[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 128 (Wednesday, September 23, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1022-D1026]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FORESTRY PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the Forest Service's role and financial management 
of State and private forestry programs, after receiving testimony from 
Michael Dombeck, Chief, Forest Service, and Roger C. Viadero, Inspector 
General, both of the Department of Agriculture; Kirk P. Rodgers, Falls 
Church, Virginia, on behalf of the Forest Landowners Association, Inc.; 
John Heissenbuttel, American Forest and Paper Association, Washington, 
D.C.; and Burnell Fischer, on behalf of the National Association of 
State Foresters, and Lester L. Zimmer, Nature Conservancy, both of 
Indianapolis, Indiana.
POLIO/MEASLES ERADICATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies concluded hearings to examine 
the progress being made toward the global eradication of polio and 
measles, after receiving testimony from David Satcher, Surgeon General, 
Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services; E.M. 
Samba, World Health Organization, Harare, Zimbabwe; William Foege, 
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; and Herb Pigman, Rotary 
International, Ambia, Indiana.
NORTH KOREA
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded closed hearings to 
examine North Korea's ballistic missile and weapons of mass destruction 
programs, after receiving testimony from George J. Tenet, Director of 
Central Intelligence; and Lt. Gen. Patrick M. Hughes, USA, Director, 
Defense Intelligence Agency.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of John D. Hawke, Jr., of the District of 
Columbia, to be Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the 
Treasury, and Saul N. Ramirez, Jr., of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary, 
William C. Apgar, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Housing and Federal Housing Administrator, Cardell Cooper, of New 
Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and 
Development, and Harold Lucas, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary 
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Indian Housing, all of the Department of Housing and Urban Affairs, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf. Mr. Hawke was introduced by Representative Leach, Mr. Ramirez 
was introduced by Senator Gramm, and Messrs. Cooper and Lucas were 
introduced by Senator Lautenberg and Representative Payne.
GLOBAL ECONOMY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
impact of the global economic slowdown may have on the United States 
economy, after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board; and Lawrence H. Summers, 
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.
CHILDREN'S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications concluded hearings on S. 2326, to require the Federal 
Trade Commission to prescribe regulations to protect the privacy of 
personal information collected from and about children on the Internet, 
and to provide greater parental control over the collection and use of 
that information, after receiving testimony from Robert Pitofsky, 
Chairman, Federal Trade Commission; Jill Lesser, America Online, 
Deirdre Mulligan, Center for Democracy and Technology, Kathryn 
Montgomery, on behalf of the Center for Media Education and Consumer 
Federation of America, and Arthur B. Sackler, Time Warner, Inc., all of 
Washington, D.C.
COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine United 
States commercial space launch industry activities, after receiving 
testimony from Gary R. Bachula, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Technology; Daniel S. Goldin, Administrator, National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration; John E. Graykowski, Deputy Administrator, 
Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation; Arthur Money, 
Senior Civilian Official, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Gregory 
G. Randolph, Goldman, Sachs and Co., New York, New York; Jerry Rising, 
Lockheed Martin Corporation, and Stephen G. Wurst, Space Access LLC, 
both of Palmdale, California; Gale Schluter, Boeing Company, Arlington, 
Virginia; and John W. Vinter, International Space Brokers, Inc., 
Rosslyn, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 2257, to authorize funds through fiscal years 2004 for the 
National Historic Preservation Act, with amendments;
  S. 2284, to establish the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in 
the State of South Dakota, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 2142, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey the 
facilities of the Pine River Project, to allow jurisdictional transfer 
of lands between the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, and the 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, and the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, with an amendment;
  S. 777, to authorize the construction of the Lewis and Clark Rural 
Water System and to authorize assistance to the Lewis and Clark Rural 
Water System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for planning and 
construction of the water supply system, with amendments;
  S. 2117, to authorize the construction of the Perkins County Rural 
Water System and authorize financial assistance to the Perkins County 
Rural Water System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, in the planning and 
construction of the water supply system, with amendments;
  S. 744, to authorize the construction of the Fall River Water Users 
District Rural Water System and authorize financial assistance to the 
Fall River Water Users District, a non-profit corporation, in the 
planning and construction of the water supply system, with amendments;
  S. 2041, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Willow 
Lake Natural Treatment System Project for the reclamation and reuse of 
water within Salem, Oregon;
  S. 2140, to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Denver 
