[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 21 (Thursday, March 5, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D177-D179]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the impact of global climate change on United 
States agriculture and forests, focusing on an international agreement 
reached in Kyoto, Japan in December 1997 to control greenhouse gas 
emissions (Kyoto Protocol), and the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 1999 for climate change programs, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Wyden; Stuart E. Eizenstat, Under Secretary of 
State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs; Richard 
Rominger, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; Janet Yellen, Chair, Council 
of Economic Advisers; Dean R. Kleckner, Rudd, Iowa, on behalf of the 
American Farm Bureau Federation; Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense 
Fund, New York, New York; Mary Novak, WEFA, Inc., Burlington, 
Massachusetts; and Marty Strange, Randolph, Vermont, on behalf of the 
Center for Rural Affairs.
APPROPRIATIONS--NOAA/SBA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1999, receiving testimony in behalf of 
funds for their respective activities from D. James Baker, Under 
Secretary of Commerce for Atmosphere and Oceans/National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration; and Aida Alvarez, Administrator, Small 
Business Administration.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 10.
APPROPRIATIONS--EDUCATION/CAMPUS SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Education, 
receiving testimony from Richard W. Riley, Secretary of Education.
  Also, subcommittee concluded hearings to examine certain incidents of 
crime on college campuses and efforts to strengthen the campus crime 
reporting and disclosure provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
and the Campus Security Act of 1990, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Torricelli; David A. Longanecker, Assistant Secretary of 
Education for Postsecondary Education; Howard K. Clery, Jr., Security 
On Campus, Inc., King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; Jacob A. McKee, Lehigh 
University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Stanley O. Ikenberry, American 
Council on Education, and Delores Stafford, George Washington 
University, both of Washington, D.C.; Michele Goldfarb, University of 
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; and Barbara R. Prentice, Centerville, 
Massachusetts.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 10.

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AIRLINE COMPETITION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related 
Agencies held hearings to examine certain barriers to competition in 
the United States domestic airline industry, receiving testimony from 
Patrick V. Murphy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation for 
Aviation and International Affairs; John H. Anderson, Jr., Director, 
Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development 
Division, General Accounting Office; Paul S. Dempsey, University of 
Denver College of Law, Denver, Colorado, on behalf of Frontier 
Airlines, Inc.; Mark S. Kahan, Spirit Airlines, Inc., Eastpointe, 
Michigan; and Michael Boyd, Boyd Group, Evergreen, Colorado.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 2.
APPROPRIATIONS--IRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal 
Service, and General Government held hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Internal Revenue Service, 
receiving testimony from Charles O. Rossotti, Commissioner, Internal 
Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 12.
APPROPRIATIONS--FEMA/CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1999, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective 
activities from James Lee Witt, Director, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency; and Harris Wofford, Chief Executive Officer, Corporation for 
National and Community Service.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 12.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Committee on Armed Services: 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, after receiving testimony from Walter 
B. Slocombe, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Adm. Joseph W. 
Prueher, USN, Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Command; Gen. 
Charles E. Wilhelm, USMC, Commander-in-Chief, United States Southern 
Command; and Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, USA, Commander-in-Chief, United 
States Special Operations Command.
COMMERCIAL SPACE ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology and Space concluded hearings on S. 1473 and H.R. 
1702, bills to encourage the development of a commercial space industry 
in the United States, after receiving testimony from Senators Allard 
and Graham; John Barker, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State/Bureau of 
Political-Military Affairs; Keith Calhoun-Senghor, Director, Office of 
Air and Space Commercialization, Technology Administration, Department 
of Commerce; Edward A. Frankle, General Counsel, National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration; Gil I. Klinger, Acting Deputy Under Secretary 
of Defense for Space; John Copple, Space Imaging, Thornton, Colorado; 
Michael S. Kelly, Kelly Space and Technology, San Bernardino, 
California; Robert Meuser, Kistler Aerospace, Kirkland, Washington; and 
F. Michael Swiek, United States Global Positioning System Industry 
Council, Washington, D.C.
INTERIOR BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1999 for the 
Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from Bruce 
Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee met and approved a report 
of the committee on the special investigation of illegal or improper 
activities in connection with the l996 Federal election campaign.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items: S. 1379, to require disclosure under the 
Freedom of Information Act regarding certain persons, and disclose Nazi 
war criminal records without impairing any investigation or prosecution 
conducted by the Department of Justice or certain intelligence matters, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 171, designating March 25, 1998, as ``Greek Independence Day: 
A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy''; and
  The nominations of Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Susan Graber, of Oregon, to be a 
United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Sam A. Lindsey, to 
be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 
Hilda G. Tagle, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Texas, Judith M. Barzilay, of New Jersey, and Delissa A. 
Ridgway, each to be a Judge of the United States Court of International 
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Brian Scott Roy, to be a United States Marshal for the Western District 
of Kentucky.
IMMIGRATION NATURALIZATION PROCESS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded 
oversight hearings on activities of the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service of the Department of Justice, focusing on Federal efforts to 
improve the naturalization process of the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service, after receiving testimony from Stephen R. 
Colgate, Assistant Attorney General, Justice Management Division, 
Michael R. Bromwich, Inspector General, and Cedric Lee, Special Agent, 
Immigration and Naturalization Service (Honolulu, Hawaii), all of the 
Department of Justice; Gary M. Ahrens, KPMG Peat Marwick, Dayton, Ohio; 
and William Stan Hawthorne, Coopers & Lybrand, Chantilly, Virginia.
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children and 
Families concluded hearings to examine proposals to coordinate Federal 
and State efforts to establish increased programs to provide after 
school care for children, including S. 882, to improve academic and 
social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during 
after school hours, after receiving testimony from Senator Boxer; 
Georgia State Senator Mary Margaret Oliver, Atlanta; Mayor Thomas M. 
Menino, Boston, Massachusetts; Edward A. Flynn, Arlington County Chief 
of Police, Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of Fight Crime: Invest in 
Kids; James W. Horne, Jr., Bridgeport Youth Coalition and Bridgeport 
Board of Education, Bridgeport, Connecticut; Eric Yonnie and Sharon 
Jones, both of the Chinle Learning Center/ Navajo Nation, Chinle, 
Arizona; Janet Frieling, School's Out Consortium/YWCA, Seattle, 
Washington; and Cynthia Kiefer, Nashville, Tennessee.