[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 94 (Wednesday, July 15, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D763-D764]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ATM SURCHARGING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings to examine a Federal Government study on the status 
of automated teller machine deployment and surcharge fees assessed by 
banks and thrift institutions, after receiving testimony from Susan S. 
Westin, Associate Director, Financial Institutions and Markets Issues, 
General Government Division, General Accounting Office; Jan Paul Acton, 
Assistant Director, Natural Resources and Commerce Division, 
Congressional Budget Office; Connecticut Attorney General Richard 
Blumenthal, Hartford; Edmund Mierzwinski, U.S. Public Interest Research 
Group, Washington, D.C.; Wayne A. Cottle, Dean Co-operative Bank, 
Franklin, Massachusetts, on behalf of the Community Bank League of New 
England; Raymond Curtin, Empire Federal Credit Union, Syracuse, New 
York, on behalf of the National Association of Federal Credit Unions; 
Linda Echard, IBAA Bancard, Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of the 
Independent Bankers Association of America; Richard E. Bolton, Jr., 
Charter Bank, Waltham, Massachusetts, on behalf of the American Bankers 
Association and the Massachusetts Bankers Association; and John Ward, 
First American Bank, Elk Grove, Illinois, on behalf of the Consumer 
Bankers Association.
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on S. 2107, to enhance electronic commerce by promoting the 
reliability and integrity of commercial transactions through 
establishing authentication standards for electronic communications, 
after receiving testimony from Representative Eshoo; Andrew J. Pincus, 
General Counsel, Department of Commerce; Scott Cooper, Hewlett-Packard 
Company, Washington, D.C.; Kirk LeCompte, PenOp, Inc., New York, New 
York; and Daniel Greenwood, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Information 
Technology Division, Boston.
PUERTO RICO
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee continued hearings 
on H.R. 856, to provide a process leading to full self-government for 
Puerto Rico, and S. 472, to provide for referenda in which the 
residents of Puerto Rico may express democratically their preferences 
regarding the political status of the territory, receiving testimony 
from Senators D'Amato and Lieberman; Representatives Velazquez, 
Serrano, and Gutierrez; Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Carlos A. 
Romero-Barcelo; and Jeffrey L. Farrow, Co-Chair, The President's 
Interagency Group on Puerto Rico.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nomination of Nikki Rush Tinsley, of Maryland, to be Inspector 
General, Environmental Protection Agency, after the nominee testified 
and answered questions in her own behalf.
U.S. BALTIC POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs 
concluded hearings to examine United States policy towards the 
Republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, focusing on developments 
in these countries seven years after they regained their independence 
pending membership in the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization, after receiving testimony from Marc Grossman, Assistant 
Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs; Richard J. 
Krickus, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia; Andrejs 
Plakans, Iowa State University, Ames; and Toivo Raun, Indiana 
University, Bloomington.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 389, to improve congressional deliberation on proposed Federal 
private sector mandates, with amendments;
  S. 2228, to amend the Federal Advisory Committee Act to modify 
termination and reauthorization requirements or advisory committees;
  S. 314, to require that the Federal Government procure from the 
private sector the goods and services necessary for the operations and 
management of certain Government agencies, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 1397, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1999 through 2004 to 
establish a commission to assist in commemoration of the centennial of 
powered flight and the achievements of the Wright brothers, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nomination of Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held oversight hearings on 
activities of the Department of Justice, receiving testimony from Janet 
Reno, Attorney General, and Eric H. Holder, Jr., Deputy Attorney 
General, both of the Department of Justice.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
HOME HEALTH CARE
Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings to examine how the 
Health Care Financing Administration's interim payment system and 
surety bond regulations are affecting small home health care agencies, 
receiving testimony from Senators Grassley and Baucus; Jere W. Glover, 
Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration; Carole 
Burkemper, Great Rivers Home Care, Inc., St. Peters, Missouri; Delia 
Young, Delia Young & Associates, Kansas City, Missouri; Marty C. 
Hoelscher, Superior Home Care, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah; Lynn Hardy, 
Duplin Home Care and Hospice, Kenansville, North Carolina; Bonnie 
Matthews, South Shore Health System, Braintree, Massachusetts, on 
behalf of the South Shore Visiting Nurse Association; and Bob Reynolds, 
Franey, Parr & Associates, Inc., Lanham, Maryland, on behalf of the 
National Association of Surety Bond Producers.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  H.R. 700, to remove the restriction on the distribution of certain 
revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the Agua 
Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  S. 109, to provide Federal housing assistance to Native Hawaiians, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
INDIAN TRIBAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2097, 
to encourage and facilitate the resolution of conflicts involving 
Indian tribes, after receiving testimony from Kevin Gover, Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Charles R. Barnes, Acting 
Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; William C. Canby, 
Jr., United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of 
Appeals; Renny Fagan, Colorado Department of Revenue, Denver; R. 
Timothy Columbus, Collier, Shannon, Rill and Scott, on behalf of the 
National Association of Convenience Stores and the Society of 
Independent Gasoline Marketers of America, Phyllis C. Borzi, George 
Washington University Medical Center, and W. Ron Allen, National 
Congress of American Indians, all of Washington, D.C.; Billy Frank, 
Jr., Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, Olympia, Washington; 
Apesanahkwat, Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, Keshena; and Philip 
S. Deloria, American Indian Law Center, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico.
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS TO CHINA
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held hearings to examine 
the safeguards and monitoring process established to ensure that no 
prohibited technology transfers occur before, during, or after launches 
of United States commercial satellites on Chinese boosters, receiving 
testimony from David Tarbell, Director, Defense Technology Security 
Administration, Department of Defense.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
SOCIAL SECURITY RETIREMENT AGE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine how 
an increase in the retirement age will affect the long-term solvency of 
the Social Security system and the United States economy, the labor 
market for older workers, and the Disability Insurance and Supplemental 
Security Income programs, receiving testimony from Barbara D. Bovbjerg, 
Associate Director, Income Security Issues, Health, Education, and 
Human Services Division, General Accounting Office; David A. Smith, 
AFL-CIO Public Policy Department, Gary Burtless, Brookings Institution, 
Paul R. Huard, National Association of Manufacturers, and Carolyn J. 
Lukensmeyer, Americans Discuss Social Security, all of Washington, 
D.C.; and Donna L. Wagner, Center for Productive Aging/Towson 
University, Towson, Maryland.