[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 120 (Thursday, September 11, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D932-D933]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
GLOBAL TOBACCO SETTLEMENT
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held 
hearings to examine the terms and parameters of the proposed settlement 
between State Attorneys General and tobacco companies to mandate a 
total reformation and restructuring of how tobacco products are 
manufactured, marketed and distributed in America, focusing on its 
long-term impact on farmers, children and the public health, receiving 
testimony from David A. Kessler, Yale University, New Haven, 
Connecticut, former U.S. Commissioner of Food and Drugs; C. Everett 
Koop, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, former U.S. Surgeon 
General; Colorado Attorney General Gale Norton, Denver; J. Phil 
Carlton, Raleigh, North Carolina, former North Carolina Supreme Court 
Associate Justice; J. Walter Sinclair, Twin Falls, Idaho, on behalf of 
the American Heart Association; Scott D. Ballin, National Center for 
Tobacco-Free Kids, Washington, D.C.; and Jeffrey E. Harris, 
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
  Hearings continue on Thursday, September 18.
ALASKAN LANDS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the following bills:
  S. 660, to provide for the continuation of higher education through 
the conveyance of certain public lands in the State of Alaska to the 
University of Alaska, after receiving testimony from Tom Fry, Deputy 
Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Jerome 
B. Komisar, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Bart Koehler, Southeast 
Alaska Conservation Council, Juneau; and Kevin Tritt, University of 
Alaska, Anchorage; and
  S. 1092, to provide for a transfer of land interests in order to 
facilitate surface transportation between the cities of Cold Bay, 
Alaska, and King Cove, Alaska, after receiving testimony from John 
Rogers,

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Deputy Director, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of 
the Interior; City Manager Gary Hennigh, King Cove, Alaska; and Jack 
Hession, Sierra Club, Marvin Hoff, Agdaagux Tribal Council, and Della 
Trumble, King Cove Corporation, all of Anchorage, Alaska.
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Historic Preservation and Recreation concluded hearings on the 
implementation of the Commemorative Works Act (P.L. 99-652) and the 
administrative and public processes involved in the site selection of 
the World War II Memorial and the recently announced Air Force 
Memorial, after receiving testimony from John G. Parsons, Associate 
Superintendent, Stewardship and Partnership, National Capitol Region, 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior, on behalf of the 
National Capital Memorial Commission; Patricia Elwood, National Capitol 
Planning Commission, Charles Atherton, Commission of Fine Arts, Roger 
K. Lewis, Friends of the Mall, and Gen. Carl Mundy, USMC (Ret.), on 
behalf of World USO, all of Washington, D.C.; Maj. Gen. John P. 
Herrling, USA (Ret.), on behalf of the American Battle Monuments 
Commission, Edward S. Grandis, on behalf of the Friends of Iwo Jima, 
Gen. Robert Springer, USAF (Ret.), on behalf of the Air Force Memorial 
Foundation, and Gen. John A. Shaud, USAF (Ret.), on behalf of the Air 
Force Association, all of Arlington, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  An original bill to approve and implement the Agreement Respecting 
Normal Competitive Conditions in the Commercial Shipbuilding and Repair 
Industry (Shipbuilding Agreement), negotiated under the auspices of the 
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
  S. 343, to authorize the extension of permanent nondiscriminatory 
treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of Mongolia;
  S. 1093, to authorize the extension of permanent nondiscriminatory 
treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the products of the Lao 
People's Democratic Republic; and
  S. 747, to amend trade laws and related provisions to clarify the 
designation of normal trade relations; and
  The nominations of Kenneth S. Apfel, of Maryland, to be Commissioner 
of Social Security, Social Security Administration, Nancy-Ann Minn 
Deparle, of Tennessee, to be Administrator of the Health Care Financing 
Administration, and Olivia A. Golden, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Assistant Secretary for Family Support, both of the Department of 
Health and Human Services, and David A. Lipton, of Massachusetts, to be 
Under Secretary for International Affairs, Timothy F. Geithner, of New 
York, to be Deputy Under Secretary, Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets, and Nancy Killefer, of 
Florida, to be Assistant Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, all of 
the Department of the Treasury.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: 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, after the nominees testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf. Mr. McDonald was introduced by Senators DeWine and 
Glenn.
CAMPAIGN FINANCING INVESTIGATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee continued hearings to 
examine certain matters with regard to the committee's special 
investigation on campaign financing, receiving testimony from Samuel R. 
Berger, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
  Hearings continue on Tuesday, September 16.
MEDICAL INFORMATION PRIVACY
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings to 
examine an Administration study on the confidentiality of medical 
information and recommendations on ways to protect the privacy of 
individually identifiable information and to establish strong penalties 
for those who disclose such information, receiving testimony from Donna 
E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
  Hearings continue on Thursday, September 25.