Water Reuse project;
  H.R. 2402, to make technical and clarifying amendments to improve 
management of water-related facilities in the Western United States, 
with amendments;
  H.R. 3687, to authorize prepayment of amounts due under a water 
reclamation project contract for the Canadian River Project, Texas, 
with an amendment;
  H.R. 4079, to authorize the construction of temperature control 
devices at Folsom Dam in California;

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  H.R. 4166, to amend the Idaho Admission Act regarding the sale or 
lease of school land;
  S. 1175, to reauthorize the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation 
Area Citizen Advisory Commission for 10 additional years;
  S. 1641, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study 
alternatives for establishing a national historic trail to commemorate 
and interpret the history of women's rights in the United States, with 
amendments;
  S. 1960, to allow the National Park Service to acquire certain land 
for addition to the Wilderness Battlefield, as previously authorized by 
law, by purchase or exchange as well as by donation, with an amendment;
  S. 2133, to designate former United States Route 66 as ``America's 
Main Street'' and authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide 
assistance, with an amendment;
  S. 2239, to revise the boundary of Fort Matanzas National Monument;
  S. 2240, to establish the Adams National Historical Park in the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with an amendment;
  S. 2241, to provide for the acquisition of lands formerly occupied by 
the Franklin D. Roosevelt family at Hyde Park, New York;
  S. 2246, to amend the Act which established the Frederick Law Olmsted 
National Historic Site, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by 
modifying the boundary;
  S. 2247, to permit the payment of medical expenses incurred by the 
U.S. Park Police in the performance of duty to be made directly by the 
National Park Service;
  S. 2248, to allow for waiver and indemnification in mutual law 
enforcement agreements between the National Park Service and a state or 
political subdivision, when required by State law;
  S. 2285, to establish a commission, in honor of the 150th Anniversary 
of the Seneca Falls Convention, to further protect sites of importance 
in the historic efforts to secure equal rights for women;
  S. 2297, to provide for the distribution of certain publications in 
units of the National Park System under a sales agreement between the 
Secretary of the Interior and a private contractor, with an amendment;
  S. 2309, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an 
agreement for the construction and operation of the Gateway Visitor 
Center at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania;
  S. 2401, to authorize the addition of the Paoli Battlefield site in 
Malvern, Pennsylvania, to Valley Forge National Historical Park, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 2411, to provide for a land exchange involving the Cape Cod 
National Seashore and to extend the authority for the Cape Cod National 
Seashore Advisory Commission;
  S. 991, to make technical corrections to the Omnibus Parks and Public 
Lands Management Act of 1996;
  S. 2468, to designate the Biscayne National Park visitor center as 
the Dante Fascell Visitor Center at Biscayne National Park in Florida, 
with an amendment;
  S. 2086, to revise the boundaries of the George Washington Birthplace 
National Monument in Virginia, with an amendment;
  S. 2136, to provide for the exchange of certain land in the State of 
Washington, with an amendment;
  S. 736, to convey certain real property within the Carlsbad Project 
in New Mexico to the Carlsbad Irrigation District, with an amendment;
  S. 2500, to protect the sanctity of contracts and leases entered into 
by surface patent holders with respect to coalbed methane gas, with an 
amendment; and
  The nominations of Charles G. Groat, of Texas, to be Director of the 
United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, and 
Gregory H. Friedman, of Colorado, to be Inspector General, Department 
of Energy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  The nominations of J. Charles Fox, of Maryland, to be Assistant 
Administrator for Water, Romulo L. Diaz, Jr., of the District of 
Columbia, to be Assistant Administrator for Administration and 
Resources Management, and Norine E. Noonan, of Florida, to be Assistant 
Administrator for Research and Development, all of the Environmental 
Protection Agency;
  H.R. 8, to amend the Clean Air Act to deny entry into the United 
States of certain foreign motor vehicles that do not comply with State 
laws governing motor vehicles emissions;
  S. 555, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require that at 
least 85 percent of funds appropriated to the Environmental Protection 
Agency from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund be 
distributed to States to carry out cooperative agreements for 
undertaking corrective action and for enforcement of subtitle I of that 
Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

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  S. 2351, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections 
to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System, with an 
amendment;
  S. 2469, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical 
corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System, 
with an amendment;
  S. 2470, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical 
corrections to a map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System, 
with an amendment;
  S. 2474, A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make 
corrections to certain maps relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources 
System, with an amendment; and
  S. 2505, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey title to 
the Tunnison Lab Hagerman Field Station in Gooding County, Idaho, to 
the University of Idaho, with an amendment.
