[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 95 (Thursday, July 16, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D774-D775]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Daryl L. Jones, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Air 
Force, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf. Testimony was also received on the nomination from Col. Thomas 
A. Dyches, Detachment Commander, Fighter Reserve Associate Test, Shaw 
Air Force Base, South Carolina, Daniel Moreno, Jr., Chief, Operations 
Systems Management, 482d Operations Squadron, Homestead Air Force Base, 
Florida, Brig. Gen. Allan R. Poulin, Lt. Col. William Vrastil, Lt. Col. 
Jack H. Connelly (Ret.), Lt. Col. David W. Eastis (Ret.), Maj. Allan F. 
Estis (Ret.), Maj. Thomas C. Massey (Ret.), and Brig. Gen. James L. 
Turner (Ret.), all of the U.S. Air Force Reserves; Lt. Col. Thomas E. 
Sawner, Air National Guard; and Rev. Walter Richardson, Miami, Florida.
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES PROGRAM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the operating procedures and internal controls of 
the Schools and Libraries Corporation to implement Federal 
Communication Commission orders to administer the universal service 
fund to improve the access of modern telecommunications services to 
schools and libraries, after receiving testimony from Judy A. England-
Joseph, Director, Housing and Community Development Issues, Resources, 
Community, and Economic Development Division, and John P. Finedore, 
Assistant Director, Accounting and Information Management Division, 
both of the General Accounting Office; and Ira Fishman, Schools and 
Libraries Corporation, Washington, D.C.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 
155, to redesignate General Grant National Memorial as Grant's Tomb 
National Monument, S. 1408, to establish the Lower East Side Tenement 
National Historic Site, S. 1718, to amend the Weir Farm National 
Historic Site Establishment Act of 1990 to authorize the acquisition of 
additional acreage for the historic site to permit the development of 
visitor and administrative facilities and to authorize funds for the 
acquisition of real and personal property, and S. 1990, to authorize 
expansion of Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, 
after receiving testimony from Dennis P. Galvin, Deputy Director, 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
  Testimony was also received on S. 1408 (listed above) from Ruth J. 
Abram, Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York, New York, and on S. 
1718 (listed above) from Constance Evans, Weir Farm Trust, Wilton, 
Connecticut.
INTERNET TAX REGULATION
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on proposals to regulate 
the taxation of the Internet by placing a moratorium on the ability of 
State and local governments to impose certain taxes on the Internet, 
including related provisions of S. 442 and H.R. 4105, receiving 
testimony from Senators Bumpers, Lieberman, and Wyden; Representative 
Cox; Joseph H. Guttentag, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 
for International Tax Affairs; John E. McPhee, Director, Office of 
Computers and Business Equipment, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce; and Francis J. Kelly, Charles Schwab & Company, 
Jill A. Lesser, America Online, Harley T. Duncan, Federation of Tax 
Administrators, Mark E. Nebergall, Internet Tax Fairness Coalition, 
Raymond C. Scheppach, National Governors' Association, and Mark A. 
Micali, Direct Marketing Association, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Hugh Q. Parmer, of Texas, to be Assistant Administrator 
for Humanitarian Response, Agency for International Development, Mary 
Beth West, of the District of Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador 
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service as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Fisheries 
and Space, John Bruce Craig, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the 
Sultanate of Oman, Theodore H. Kattouf, of Maryland, to be Ambassador 
to the United Arab Emirates, Elizabeth Davenport McKune, of Virginia, 
to be Ambassador to the State of Qatar, David Michael Satterfield, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon, William B. 
Milam, of California, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of 
Pakistan, James Howard Holmes, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Latvia, Steven Robert Mann, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Turkmenistan, Richard Nelson Swett, of 
New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to Denmark, and Melissa Foelsch Wells, 
of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Parmer was introduced by Senator Hutchison, Ms. West was introduced by 
Senator Campbell, Messrs. Craig and Kattouf were introduced by Senator 
Santorum, Mr. Swett was introduced by Senators Robert Smith and Gregg 
and Representatives Bass and Shays, and Ms. Wells was introduced by 
Senator Leahy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  The nominations of Kim McLean Wardlaw, of California, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, and Jose de Jesus Rivera, 
to be United States Attorney for the District of Arizona;
  S. 1645, to prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid laws 
requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2192, to make certain technical corrections to the Trademark Act 
of 1946;
  S. 2193, to implement the provisions of the Trademark Law Treaty;
  S.1134, to grant the consent of the Congress to the Northwestern 
Wildland Fire Protection Agreement to promote effective prevention, 
presuppression, and control of forest fires in the Northwestern 
wildland region of the United States and adjacent areas of Canada;
  S.J. Res. 35, granting the consent of Congress to the Pacific 
Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement;
  H.R. 1085, to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change 
certain general and permanent laws, related to patriotic and national 
observances, ceremonies, and organizations, as title 36, United States 
Code, ``Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and 
Organizations''; and
  S. Res. 207, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the founding of 
the Vietnam Veterans of America.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Timothy B. Dyk, of the District of Columbia, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, Carl J. Barbier, 
to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana, David R. Herndon, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Illinois, Gerald Bruce Lee, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, Nora M. Manella, 
to be United States District Judge for the Central District of 
California, Rebecca R. Pallmeyer, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Illinois, Jeanne E. Scott, to be United 
States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois, and 
Patricia A. Seitz, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Florida, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Dyk was introduced by Senator Kerry, 
Mr. Barbier was introduced by Senators Breaux and Landrieu and 
Representative Jefferson, Mr. Herndon and Ms. Scott were introduced by 
Senators Durbin and Moseley-Braun and Representative Shimkus, Ms. 
Pallmeyer was introduced by Senators Durbin and Moseley-Braun, Mr. Lee 
was introduced by Senators Warner and Robb, Ms. Manella was introduced 
by Senator Feinstein, and Ms. Seitz was introduced by Senators Graham 
and Mack and Representative Ramstad.