[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 54 (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D457-D458]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AVIATION COMPETITION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related 
Agencies concluded hearings to examine the state of competition in the 
aviation industry, focusing on airline ticketing and related antitrust 
enforcement practices, after receiving testimony from Patrick V. 
Murphy, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation; Alfred Kahn, 
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Darryl Jenkins, George Washington 
University, and Larry Darby, Darby Associates, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Borden Burr, All Seasons Travel Agency, Birmingham, Alabama; and 
Lauraday Kelley, Cruiselink, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology 
met in closed session and approved for full committee consideration 
those provisions which fall within the subcommittee's jurisdiction of 
the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on AirLand Forces met in 
closed session and approved for full committee consideration those 
provisions which fall within the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration those provisions 
which fall within the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration those provisions 
which fall within the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces met in 
closed session and approved for full committee consideration those 
provisions which fall within the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of Deborah K. Kilmer, of Idaho, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in her own behalf.
PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management resumed hearings on S. 1253, to provide to the 
Federal land management agencies the authority and capability to manage 
effectively the federal lands in accordance with the principles of 
multiple use and sustained yield, receiving testimony from William H. 
Meadows and Mike Anderson, both of the Wilderness Society, Washington, 
D.C.; and Todd True Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Seattle, 
Washington.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
D.C. STUDENT OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring, and the District of Columbia 
concluded hearings to examine the impact of S. 1502, District of 
Columbia Student Opportunity Scholarship Act if enacted into law, after 
receiving testimony from Virginia Walden and Wesley Walker-Bey, both of 
Washington, D.C.
CHILD SAFETY
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine the progress over the last ten years of the National SAFE KIDS 
Campaign in the prevention of childhood injuries, after receiving 
testimony from Ann Brown, Chairman, U.S. Consumer Product Safety 
Commission; Ricardo Martinez, Administrator, National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; C.

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Everett Koop, former U.S. Surgeon General, and Heather Paul, 
Washington, D.C., both on behalf of the National SAFE KIDS Campaign; 
Ralph S. Larsen, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Robert 
C. Lange, General Motors Corporation, Warren, Michigan; Greg LeMond, 
Wayzata, Minnesota; Mikaela Matton, Marietta, Georgia; and Cullen 
Dwyer, Pembroke, Massachusetts.
COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children and 
Families concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds 
to expand opportunities for community and neighborhood partnerships 
through the Community Services Block Grant program, after receiving 
testimony from Don Sykes, Director, Office of Community Services, 
Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and 
Human Services; Evelyn Harris, New York State Division of Community 
Services, Albany; Gloria Clark, City of Los Angeles Department of 
Housing and Neighborhood Services, Los Angeles, California; E. Phillip 
McKain, CTE Inc., Stamford, Connecticut; Jerry Rickett, Kentucky 
Highlands Investment Corporation, London, Kentucky; Robert L. Woodson, 
Sr., National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, and Tyrone C. Parker, 
Alliance of Concerned Men, both of Washington, D.C.; and Robert E. 
Friedman, Corporation for Enterprise Development, San Francisco, 
California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider certain intelligence matters, but made no announcements, and 
will meet again tomorrow.