105th Congress
Unprinted Senate Hearings by Title
January 1997 - December 1998
Unprinted as of December 7, 2001
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, ...
Finance 19970213
AFGHANISTAN: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
concluded hearings to examine the current situation with regard to
the ongoing war in Afghanistan and its implications for the United
States, ...
Foreign Relations 19971022
AFGHANISTAN: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
concluded hearings to examine recent events in Afghanistan,...
Foreign Relations 19981008
AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS TO ASIA: Subcommittee on 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,...
Foreign Relations 19980318
ALGERIA: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
concluded hearings to examine the current situation in Algeria,
including recent human rights violations, ...
Foreign Relations 19971001
AMERICAN LEGION: Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs and the House
Committee on Veterans Affairs concluded joint hearings to review the
legislative recommendations of the American Legion, ...
Veterans Affairs 19970923
AMERICAN LEGION: Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs concluded joint
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to examine the
legislative recommendations of the American Legion,...
Veterans Affairs 19981006
ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINE BANS: Committee held hearings to examine the
military implications of certain initiatives to prevent the United
States from making use of anti-personnel landmines,...
Foreign Relations 19980203
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE: Subcommittee on Defense held
closed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998
for defense intelligence programs, ...
Appropriations 19970319
ASIAN FINANCIAL CONDITION: Subcommittee on International Economic
Policy, Export, and Trade Promotion held hearings to examine the
state of certain Asian economies and currencies,...
Foreign Relations 19980624
ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS: Committee held hearings to examine the
International Monetary Fund's role in the Asia financial crisis,...
Foreign Relations 19980212
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...
Armed Services 19970211
BUDGET/OPERATIONS: Committee held oversight hearings to review the
budget and operations of the National Gallery of Art and certain
legislative offices, ...
Rules 19970305
BUDGET REQUESTS: Committee concluded oversight hearings to review
the strategic plan implementation, including the budget requests
for fiscal year 1999,...
Rules 19980225
Hearings also held on 2/27/98.
BUSINESS MEETING: ... committee concluded hearings on S. Res. 39
[authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Governmental Affairs
...]
Rules 19970306
CAMBODIA: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 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 Relations 19970904
CAMBODIA: Committee resumed hearings on the investigation of the
impacts to United States national security from advanced satellite
technology exports to China and Chinese efforts to influence United
States policy,...
Foreign Relations 19980610
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, ...
Rules 19970514
CAMPAIGN FINANCING: Committee met in closed session to discuss
certain issues with regard to the committee's special investigation
on campaign financing.
Governmental Affairs 19970728
CAPITOL SECURITY: Committee held hearings to examine the security
needs of the United States Capitol complex, ...
Rules 19970925
CAPITOL SECURITY: Committee held closed hearings to examine United
States Capitol security issues,...
Rules 19980924
Hearings also held on 9/25, 10/1/98 (closed).
CASPIAN SEA OIL PIPELINE: 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,...
Foreign Relations 19980225
CENTRAL ASIA: Committee concluded hearings to examine United States
foreign policy in the independent states of the Caucasus and Central
Asia, ...
Foreign Relations 19970722
CHINA: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs 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, ...
Foreign Relations 19970318
CHINA MFN STATUS: Subcommittee on East Asian and 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 govern-
ment's international and domestic policy, ...
Foreign Relations 19970522
CHINA MISSILE PROLIFERATION: Committee held closed hearings to
examine Chinese missile proliferation issues,...
Foreign Relations 19980625
CHINA POLICY ACT: Committee held hearings on S. 1164, 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 Relations 19970917
CHINESE ARMS PROLIFERATION: Subcommittee on 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, ...
Governmental Affairs 19970417
CHINESE NUCLEAR COOPERATION: Committee held closed hearings to
examine certain intelligence issues relating to Chinese nuclear
cooperation with various countries,...
Foreign Relations 19980312
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, ...
Rules 19970204
Hearings also held on 2/5, 2/6/97
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, ...
Energy 19970522
CONGO: Subcommittee on African Affairs held hearings to examine
United States policy and the prospects for a stable democracy
with regard to recent developments within the Democratic Republic
of the Congo, ...
Foreign Relations 19970708
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...
Judiciary 19980901
CRS/LOC: Committee concluded oversight hearings to review the
operations and budget of the Congressional Research Service and
the Library of Congress, ...
Rules 19970320
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,...
Rules 19980916
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
concluded joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans'
Affairs to review the legislative recommendations of the Disabled
American Veterans, ...
Veterans Affairs 19970319
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Senate Committees on Governmental Affairs'
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring,
and the District of Columbia and Appropriations' Subcommittee 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, ...
Governmental Affairs 19970311
Hearings also held on 3/13/97
DRUG CERTIFICATION: 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,...
Foreign Relations 19980226
ECONOMIC SANCTIONS REFORM: Subcommittee on 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,...
Foreign Relations 19980325
ELECTRIC UTILITIES DEREGULATION: Committee held oversight hearings to
discuss proposals to advance the goals of deregulation and
competition in the electric power industry, ...
