[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 119 (Thursday, September 10, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D954-D956]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of Michael M. Reyna, of California, to be a 
Member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit 
Administration, after the nominee testified and answered questions in 
his own behalf.
ORGAN DONATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies concluded hearings to examine 
the Department of Health and Human Services proposed organ donation 
regulations and their impact on the national organ donation and 
allocation system, after receiving testimony from Donna Shalala, 
Secretary of Health and Human Services; Ronald W. Busuttil, Dumont-UCLA 
Transplant Center, Los Angeles, California, on behalf of the American 
Society of Transplant Surgeons; Craid J. Irwin, National Transplant 
Action Committee, Portland, Oregon; Charles

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M. Miller, Recanati-Miller Transplantation Institute/Mount Sinai 
Medical Center, New York, New York; and William W. Pfaff, United 
Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, Virginia.
INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE REFORM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications concluded hearings to examine the state of competition 
in the international satellite industry and S. 2365, to promote 
competition and privatization in satellite communications, after 
receiving testimony from Vonya B. McCann, United States Coordinator, 
International Communications and Information Policy, Department of 
State; Regina M. Keeney, Chief, International Bureau, Federal 
Communications Commission; Gerald B. Helman, Ellipso, Inc., and Conny 
Kullman, INTELSAT, both of Washington, D.C.; Betty C. Alewine, COMSAT 
Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland; and James W. Cuminale, PanAmSat 
Corporation, Greenwich, Connecticut.
UTAH PUBLIC LANDS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management concluded hearings on S. 2385, to establish the 
San Rafael Swell National Heritage Area and the San Rafael National 
Conservation Area in the State of Utah, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Hatch and Bennett; Representative Cannon; Patrick A. Shea, 
Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Emery 
County Commissioner Randy G. Johnson, Castle Dale, Utah; and Mike Matz, 
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Salt Lake City.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nominations of Terrence L. Bracy, of Virginia, to be a Member of 
the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence 
in National Environmental Policy, and Norine E. Noonan, of Florida, to 
be Assistant Administrator for Research and Development of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Bracy was introduced by 
Senators McCain and Warner, and Ms. Noonan was introduced by Senator 
Graham.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  H.R. 3809, to authorize funds for the United States Customs Service 
for drug interdiction programs, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  H.R. 4342, to make miscellaneous and technical changes to various 
trade laws, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nomination of Susan G. Esserman, of Maryland, to be Deputy United 
States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.
WIPO COPYRIGHT TREATIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty and the World 
Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty, 
done at Geneva on December 20, 1996, and signed by the United States on 
April 12, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 105-17), after receiving testimony from 
Alan P. Larson, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business 
Affairs; Jack Valenti, Motion Picture Association of America, Roy M. 
Neel, United States Telephone Association, and Peter Jaszi, American 
University, all of Washington, D.C.; and Christopher Byrne, Silicon 
Graphics, Mountain View, California.
NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded hearings to examine recent developments in North 
Korea, after receiving testimony from Charles F. Kartman, Special 
Envoy, Korean Peace Talks, Department of State; Kurt M. Campbell, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs, Department of Defense; and Robert Gallucci, Georgetown 
University, Washington, D.C.
FOOD IMPORT SAFETY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations resumed hearings to examine the safety of food imports, 
focusing on certain fraud and deceptive techniques used by individuals 
to import food products illegally into the United States and weaknesses 
in import controls, receiving testimony from Lawrence J. Dyckman, 
Director, Food and Agriculture Issues, Resources, Community, and 
Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Richard J. 
Hoglund, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Office of Investigations, 
United States Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; and a 
confidential former Customs Broker.
  Hearings continue on Thursday, September 24.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Timothy B. Dyk, of the District of Columbia, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight 
and the Courts approved for full committee consideration the following 
bills:
  S. 2083, to provide for Federal class action reform, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  S. Res. 256, to refer S. 2274 entitled ``A bill for the relief of 
Richard M. Barlow of Santa Fe, New Mexico'' to the chief judge of the 
United States Court of Federal Claims for a report thereon.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee began markup of S. 
2288, to provide for the reform and continuing legislative oversight of 
the production, procurement, dissemination, and permanent public access 
of Government publications, but did not complete action thereon, and 
recessed subject to call.
FAMILY CAREGIVING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
needs and problems facing family caregivers, after receiving testimony 
from former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, Rosalynn Carter Institute/
Georgia Southwestern State University, Americus; Gail Gibson Hunt, 
National Alliance for Caregiving, Bethesda, Maryland; Peter S. Arno, 
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, 
New York; Carol Levine, United Hospital Fund, and Mary S. Mittelman, 
Alzheimer's Disease Center/New York University Medical Center, both of 
New York, New York; David Levy and Carol Weinrod, both of Franklin 
Health, Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey; and Myrl Weinberg, 
National Health Council, Washington, D.C.
Y2K TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY
Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine the transportation industry efforts to 
prepare for the Year 2000 technology conversion problem, after 
receiving testimony from Mortimer Downey, Deputy Secretary, and Jane F. 
Garvey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, both of the 
Department of Transportation; Charles Feld, Delta Air Lines, Inc., 
Washington, D.C.; Deborah Freedman, SABRE Technology Solutions 
Division/SABRE Group, Inc., DFW Airport, Texas; Paige Miller, Port of 
Seattle, Seattle, Washington; Joyce Wrenn, Union Pacific Railroad, 
Omaha, Nebraska; Scott Skillman, Crowley Maritime Corporation, Oakland, 
California; Christopher B. Lofgren, Schneider National, Inc., Green 
Bay, Wisconsin; and Robin C. Stevens, New York State Metropolitan 
Transportation Authority, Albany.