[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 153 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1215-D1217]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FOREIGN INVOLVEMENT IN U.S. SECURITIES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief concluded hearings to 
examine the presence of foreign governments and companies, particularly 
China, in United States securities and banking sectors, and on S. 1315 
and provisions of H.R. 2772, measures to establish an Office of 
National Security within the Securities and Exchange Commission, and 
provide for the monitoring of the extent of foreign involvement in 
United States securities markets, financial institutions, and pension 
funds, after receiving testimony from Representative Solomon; Roger W. 
Robinson, Jr., RWR, Inc., former Senior Director of International 
Economic Affairs, National Security Council, and Richard D. Fisher, 
Heritage Foundation, both of Washington, D.C.; and R. Montana Quon, 
Potomac Foundation, McLean, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Linda Key Breathitt, of Kentucky, and Curt 
Herbert, Jr., of Mississippi, each to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.

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DOT HEADQUARTERS FACILITY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure concluded hearings to examine the 
General Services Administration's proposal to construct or otherwise 
acquire a facility to house the headquarters of the Department of 
Transportation, after receiving testimony from Paul Chistolini, Deputy 
Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, General Services 
Administration; and Peter J. Basso, Acting Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation for Budget and Programs.
WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health Care concluded hearings on 
S. 249, to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum 
hospital stay for mastectomies and lymph node dissection for the 
treatment of breast cancer, coverage for reconstructive surgery 
following mastectomies, and coverage for secondary consultations, after 
receiving testimony from Senators D'Amato, Feinstein, and Snowe; 
Representative Kelly; Gail R. Wilensky, Project HOPE, Bethesda, 
Maryland; Mary Armao McCarthy, American College of Obstetricians and 
Gynecologists of New York State, Albany; Lillie Shockney, Johns Hopkins 
Hospital Breast Center, Baltimore, Maryland; and Frances M. Visco, 
National Breast Cancer Coalition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
NATO ENLARGEMENT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings to examine 
certain issues with regard to the inclusion of Poland, Hungary, and the 
Czech Republic to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 
receiving testimony from Jan Nowak, Central and Eastern European 
Coalition, Annandale, Virginia; Mati Koiva, Joint Baltic American 
National Committee, Inc./Estonian American National Council, Rockville, 
Maryland; Adrian Karatnycky, Freedom House, and David A. Harris, 
American Jewish Committee, both of New York, New York; Alvin Z. 
Rubinstein, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Edward J. Moskal, 
Polish American Congress, Chicago, Illinois; and Frank Koszorus, Jr., 
Hungarian American Coalition, Robert W. Doubek, American Friends of the 
Czech Republic, Daniel Plesch, British American Security Information 
Council, David C. Acheson, Atlantic Council of the United States, Adm. 
Jack Shanahan, USN (Ret.), Center for Defense Information, Charles S. 
Ciccolella, American Legion, John T. Joyce, International Union of 
Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, Col. Herbert N. Harmon, USMCR, 
Reserve Officers Association of the United States, and Paula Stern, 
Stern Group, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 336, to convert certain excepted service positions in the United 
States Fire Administration to competitive service positions;
  S. 845, to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture the authority to 
conduct the census of agriculture every five years beginning in 1998;
  H.R. 2366, to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture the authority 
to conduct the census of agriculture;
  H.R. 1316, to amend Federal law concerning the order of precedence to 
be applied in the payment of life insurance benefits;
  S. 758, to make certain technical corrections to the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995;
  H.R. 2564, to designate the United States Post Office located at 450 
North Centre Street in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, as the ``Peter J. 
McCloskey Postal Facility'';
  H.R. 681, to designate the United States Post office building located 
at 313 East Broadway in Glendale, California, as the ``Carlos J. 
Moorhead Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 282, to designate the United States Post Office building located 
at 153 East 110th Street, New York, New York, as the ``Oscar Garcia 
Rivera Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2129, to designate the United States Post Office located at 150 
North 3rd Street in Steubenville, Ohio, as the ``Douglas Applegate Post 
Office'';
  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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 497, to repeal the Federal charter of Group Hospitalization and 
Medical Services, Inc., with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; H.R. 1953, to clarify State authority to tax compensation 
paid to certain employees on Federal reservations which straddle State 
borders;
  S. 294, to establish Federal penalties for the killing or attempted 
killing of a law enforcement officer of the District of Columbia; and
  The nominations of Ernesta Ballard, of Alaska, to be a Governor of 
the United States Postal Service, Dale Cabaniss, of Virginia, to be a 
Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, Susanne T. Marshall, 
of Virginia, to be a Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, and 
Anita M. Josey and John M. Campbell, each to be an Associate Judge of 
the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

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NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Seth Waxman, of the District of Columbia, to be Solicitor 
General of the United States, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senator Lieberman and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
IMMIGRATION BORDER IMPROVEMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration held hearings 
to examine the effects of Section 110 of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act which requires the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service to develop an automated system for documenting 
the arrival and departure of every alien entering or leaving the United 
States, and S. 1360, to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to clarify and improve the 
requirements for the development of an automated entry-exit control 
system, and to enhance land border control and enforcement, receiving 
testimony from Senators Collins, D'Amato, Grams, Murray, and Dorgan; 
Representatives LaFalce and Quinn; Michael J. Hrinyak, Deputy Assistant 
Commissioner for Inspections, Immigration and Naturalization Service, 
Department of Justice; Eric Kunsman, Director, Office of Canadian 
Affairs, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs, Department of State; 
Hallock Northcott, Travel Industry Association of America, and Gregori 
Lebedev, on behalf of the American Trucking Associations, Inc. and the 
Canadian Trucking Alliance, both of Washington, D.C.; Dan Stamper, 
Detroit International Bridge Company, Detroit, Michigan; William J. 
Stenger, Jay Peak Ski Resort, Jay, Vermont; and Gerald Schwebel, 
Laredo, Texas, on behalf of the Border Trade Alliance and the Laredo 
Development Foundation.
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and 
Government Information concluded hearings to review the findings and 
recommendations of the President's Commission on Critical 
Infrastructure Protection report, and to examine policy implications of 
new risks to the information-based national infrastructure, after 
receiving testimony from John J. Hamre, Deputy Secretary of Defense; 
and Robert T. Marsh, former Chairman, President's Commission on 
Critical Infrastructure Protection.
JUVENILE CRIME PREVENTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Youth Violence concluded 
hearings to examine the effectiveness of Federal crime prevention 
programs that serve at-risk and delinquent youth, after receiving 
testimony from Cornelia M. Blanchette, Associate Director, Education 
and Employment Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division, 
General Accounting Office; Kent Markus, Counselor to the Attorney 
General for Youth Violence, Department of Justice; James Wootton, Safe 
Streets Coalition, Washington, D.C.; Lawrence W. Sherman, University of 
Maryland, College Park; and Paul F. Evans, Boston Police Department, 
Boston, Massachusetts.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee met to consider 
pending administrative business.
  Committee recessed subject to call.