPO COPYRIGHT TREATIES: Committee concluded hearings
Relations on the World Intellectual Property Organization
Copyright Treaty and the World Intellectual Property
Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty, done
at Geneva on December 20, 1996, and signed by the
United States on April 12, 1997 (Treaty Doc.
105-17),...
** Hearings for 19980915
Foreign RUSSIA: Subcommittee on European Affairs concluded
Relations hearings to examine policy options for the United
States with regard to the current economic and
political situation in Russia,...
** Hearings for 19980916
Rules DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING/CAPITOL DOME]:
..., committee held hearings to examine issues with
regard to the proposed renovation of the Dirksen
Senate Office Building and United States Capitol
dome,...
** Hearings for 19980922
Commerce NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Linwood Holton, of Virginia, and Amy M.
Rosen, of New Jersey, each to be a Member of the
Reform Board (AMTRAK),...
** Hearings for 19980923
Armed Services NORTH KOREA: Committee concluded closed hearings to
examine North Korea's ballistic missile and weapons of
mass destruction programs,...
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of Richard Henry Jones, of Nebraska, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Robert
Patrick John Finn, of New York, to be Ambassador to
the Republic of Tajikistan, John Shattuck, of
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic,
and Michael J. Sullivan, of Wyoming, to be Ambassador
to Ireland,...
** Hearings for 19980924
Rules CAPITOL SECURITY: Committee held closed hearings to
examine United States Capitol security issues,...
Hearings also held on 9/25, 10/1/98 (closed)
** Hearings for 19980925
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of Robert C. Randolph, of Washington, to
be Assistant Administrator for Asia and Near East
Affairs, Agency for International Development, B. Lynn
Pascoe, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Malaysia, and
Diane Edith Watson, of California, to be Ambassador to
the Federated States of Micronesia,...
** Hearings for 19980929
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of Simon Ferro, of Florida, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, and R. Rand
Beers, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant
Secretary of State for International Narcotics and
Law Enforcement Affairs,...
** Hearings for 19981001
Environment NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
the nominations of Greta Joy Dicus, of Arkansas, and
Jeffrey S. Merrifield, of New Hampshire, each to be a
Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,...
** Hearings for 19981002
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of C. Donald Johnson, Jr., of Georgia, for
the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as
Chief Textile Negotiator, and Frank E. Loy, of the
District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Global
Affairs, both of the Department of State,...
** Hearings for 19981005
Foreign START TREATY COMPLIANCE: Committee concluded closed
Relations hearings to examine START Treaty compliance
issues,...
** Hearings for 19981006
Veterans AMERICAN LEGION: Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs
Affairs Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House
Committee on Veterans Affairs to examine the
legislative recommendations of the American Legion,...
** Hearings for 19981007
Environment NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Isadore Rosenthal, of Pennsylvania, and
Andrea Kidd Taylor, of Michigan, each to be a Member
of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board,
and William Clifford Smith, of Louisiana, to be a
Member of the Mississippi River Commission,...
Foreign NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
Relations nominations of William B. Bader, of New Jersey, to be
Associate Director for Educational and Cultural
Affairs, United States Information Agency, Harold
Hongju Koh, of Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary
of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and
C. David Welch, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary
of State for International Organization Affairs,...
** Hearings for 19981008
Environment NOMINATIONS: ..., committee concluded hearings on
the nomination of Mr. [Robert W.] Perciasepe, [of
Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator for Air and
Radiation of the Environmental Protection Agency]...
Foreign AFGHANISTAN: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South
Relations Asian Affairs concluded hearings to examine recent
events in Afghanistan,...
Intelligence INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters,...
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