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE CONSOLIDATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure concluded hearings to examine the 
Patent and Trademark Office plan to consolidate its facilities and 
operations, after receiving testimony from Robert A. Peck, 
Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, General Services 
Administration; Bruce A. Lehman, Assistant Secretary and Commissioner, 
and Jo-Anne Barnard, Director for Space Acquisition, both of the 
Patents and Trademark Office, and Johnnie E. Frazier, Acting Inspector 
General, all of the Department of Commerce; Michael K. Kirk, American 
Intellectual Property Law Association, Arlington, Virginia; Peter J. 
Sepp, National Taxpayers Union, Alexandria, Virginia; David E. 
Williams, Citizens Against Government Waste, and Allan V. Burman, 
Jefferson Solutions, both of Washington, D.C.; and Samuel R. Collins, 
Deva & Associates, Bethesda, Maryland.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Richard Henry Jones, of Nebraska, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Kazakhstan, Robert Patrick John Finn, of New York, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan, John Shattuck, of 
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic, and Michael J. 
Sullivan, of Wyoming, to be Ambassador to Ireland, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Shattuck was 
introduced by Senator Kerry, and Mr. Sullivan was introduced by 
Senators Enzi and Thomas.
INFORMATION SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee resumed hearings to 
examine the status of computer security in the Federal Government, 
focusing on computer security weaknesses at the Social Security 
Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs, receiving 
testimony from James G. Huse, Jr., Acting Inspector General, Ed Ryan, 
Special Agent in Charge (New York Field Office), and John R. Dyer, 
Principal Deputy Commissioner, all of the Social Security 
Administration; Gene L. Dodaro, Assistant Comptroller General, Robert 
F. Dacey, Director for Consolidated Audits and Computer Security 
Issues, and Keith Rhodes, Technical Director for Computers and 
Telecommunications, all of the Accounting and Information Management 
Division, General Accounting Office; and Harold F. Gracey, Jr., Acting 
Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Information and Technology.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, 
and Property Rights concluded hearings to examine the intent of the 
Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which provides the right to 
keep and bear arms, after receiving testimony from Senator Smith; 
Charlton Heston, Beverly Hills, California, on behalf of the National 
Rifle Association of America; Dennis A. Henigan, Handgun Control, Inc., 
on behalf of the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence, and Robert J. 
Cottrol, George Washington University School of Law, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Carl T. Bogus, Roger Williams University School of 
Law, Bristol, Rhode Island; Joyce Lee Malcolm, Bentley College, 
Waltham, Massachusetts; Robert J. Spitzer, State University of New 
York, Cortland; Eugene Volokh, University of California at Los Angeles 
Law School, Los Angeles, California; and Stephen P. Halbrook, Fairfax, 
Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  An original bill to provide for compassionate payments with regard to 
individuals with blood-clotting disorders, such as hemophilia, who 
contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood 
products;
  H.R. 1023, to provide for compassionate payments with regard to 
individuals with blood-clotting disorders, such as hemophilia, who 
contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood 
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  The nominations of Ida L. Castro, of New York, Paul M. Igasaki, of 
California and Paul Steven Miller, of California, each to be a Member 
of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Henry L. Solano, of 
Colorado, to be Solicitor of the Department of Labor, Joy Harjo, of New 
Mexico, and Joan Specter, of Pennsylvania, each to be a Member of the 
National Council on the Arts, Joseph E. Stevens Jr., of Missouri, to be 
a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship 
Foundation, Jane E. Henney, of New Mexico, to be Commissioner of Food 
and Drugs, and Patricia T. Montoya, of New Mexico, to be Commissioner 
on Children, Youth, and Families, both of the Department of Health and 
Human Services, and Thomasina V. Rogers, of Maryland, to be a Member of 
the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Thursday, Oct. 1.