Energy 19970306
Hearings also held on 3/13, 3/20/97
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, ...
Energy 19970508
Hearings also held on 5/22, 6/12, 6/24/97
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,...
Commerce 19980715
EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION: Committee held hearings to examine the
economic and monetary union in Europe and its implications for the
United States economy, ...
Budget 19971021
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,...
Budget 19980226
FEC AUTHORIZATION/CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM: Committee held hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 for the
Federal Election Commission and on campaign finance reform
proposals, ...
Rules 19970130
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the Federal
Election Commission,...
Rules 19980325
FEDERAL SPENDING ON INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS: International 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,...
Budget 19980604
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, ...
Energy 19970225
GLOBAL CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS: Subcommittee on International 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, ...
Foreign Relations 19970619
GLOBAL CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS: Subcommittee on International 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, ...
Foreign Relations 19970626
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, ...
Judiciary 19970716
Hearings also held on 7/30/97
GULF WAR ILLNESSES: Committee resumed hearings to examine the United
States Government's response with regard to the disclosure of
information on the possible 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, ...
Veterans Affairs 19970625
HONG KONG: Committee concluded hearings to examine 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, ...
Foreign Relations 19970410
HONG KONG: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs concluded
hearings to examine United States interests and policies toward
Hong Kong, ...
Foreign Relations 19970424
INDONESIA: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs concluded
hearings to examine the current economic and political situation in
Indonesia,...
Foreign Relations 19980324
INDONESIA: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs concluded
hearings to examine the political situation in Indonesia and the
United States response to recent incidents of unrest,...
Foreign Relations 19980518
INTELLIGENCE: Subcommittee on Defense held closed hearings to review
certain intelligence matters,...
Appropriations 19980319
INTELLIGENCE: Committee met in closed session to consider pending
committee business.
Intelligence 19970107
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 19970129
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 19970226
INTELLIGENCE: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing
on intelligence matters ...
Intelligence 19970318
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 19970409
Hearings also held on 4/10/97
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 19970416
Hearings also held on 4/17/97
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 19970423
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 19970430
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 19970514
Hearings also held on 5/15/97
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 19970522
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 19970709
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 19970724
INTELLIGENCE: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing
on intelligence matters ...
Intelligence 19970910
INTELLIGENCE: Also, committee held closed hearings on related
intelligence matters, ...
Intelligence 19970918
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 19971022
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 19971028
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters,
...
Intelligence 19971106
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence
matters,...
Intelligence 19980226
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence
matters,...
Intelligence 19980319
Hearings also held on 3/25, 3/26/98.
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held a closed business meeting to consider
intelligence matters.
Intelligence 19980429
Hearings also held on 4/30/98.
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence
matters,...
Intelligence 19980514
INTELLIGENCE: Committee met in closed session to consider pending
intelligence matters, but made no announcements, and recessed
subject to call.
Intelligence 19980602
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence
matters,...
Intelligence 19980617
Hearings also held on 6/24/98.
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence
matters,...
Intelligence 19980729
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence
matters,...
Intelligence 19980902
Hearings also held on 9/9, 9/16, 9/23/98.
INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence
matters,...
Intelligence 19981008
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, ...
Armed Services 19980305
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION TREATY: 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), ...
Foreign Relations 19970917
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,...
Rules 19980304
MIDDLE EAST: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 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,...
Foreign Relations 19980311
NATIONAL DROUGHT POLICY: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring, and the District of Columbia concluded
hearings on S. 222, to establish an advisory commission to provide
advice and recommendations on the creation of an integrated,
coordinated Federal policy designed to prepare for and respond to
serious drought emergencies, ...
Governmental Affairs 19970908
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,...
Intelligence 19980604
Hearings also held on 6/5, 6/10/98.
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),...
Commerce 19980922
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,...
Environment 19980730
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,...
Environment 19980910
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on 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,...
Environment 19981001
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,...
Environment 19981007
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]...
Environment 19981008
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Pete
Peterson, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam, ...
Foreign Relations 19970213
NOMINATION: On Friday, April 18, committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Thomas R. Pickering, of New Jersey, to be Under
Secretary of State for Political Affairs, ...
Foreign Relations 19970418
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Stuart
E. Eizenstat, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of State for
Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, ...
Foreign Relations 19970501
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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, ...
Foreign Relations 19970710
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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
Ambassador, David J. Scheffer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 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 Representative 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 Ambas-
sador to the Russian Federation, Marc Grossman, of Virginia, to
be Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs,
John Christian Kornblum, of Michigan, 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, ...
Foreign Relations 19970715
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Stanley
O. Roth, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for East
Asian and Pacific Affairs, ...
Foreign Relations 19970722
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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, ...
Foreign Relations 19970724
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Maura
Harty, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay, and
James F. Mack, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Co-operative
Republic of Guyana, ...
Foreign Relations 19970725
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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
California, 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
Representative 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, ...
Foreign Relations 19970729
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Peter
L. Scher, of the District of Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador
during his tenure of service as Special Trade Negotiator, ...
Foreign Relations 19970904
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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, ...
