[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 22, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D794-D796]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CLEAN AIR REGULATIONS AND AGRICULTURE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the impact of Environmental Protection Agency 
revisions to the national ambient air quality standards for ground-
level ozone and particulate matter on the agriculture industry, after 
receiving testimony from Carol M. Browner, Administrator, Environmental 
Protection

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Agency; Phillip J. Wakelyn, National Cotton Council of America, on 
behalf of the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Air Quality Task 
Force, and Adam J. Sharp, American Farm Bureau Federation, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Robert C. Junk, Jr., Pennsylvania Farmers Union, 
Harrisburg, on behalf of the National Farmers Union.
APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION/INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  An original bill (S. 1048) making appropriations for the Department 
of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1998; and
  H.R. 2107, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 
with amendments.
APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education and Related Agencies approved for full 
committee consideration an original bill making appropriations for the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998.
FEDERAL MASS TRANSIT PROGRAM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the importance of the Federal mass transit program 
and proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act, after receiving testimony from Gordon J. 
Linton, Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, Department of 
Transportation; Derick Berlage, Montgomery County, Maryland, on behalf 
of the National Association of Counties; John P. Poorman, Capital 
District Transportation Committee/Metropolitan Planning Organization, 
Albany, New York, on behalf of the Association of Metropolitan Planning 
Organizations; Edward Wytkind, Transportation Trades Department/AFL-
CIO, William Millar, American Public Transit Association, Barbara 
Singleton, Community Transportation Association of America, Hank 
Dittmar, Surface Transportation Policy Project, Bernice Shepard, 
American Association of Retired Persons, and Nancy J. Smith, Project 
ACTION/National Easter Seals Society, all of Washington, D.C.; and 
Eugene J. Berardi, Jr., Adirondack Trailways, Kingston, New York, on 
behalf of the American Bus Association.
WARD VALLEY LAND TRANSFER
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings to 
examine the Department of the Interior's review of the proposed 
transfer of federal land in Ward Valley to the State of California for 
use as a site for the disposal of commercially generated low-level 
radioactive waste, and S. 964, proposed Ward Valley Land Transfer Act, 
receiving testimony from Senator Boxer; Representatives Bilbray and 
George Miller; Gary Jones, Acting Associate Director, Energy, 
Resources, and Science Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic 
Development Division, General Accounting Office; John Garamendi, Deputy 
Secretary of the Interior; and California Deputy Cabinet Secretary 
Michael A. Kahoe, Sacramento, on behalf of California Governor's Office 
and California Department of Health Services.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Stanley O. Roth, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary 
of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senator Robb, testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.
CENTRAL ASIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
United States foreign policy in the independent states of the Caucasus 
and Central Asia, after receiving testimony from Stuart E. Eizenstat, 
Under Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs; Caspar 
Weinberger, Forbes, Inc., Lt. Gen. William E. Odom, USA (Ret.), Hudson 
Institute, and Paul A. Goble, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Martha Brill Olcott, Colgate University, 
Hamilton, New York, on behalf of the Carnegie Endowment for 
International Peace.
CAMPAIGN FINANCING INVESTIGATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee met in open and closed 
session to discuss certain immunity issues with regard to the special 
investigation on campaign financing, but made no announcements, and 
recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Frank M. Hull, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, Joseph F. Bataillon, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Nebraska,

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Robert Charles Chambers, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of West Virginia, Janet C. Hall, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Connecticut, and Christina A. 
Snyder, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of 
California, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf. Mr. Hull was introduced by Senators Coverdell and 
Cleland; Mr. Bataillon was introduced by Senators Hagel and Kerrey, Mr. 
Chambers was introduced by Senators Byrd and Rockefeller, Ms. Hall was 
introduced by Senators Dodd and Lieberman, and Ms. Snyder was 
introduced by Senator Feinstein.
WOMEN'S HEALTH
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine how information relating to women's health care is communicated 
to women and their providers, and on proposed legislation to provide 
comprehensive patient protections through improved access to quality 
health plans and continued research in women's health issues, after 
receiving testimony from Vermont State Senator Barbara W. Snelling, 
Shelburne; Phyllis Greenberger, Society for the Advancement of Women's 
Health Research, and Judith L. Lichtman, Women's Legal Defense Fund, 
both of Washington, D.C.; Judith H. LaRosa, Tulane University School of 
Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, on behalf 
of the American Heart Association; Bradley A. Arrick, Dartmouth Medical 
School, Hanover, New Hampshire; Gloria Feldt, Planned Parenthood 
Federation of America, Phoenix, Arizona; and Mary J. O'Sullivan, 
University of Miami, Miami, Florida.