[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 70 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D578]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PAKISTAN NUCLEAR TESTS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
Asian Affairs held hearings to examine the U.S. response to Pakistan's 
recent underground nuclear tests and nuclear missile program, receiving 
testimony from Karl F. Inderfurth, Assistant Secretary of State for 
South Asian Affairs; William Schneider, Jr., former Under Secretary of 
State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology; and Richard N. 
Haass, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., former Senior Director 
for Near East and South Asia, National Security Council.
  Hearings were recessed subject to the call.
MANDATES INFORMATION ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 
389 and H.R. 3534, bills to improve congressional deliberation on 
proposed Federal private sector mandates, after receiving testimony 
from Senator Abraham; Representative Portman; James L. Blum, Deputy 
Director, Congressional Budget Office; Mary Ann Cricchio, Baltimore, 
Maryland, on behalf of the National Restaurant Association; and R. 
Bruce Josten, United States Chamber of Commerce, and Sharon Buccino, 
Natural Resources Defense Council, both of Washington, D.C.
TRIBAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on 
the needs of tribal governments for increased resources for law 
enforcement to provide greater safety in Indian communities, focusing 
on the Administration's proposed Indian Law Enforcement Initiative, 
after receiving testimony from Janet Reno, Attorney General, Department 
of Justice; Kevin Gover, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian 
Affairs; Joseph F. Baca, Justice, Supreme Court of New Mexico, Santa 
Fe; Spike Bighorn, Fort Peck Executive Council, Poplar, Montana; Norman 
G. Wilson, Rosebud Sioux Tribal Council, Rosebud, South Dakota; Don 
Sollars, Blackfeet Tribal Court, Browning, Montana; Jill E. Shibles, 
National American Indian Court Judges Association, Mashantucket, 
Connecticut; and Roy W. Bernal, All Indian Pueblo Council, and Ada 
Pecos Melton, American Indian Development Associates, both of 
Albuquerque, New Mexico.