[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 105 (Thursday, July 30, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D873-D874]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
OVER-THE-COUNTER DERIVATIVES
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the legal, economic, and regulatory implications of a 
recently issued Commodity Futures Trading Commission concept release on 
regulation of over-the-counter derivatives, and on proposed legislation to 
provide legal certainty to the over-the-counter derivative market, after 
receiving testimony from Brooksley Born, Chairperson, Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission; Lawrence H. Summers, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; 
Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; 
Arthur Levitt, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Thomas W. 
Jasper, Salomon Smith Barney, New York, New York, on behalf of the 
International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.; and William P. Miller 
II, The Common Fund, Westport, Connecticut, on behalf of the End-Users of 
Derivatives Association.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1405, to provide for improved monetary policy and regulatory reform in 
financial institution management and activities, to streamline financial 
regulatory agency actions, and to provide for improved consumer credit 
disclosure, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nomination of Rebecca M. Blank, of Illinois, to be a Member of the 
Council of Economic Advisers.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on 
the nominations of Romulo L. Diaz, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be 
Assistant Administrator for Administration and Resources Management, and J. 
Charles Fox, of Maryland, to be Assistant Administrator for Water, both of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Fox was introduced by Senator 
Sarbanes.
NRC REFORM
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, 
Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety concluded oversight hearings 
on the structure and functions of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
focusing on its license renewal process, after receiving testimony from 
Shirley Ann Jackson, Chairman, and Nils J. Diaz and Edward McGaffigan, both 
Commissioners, all of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Gary Jones, 
Associate Director, Energy, Resources, and Science Issues, Resources, 
Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Joe 
F. Colvin, Nuclear Energy Institute, and David A. Lochbaum, Union of 
Concerned Scientists, both of Washington, D.C.; James T. Rhodes, Institute 
of Nuclear Power Operations, Atlanta, Georgia; and Steven M. Fetter, Fitch 
IBCA Inc., New York, New York.
MEDICARE+CHOICE PROGRAM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine efforts to 
implement the Medicare+Choice program which provides new health care options 
for beneficiaries, receiving testimony from Michael Hash, Deputy 
Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health 
and Human Services; Sally Gronda, Tampa Bay Regional Council Area Agency on 
Aging, St. Petersburg, Florida, on behalf of the National Association of 
Area Agencies on Aging; Daniel Lestage, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, 
Jacksonville, on behalf of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association; Janet G. 
Newport, PacifiCare Health Systems, Santa Ana, California, on behalf of the 
American Association of Health Plans; James T. Paquette, Sisters of Charity 
of Leavenworth, Billings, Montana, on behalf of the American Hospital 
Association; Steven J. Smith, St. Joseph Healthcare System, Albuquerque, New 
Mexico; and Thomas R. Reardon, Portland, Oregon, on behalf of the American 
Medical Association.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
CENSUS 2000
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the status of preparations for the Year 2000 Decennial Census, after 
receiving

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testimony from J. Christopher Mihm, Associate Director, Federal Management 
and Workforce Issues, and Victoria Miller and Bruce Taylor, both Senior 
Evaluators, all of the General Government Division, General Accounting 
Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  The nominations of 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, Patricia A. Seitz, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida; Paul M. Warner, 
to be United States Attorney for the District of Utah, and Howard Hikaru 
Tagomori, to be United States Marshal for the District of Hawaii;
  S. 1031, to protect Federal law enforcement officers who intervene in 
certain situations to protect life or prevent bodily injury, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 3528, to amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the use 
of alternative dispute resolution processes in United States district 
courts, with amendments;
  S.J. Res. 51, granting the consent of Congress to the Potomac Highlands 
Airport Authority Compact entered into between the States of Maryland and 
West Virginia; and
  S. Res. 193, designating December 13, 1998, as ``National Children's 
Memorial Day''.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations 
of Marsha L. Berzon, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit, Donovan W. Frank, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Minnesota, and Richard M. Berman, Alvin K. Hellerstein, 
Colleen McMahon, and William H. Pauley, III, each to be a United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Berzon was 
introduced by Senators Feinstein, Boxer, D'Amato, and Moynihan, Mr. Frank 
was introduced by Senators Wellstone and Grams, and Messrs. Berman, 
Hellerstein, and Pauley and Ms. McMahon were introduced by Senators D'Amato 
and Moynihan.
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