Foreign Relations 19970910
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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, ...
Foreign Relations 19970911
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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, ...
Foreign Relations 19970918
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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, ...
Foreign Relations 19970923
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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, ...
Foreign Relations 19970924
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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,
...
Foreign Relations 19971021
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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, ...
Foreign Relations 19971023
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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 Ambas-
sador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Timothy Michael Carney,
of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti, and
Stanley Louis McLelland, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Jamaica, ...
Foreign Relations 19971024
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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. ...
Foreign Relations 19971028
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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, ...
Foreign Relations 19971029
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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 Ambas-
sador 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, ...
Foreign Relations 19971031
NOMINATION: 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,...
Foreign Relations 19980225
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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 Relations 19980507
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Jeffrey
Davidow, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Mexico,...
Foreign Relations 19980521
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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,...
Foreign Relations 19980611
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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,...
Foreign Relations 19980616
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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,...
Foreign Relations 19980716
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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,...
Foreign Relations 19980720
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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,...
Foreign Relations 19980722
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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,...
Foreign Relations 19980923
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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,...
Foreign Relations 19980925
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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,...
Foreign Relations 19980929
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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,...
Foreign Relations 19981002
NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the 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,...
Foreign Relations 19981007
NOMINATION/ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING: ... committee concluded hearings
on the nomination of Mr. [Alan M.] Hantman, [of New Jersey, to be
Architect of the Capitol.]
Rules 19970128
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,...
Rules 19980721
NORTH KOREA: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs concluded
hearings on the future stability of North Korea, ...
Foreign Relations 19970708
NORTH KOREA: Committee concluded closed hearings to examine North
Korea's ballistic missile and weapons of mass destruction
programs,...
Armed Services 19980923
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,...
Appropriations 19980519
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION: Subcommittee on Inter-
national 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,...
Foreign Relations 19980507
[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...
Judiciary 19980610
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 ...
Energy 19970226
Hearings also held on 3/5, 3/6/97
RUSSIA: Subcommittee on European Affairs concluded hearings to
examine policy options for the United States with regard to the
current economic and political situation in Russia,...
Foreign Relations 19980915
RUSSIA-NATO: Subcommittee on European Affairs concluded closed
hearings to examine the Russia-Nato relationship after the Helsinki
Summit, ...
Foreign Relations 19970408
RUSSIAN POLICY: Subcommittee on European Affairs concluded hearings
to examine Russian and domestic policy issues and United States
policy toward Russia,...
Foreign Relations 19980520
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, ...
Rules 19970410
Hearings also held on 4/15/97
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 ...
Rules 19970709
Hearings also held on 9/18, 10/1/97
SENATE STRATEGIC PLANNING: Committee held hearings to examine a
process for establishing goals and objectives for the administrative
functions of the Senate, ...
Rules 19971030
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,...
Rules 19980319
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, ...
Rules 19970312
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,...
Budget 19980224
START TREATY COMPLIANCE: Committee concluded closed hearings to
examine START Treaty compliance issues,...
Foreign Relations 19981005
TREATIES: Committee concluded hearings on the 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), ...
Foreign Relations 19970925
TREATIES: Committee concluded hearings on the 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),...
Foreign Relations 19980513
TREATY--COMBATING BRIBERY OF FOREIGN OFFICIALS: 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),...
Foreign Relations 19980609
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,..
Indian Affairs 19980506
U.N. CLIMATE CHANGE TREATY: Subcommittee on International Economic
Policy, Export and Trade Promotion held hearings to examine the
legally binding obligations 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, ...
Foreign Relations 19971009
U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS: Subcommittee on East Asian and 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,...
Foreign Relations 19980618
U.S.-HONG KONG AGREEMENT: Committee concluded hearings on the Agree-
ment 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), ...
Foreign Relations 19970603
U.S.-JAPAN BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP: Subcommittee on East Asian and
Pacific Affairs concluded hearings to examine the United States'
bilateral relationship with Japan, ...
Foreign Relations 19970415
U.S.-JAPAN 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,...
Foreign Relations 19980304
USIA 1998 BUDGET: Subcommittee on International Operations concluded
hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year
1998 for the United States Information Agency and international
broadcasting, ...
Foreign Relations 19970306
U.S. TRADE SANCTIONS IN ASIA: 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,...
Foreign Relations 19980226
VETERANS PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings to
review the legislative recommendations of certain veterans
organizations, ...
Veterans Affairs 19970306
VETERANS' PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded
joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to
examine the legislative recommendations of certain veterans
organizations, ...
Veterans Affairs 19970320
VETERANS PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded
joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to
examine the legislative recommendations of certain veteran
organizations,...
Veterans Affairs 19980226
VETERANS PROGRAMS: 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,...
Veterans Affairs 19980303
VETERANS' PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded
joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to
examine the legislative recommendations of certain veterans'
organizations,...
Veterans Affairs 19980325
VFW PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review
the legislative recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of
the United States, ...
Veterans Affairs 19970211
WIPO COPYRIGHT TREATIES: Committee concluded hearings 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),...
Foreign Relations 19980910
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