[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 66 (Thursday, May 21, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D547-D549]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 1,086 
military nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
ALTERNATIVE AND RENEWABLE FUELS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy 
Research, Development, Production and Regulation concluded hearings on 
the following bills:
  S. 1141, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to take into account 
newly developed renewable energy-based fuels and to equalize 
alternative fuel vehicle acquisition incentives to increase the 
flexibility of controlled fleet owners and operators, after receiving 
testimony from Thomas J. Gross, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy/
Office of Transportation Technologies, Energy Efficiency, and Renewable 
Energy; Mark Berg, Tripp, South Dakota, on behalf of the American 
Soybean Association; Gilbert P. Sperling, Natural Gas Vehicle 
Coalition, Rockville, Maryland; Joe Anderson, Potlatch, Idaho, on 
behalf of the U.S. Canola Association; Christopher D. Amos, City of St. 
Louis Board of Public Service/Equipment Services Division, St. Louis, 
Missouri; and Russell T. Teall, Biodiesel Development Corporation, 
Marathon Key, Florida; and
  S. 1418, to promote the research, identification, assessment, 
exploration, and development of methane hydrate resources, after 
receiving testimony from Robert Kripowicz, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of Energy/Office of Fossil Energy; Timothy S. Collett, 
Research Geologist, United States Geological Survey, Department of the 
Interior; Charles K. Paull, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; 
and Arthur H. Johnson, Chevron USA Production Company, New Orleans, 
Louisiana, on behalf of Chevron, Natural Gas Supply Association, and 
the National Ocean Industries Association.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following measures:
  S. 1677, to authorize funds through fiscal year 2003 for the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act and the Partnerships for Wildlife 
Act;
  S. 2095, to amend and authorize funds through fiscal year 2003 for 
the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, with an 
amendment;

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  S. 627, to authorize funds for fiscal years 1997 through 2002 for the 
African Elephant Conservation Act;
  H.R. 39, to authorize funds for fiscal years 1997 through 2002 for 
the African Elephant Conservation Act;
  S. 1104, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections 
in maps relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System;
  S. 2038, to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize funds 
through fiscal year 2009 for the John F. Kennedy Center for the 
Performing Arts and to further define the criteria for capital repair 
and operation and maintenance, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  H.R. 824, to redesignate the Federal building located at 717 Madison 
Place, NW., in the District of Columbia, as the ``Howard T. Markey 
National Courts Building'';
  S. 1800, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 85 Marconi Boulevard in Columbus, Ohio, as the 
``Joseph P. Kinneary United States Courthouse'';
  S. 1898, to designate the Federal building located at 1301 Clay 
Street in Oakland, California, as the ``Ronald V. Dellums Federal 
Building'';
  S. 1355, to designate the United States courthouse located in New 
Haven, Connecticut, as the ``Richard C. Lee United States Courthouse'';
  S. 1298, to designate a Federal building located in Florence, 
Alabama, as the ``Justice John McKinley Federal Building'';
  S. 2032, to designate the Federal building in Juneau, Alaska, as the 
``Hurff A. Saunders Federal Building'';
  S. 2090, to extend the authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
to collect fees through 2003;
  S. 1531, to deauthorize certain portions of the project for 
navigation, Bass Harbor, Maine; and
  S. 1532, to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to 
deauthorize the remainder of the project at East Boothbay Harbor, 
Maine.
IRAQ
Committee on Foreign Relations/Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources: Committees concluded joint hearings to examine the future 
and effectiveness of United States policy and sanctions toward Iraq, 
after receiving testimony from Thomas R. Pickering, Under Secretary of 
State for Political Affairs; Richard N. Perle, former Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for International Security; David A. Kay, Science 
Applications International Corp, McLean, Virginia, former UNSCOM 
Nuclear Inspector; and Kenneth M. Pollack, Washington Institute for 
Near East Policy, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Jeffrey Davidow, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Mexico, 
after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
FOREIGN ICBM AND SATELLITE PROGRAMS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services held hearings to examine 
how a foreign country's satellite and Intercontinental Ballistic 
Missiles (ICBM) programs could benefit from launching United States 
commercial satellites, and whether the administration's export control 
policy is adequate to prevent technology transfers that endanger 
America, focusing on the evolution of U.S. commercial satellite export 
policies and whether military benefits are derived by China when it 
launches U.S.-built satellites, receiving testimony from William R. 
