[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 59 (Tuesday, May 12, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D490-D491]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction 
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 
for the Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 
environmental programs, after receiving testimony from Robert Pirie, 
Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installation and Environment; 
Paul Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installation 
and Housing; and Jimmy G. Dishner, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the 
Air Force for Installations.
INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on S. 
1868, to express United States foreign policy with respect to, and to 
strengthen United States advocacy on behalf of, individuals persecuted 
for their faith worldwide; to authorize United States actions in 
response to religious persecution worldwide; and to establish an 
Ambassador at Large on International Religious Freedom within the 
Department of State, a Commission on International Religious 
Persecution, and a Special Adviser on International Religious Freedom 
within the National Security Council, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Nickles and Lieberman; and John H.F. Shattuck, Assistant 
Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.
TOBACCO PRICE INCREASE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine the 
consequences of raising the price of certain tobacco products as 
contained in the proposed comprehensive anti-tobacco legislation, 
including the impact on the consumption of tobacco products and the 
potential for increasing black market sales of tobacco products, 
receiving testimony from Gary Black, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc., 
and Martin Feldman, Salomon Smith Barney, both of New York, New York; 
and Matthew L. Myers, National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids, 
Washington, D.C.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.
INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1870, 
to provide the National Indian Gaming Commission with resources to 
monitor and regulate certain Indian gaming operations, focusing on 
provisions relating to tribal acquisition of off-reservation lands for 
gaming purposes, and the Department of the Interior's role in this 
process, after receiving testimony from Senator Lieberman; Kevin Gover, 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Tanja Kozicky, 
on behalf of the Governor of Minnesota, St. Paul; gaiashkibos, Lac 
Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Hayward,

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Wisconsin; and Richard G. Hill and Timothy Wapato, both of the National 
Indian Gaming Association, Raymond C. Scheppach, National Governors' 
Association, and Franklin Ducheneaux, Ducheneaux, Taylor & Associates, 
all of Washington, D.C.