[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 56 (Thursday, May 7, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D473-D474]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRICULTURAL TRADE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine United States agricultural trade policy issues, 
focusing on the importance of trade to the American economy, and the 
Administration's preparations for renewed multilateral trade 
negotiations in agriculture, after receiving testimony from Daniel R. 
Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture; and Charlene Barshefsky, United 
States Trade Representative.
APPROPRIATIONS--NSF/OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY/NATIONAL SCIENCE 
BOARD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1999, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their 
respective agencies from Neal F. Lane, Director, National Science 
Foundation; Kerri-Ann Jones, Acting Director, Office of Science and 
Technology Policy; and Richard N. Zare, Chairman, National Science 
Board.
APPROPRIATIONS--EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1999 for the Executive Office of the President, receiving 
testimony from Ada Louise Posey, Director, Office of Administration, 
Executive Office of the President; and C. Boyden Gray, Wilmer Cutler 
and Pickering, Washington, D.C., former White House Counsel to 
President Bush. Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 14.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  An original bill to authorize funds for fiscal year 1999 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, 
and to authorize funds for fiscal year 1999 for intelligence related 
activities of the United States Government;
  An original bill entitled ``Department of Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1999'';
  An original bill entitled ``Military Construction Act for Fiscal Year 
1999''; and
  An original bill entitled ``Department of Energy National Security 
Act for Fiscal Year 1999''.
HUD MANAGEMENT REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Development: Subcommittee on 
Housing Opportunity and Community Development concluded hearings on 
issues relating to the implementation of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development's ``HUD 2020'' Management Reform Plan, after 
receiving testimony from Andrew M. Cuomo, Secretary, and Susan Gaffney, 
Inspector General, both of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development; and Judy A. England-Joseph, Director, Housing and 
Community Development Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic 
Development Division, General Accounting Office.
AIRCRAFT REPAIR STATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation concluded hearings to examine the Federal Aviation 
Administration's oversight of repair stations that maintain and repair 
aircraft and aircraft components, and S. 1089, to restrict the use of 
foreign repair stations by United States airline companies, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Specter; Guy S. Gardner, Associate 
Administrator for Regulation and Certification, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Department of Transportation; Gerald L. Dillingham, 
Associate Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and 
Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Gilbert D. 
Mook, Federal Express Corporation, Don Fuqua, Aerospace Industries 
Association, and Edward Wytkind, Transportation Trades Department, AFL-
CIO, all of Washington, D.C.; and William L. Scheri, International 
Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Upper Marlboro, 
Maryland.
NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation held hearings on S. 1693, 
to improve the ability of the National Park System to provide state-of-
the-art protection and interpretation to NPS resources, focusing on 
Title VI, National Parks Resources Inventory and Management, Title VII, 
Designation of Tax Refunds and Contributions for the Benefit of the 
National Park System, Title VIII, National Park Foundation, and Title 
XI, relating to a study of the United States Park Police and 
Cooperative Management Agreements, receiving testimony from Denis P. 
Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior; William J. Chandler, National Parks and Conservation 
Association, Charles M. Clusen, Natural Resources Defense Council, on 
behalf of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and Jim Maddy, National 
Park Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.; Robert Koons, Grand Canyon

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Association/Grand Canyon National Park Foundation, Grand Canyon, 
Arizona; Stephanie M. Clement, Friends of Acadia, Bar Harbor, Maine; 
and Curt Buchholtz, Rocky Mountain National Park Associates, Inc., 
Estes Park, Colorado.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 14.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of William Joseph Burns, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador 
to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and Ryan Clark Crocker, of 
Washington, to be Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic 
Policy, Export and Trade Promotion concluded oversight hearings to 
examine the operations of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
in its implementation of foreign policy investment and development 
priorities of the United States Government, after receiving testimony 
from Senator Allard; George Munoz, President and CEO, Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation; Richard F. Seney, MCTR, Alexandria, Virginia; 
and Edmund Rice, Coalition for Employment Through Exports, Washington, 
D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  The nominations of Chester J. Straub, of New York, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, William P. Dimitrouleas, 
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
Florida, and Stephan P. Mickle, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Florida;
  S. 1525, to provide financial assistance for higher education to the 
dependents of Federal, State, and local public safety officers who are 
killed or permanently and totally disabled as the result of a traumatic 
injury sustained in the line of duty; and
  S. Con. Res. 75, honoring the sesquicentennial of Wisconsin 
statehood.
TEACHER PERFORMANCE
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine proposals to provide more qualified teachers in the American 
classroom, focusing on certain provisions of the proposed Higher 
Education Amendments of 1998 (S. 1882 and H.R. 6) affecting 
institutional eligibility for student aid under title IV of the Higher 
Education Act, after receiving testimony from Margot A. Schenet, 
Specialist in Social Legislation, Education and Public Welfare 
Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Kati 
Haycock, The Education Trust, Terry W. Hartle, American Council on 
Education, and Arthur E. Wise, National Council for Accreditation of 
Teacher Education, all of Washington, D.C.; Donald Warren, Indiana 
University, Bloomington, Indiana; Thomas W. Payzant, Boston Public 
Schools, Boston, Massachusetts; and Nancy S. Grasmick, Maryland State 
Department of Education, Baltimore.
INTELLIGENCE--AUTHORIZATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original bill (S. 2052) authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for 
intelligence and intelligence related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.