Graham, National Security Research, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; and John 
Pike, Federation of American Scientists, and William Schneider, Jr., 
Hudson Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  The nominations of William A. Fletcher, of California, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Rosemary S. Pooler and 
Robert D. Sack, both of New York, each to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Second Circuit, Victoria A. Roberts, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, Richard W. 
Roberts, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Columbia, Ronnie L. White, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Missouri, and Q. Todd Dickinson, of Pennsylvania, 
to be Deputy Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Department of 
Commerce;
  S. 1892, to provide that a person closely related to a judge of a 
court exercising judicial power under article III of the United States 
Constitution (other than the Supreme Court) may not be appointed as a 
judge of the same court;
  S. 1301, to amend title 11, United States Code, to provide for 
consumer bankruptcy protection, with amendments;
  S. 2022, to provide for the improvement of interstate criminal 
justice identification, information,

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communications, and forensics, with an amendment; and
  S. 2073, to authorize appropriations for the National Center for 
Missing and Exploited Children, with an amendment.
GENETIC INFORMATION AND HEALTH CARE
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on 
proposals to prohibit health care discrimination based on genetic 
information, including related measures S. 89 and S. 422, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Domenici and Snowe; Francis S. 
Collins, Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, National 
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Colorado 
Commissioner of Insurance Jack Ehnes, Denver, on behalf of the National 
Association of Insurance Commissioners; Christine Brunswick, National 
Breast Cancer Coalition, and Mary Nell Lehnhard, BlueCross BlueShield 
Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Judith L. Palkovitz, Hadassah, 
New York, New York; Jodi Klein Rucquoi, Yale University School of 
Medicine/Department of Genetics, New Haven, Connecticut; and Joanne 
Denise, Northwestern Mutual, Nashville, Tennessee, on behalf of the 
National Association of Health Underwriters.
INDIAN HEALTH CARE
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings to 
examine the state of Indian health and the availability of resources to 
meet their health care needs, after receiving testimony from David 
Satcher, Surgeon General of the United States and Assistant Secretary 
for Health, and Michael H. Trujillo, Assistant Surgeon General, and 
Director, Indian Health Service, both of the Department of Health and 
Human Services; Ralph Forquera, Seattle Indian Health Board, Seattle, 
Washington; Earl Old Person, Blackfeet Tribal Business Council, 
Browning, Montana; Julia A. Davis, Northwest Portland Area Indian 
Health Board, Portland, Oregon; W. Ron Allen, National Congress of 
American Indians, Craig Winkel, American College of Obstetricians and 
Gynecologists, Michael E. Bird, American Public Health Association, and 
Michael R. Sinclair, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Buford Rolin, National Indian Health Board, Denver, 
Colorado; Ray Begay, Association of American Indian Physicians, 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Ron Morton, San Diego American Indian Health 
Center, and Jane Dumas, both of San Diego, California, on behalf of the 
National Council of Urban Indian Health; Eugene DeLorme, University of 
North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks; 
Kathryn Manness, Feather River Indian Health Clinic, Oroville, 
California, on behalf of the National Indian Child Welfare Association; 
Ronald M. Rowell, National Native American AIDS Prevention Center, 
Oakland, California; Alvin Windy Boy, Montana-Wyoming Area Indian 
Health Board, Box Elder, on behalf of the Self-Governance Task Force; 
Bill Anoatubby, Chickasaw Nation, Ada, Oklahoma; Russell D. Mason, Sr., 
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation of North 
Dakota, New Town; Mary V. Thomas, Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, 
Arizona; Daniel Eddy, Jr., Colorado River Indian Tribes, Parker, 
Arizona; Sandra Ninham, Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, Oneida; 
Joseph C. Saulque, Advisory Council on California Indian Policy, 
Sacramento; Margaret Terrance, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe Health Services, 
Hogansburg, New York; Genevieve Jackson, Navajo Nation Council, Window 
Rock, Arizona; Joann Bodurtha, Virginia Commonwealth University, 
Richmond, on behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics; Murray D. 
Sykes, Silver Spring, Maryland, on behalf of the American Dental 
Association; Arthur McDonald, Morningstar Memorial Foundation, Lame 
Deer, Montana, on behalf of the American Psychological Association; 
Thurman Johnson, Shiprock, New Mexico; Gloria Harrison, Red Valley, 
Arizona; Jessie Rae Taken Alive, McLaughlin, South Dakota; and George 
Pickup, Kansas, Oklahoma.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Joan Avalyn Dempsey, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director 
of Central Intelligence for Community Management, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in her own behalf.