[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 74 (Wednesday, June 10, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D610-D611]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine economic issues facing the red meat industry, 
including production, price and profit prospects for cattle, hog and 
sheep producers, and trends in export markets, after receiving 
testimony from Keith Collins, Chief Economist, Department of 
Agriculture; David C. Nelson, Credit Suisse First Boston, New York, New 
York; Richard Kjerstad, South Dakota Farm Bureau Federation, Huron, on 
behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation; George Swan, Rogerson, 
Idaho, on behalf of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association; Donna 
Reifschneider, Smithton, Illinois, on behalf of the National Pork 
Producers Council; Lorin Moench Jr., American Sheep Industry 
Association, Englewood, Colorado; Leland Swenson, National Farmers 
Union, Aurora, Colorado; J. Patrick Boyle, American Meat Institute, 
Arlington, Virginia; and Herman Schumacher, Herried, South Dakota.
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia 
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the 
District of Columbia, receiving testimony from Mayor Marion S. Barry, 
Jr., Linda W. Cropp, Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, 
Andrew F. Brimmer, Chairman, Financial Responsibility and Management 
Assistance Authority, Arlene Ackerman, Superintendent and Chief 
Executive Officer, District of Columbia Public Schools, and Camille 
Barnett, Chief Management Officer, City of the District of Columbia, 
all of the District of Columbia.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
YEAR 2000 READINESS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Services and Technology concluded hearings to examine federal 
efforts to promote Year 2000 readiness in the securities industry, the 
capital markets, and their underlying industries, including the 
Securities and Exchange Commission's guidance as to what public 
companies should consider when disclosing information about their Year 
2000 readiness, after receiving testimony from Laura

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S. Unger, Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Steven 
L. Hock, Triaxsys Research, Missoula, Montana; Edward Yardeni, Deutsche 
Bank Securities, and Ed Bankole, Moody's Investors Service, both of New 
York, New York; and Lynn A. Stout, Georgetown University Law Center, 
and Matthew J. Schlesinger, McKenna & Cuneo, both of Washington, D.C.
AUTHORIZATION--FCC
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications concluded hearings on proposed legislation to reform and 
authorize funds for the Federal Communications Commission, focusing on 
the implementation of the schools and libraries program designed to 
connect schools and libraries to broadband technology, after receiving 
testimony from William E. Kennard, Chairman, and Susan Ness, Harold W. 
Furchtgott-Roth, Michael Powell, and Gloria Tristani, each a 
Commissioner, all of the Federal Communications Commission.
CAMBODIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded hearings to examine United States policy strategy on 
democracy in Cambodia and the outlook for the election scheduled for 
July 26, 1998, after receiving testimony from Stanley O. Roth, 
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; 
Stephen Heder, University of London, London, England; Sidney Jones, 
Human Rights Watch, New York, New York; and Janet E. Heininger, 
American University, of Washington, D.C.
U.S. INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and 
Government Information resumed hearings to examine the need for a 
national strategy and proactive policies to protect the critical 
infrastructures of the United States, focusing on the role of the FBI's 
National Infrastructure Protection Center, receiving testimony from 
Michael A. Vatis, Deputy Assistant Director, and Chief, National 
Infrastructure Protection Center, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice.
  Also, committee met to receive a briefing on the Presidential 
Decision Directive (PDD-63) aimed at countering attacks on U.S. 
critical infrastructure, and the Department of Defense exercise known 
as ``Eligible Receiver'' which simulated an attack on government 
computers to test the security of their system from Richard Clarke, 
Senior Director, National Security Council; and certain officials of 
the National Security Agency, Department of Defense.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
PACIFIC NW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENT/INTERSTATE FOREST FIRE 
PROTECTION COMPACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
Federalism, and Property Rights approved for full committee 
consideration the following measures:
  S.J. Res. 35, granting the consent of Congress to the Pacific 
Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement; and
  S. 1134, granting the consent and approval of Congress to an 
interstate forest fire protection compact.
INDIAN SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on 
the implementation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' school facility 
improvement program, after receiving testimony from John Berry, 
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, and Kevin Gover, 
Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, both of the Department of the 
Interior; Thomas E. Atcitty, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona; Jon 
Whirlwind Horse, Dakota Area Consortium of Tribal Schools, Inc./Loneman 
School Corporation, Oglala, South Dakota; and Lorraine P. Edmo, 
National Indian Education Association, Alexandria, Virginia.
NATIONAL SECURITY
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee resumed hearings on the 
investigation of the impacts to United States national security from 
advanced satellite technology exports to China and Chinese efforts to 
influence United States policy, receiving testimony from Katherine V. 
Schinasi, Associate Director, Defense Acquisitions Issues, National 
Security and International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.