[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 136 (Friday, October 2, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1087-D1088]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the Department of Defense ballistic missile defense programs and 
policies, after receiving testimony from John J. Hamre, Deputy 
Secretary of Defense; and Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF, Vice Chairman, 
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  The nominations of Greta Joy Dicus, of New Hampshire, and Jeffrey S. 
Merrifield, of New Hampshire, each to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission;
  H.R. 81, to designate the United States courthouse located at 401 
South Michigan Street in South Bend, Indiana, as the ``Robert K. 
Rodibaugh United States Bankruptcy Courthouse'';
  H.R. 2225, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse to be constructed on Las Vegas Boulevard between Bridger 
Avenue and Clark Avenue in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the ``Lloyd D. George 
Federal Building and United States Courthouse'';
  H.R. 2379, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 251 North Main Street in Winston-Salem, North 
Carolina, as the ``Hiram H. Ward Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse'';
  H.R. 3223, to designate the Federal building located at 300 East 8th 
Street in Austin, Texas, as the ``J.J. `Jake' Pickle Federal 
Building'';
  S. 2523, to designate the Federal building located at 300 East 8th 
Street in Austin, Texas, as the ``J.J. `Jake' Pickle Federal 
Building'';
  H.R. 3696, to designate the Federal Courthouse located at 316 North 
26th Street in Billings, Montana, as the ``James F. Battin Federal 
Courthouse'';
  H.R. 3982, to designate the Federal building located at 310 New Bern 
Avenue in Raleigh, North Carolina, as the ``Terry Sanford Federal 
Building'';
  H.R. 4595, to redesignate a Federal building located in Washington, 
D.C., as the ``Sidney R. Yates Federal Building''; and
  H.R. 2863, to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to clarify 
restrictions under that Act on baiting, to facilitate acquisition of 
migratory bird habitat, with amendments.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of C. Donald Johnson, Jr., of Georgia, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Chief Textile Negotiator, 
and Frank E. Loy, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary 
for Global Affairs, both of the Department of State, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Johnson was 
introduced by Senator Cleland, and Mr. Loy was introduced by Senator 
Chafee.
CAMBODIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded hearings to examine recent developments in Cambodia, 
focusing on United States policy options during the post-election 
situation, after receiving testimony from Stanley O. Roth, Assistant 
Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; and Naranhkiri 
Tith, World Cambodian Congress, Lorne W. Craner, International 
Republican Institute, and Frederick Z. Brown, School of Advanced 
International Studies/Johns Hopkins University, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of John U. Sepulveda, of New York, to be Deputy Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management, and Joseph Swerdzewski, of 
Colorado, to be General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations 
Authority, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf. Mr. Sepulveda was introduced by Senators Dodd and Lieberman 
and Representative DeLauro, and Mr. Swerdzewski was introduced by 
Representative Forbes.
INTERNATIONAL ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, 
and Competition concluded hearings to examine the state of 
international antitrust cooperation and enforcement, and certain United 
States agreements designed to increase cooperation among international 
antitrust authorities to help offset anti-competitive business 
practices abroad which make it difficult for American industries to 
succeed in foreign markets, and a related

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measure S. 2252, to amend the Sherman and Federal Trade Commission Acts 
to apply their antitrust provisions to export trade, or methods of 
unfair competition, between a U.S. person and a foreign country, only 
for injury to export business in the United States and without regard 
to the effect of specified conduct on U.S. consumers, after receiving 
testimony from Joel I. Klein, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust 
Division, Department of Justice; Robert Pitofsky, Chairman, Federal 
Trade Commission; Andrew B. Steinberg, Sabre Group, Inc., Fort Worth, 
Texas; William F. Madison, Marathon Oil Company, Houston, Texas; and 
Peter S. Walters, Guardian Industries Corporation, Auburn Hills, 
Michigan.
Y2K EMERGENCY PLANNING
Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: Committee held 
hearings to examine the readiness and ability of Federal, State, and 
local governments to continue to provide vital emergency services 
related to the Year 2000, and the role of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency in coordinating the Federal Response Plan, including 
threats to certain public safety communication links and other 
information technology, receiving testimony from John A. Koskinen, 
Chairman, President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion; Lacy Suiter, 
Executive Associate Director, Response and Recovery Directorate, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency; Utah Governor Michael O. Leavitt, 
Salt Lake City; Maj. Gen. Edward J. Philbin ANGUS (Ret.), on behalf of 
the National Guard Association of the United States; John Thomas Flynn, 
Sacramento, California, on behalf of the National Association of State 
Information Resources Executives; Ellen Gordon, National Emergency 
Management Association, Lexington, Kentucky; Bruce Romer, Montgomery 
County, Maryland, on behalf of the Metropolitan Washington Council of 
Governments and the National Association of Counties; John S. Powell, 
University of California Police Department, Berkeley, on behalf of the 
Association of Public Safety Communications Officers; and Bob Cass, 
Lubbock, Texas.
  Committee will meet again on Wednesday, October 7.