[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 139 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1118-D1119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of Ira G. Peppercorn, of Indiana, to be 
Director of the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nominations of Isadore Rosenthal, of Pennsylvania, and Andrea 
Kidd Taylor, of Michigan, each to be a Member of the Chemical Safety 
and Hazard Investigation Board, and William Clifford Smith, of 
Louisiana, to be a Member of the Mississippi River Commission, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Smith was introduced by Senator Breaux and Representative Tauzin.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of William B. Bader, of New Jersey, to be Associate 
Director for Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States 
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Agency, Harold Hongju Koh, of Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary of 
State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and C. David Welch, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for International 
Organization Affairs, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Bader was introduced by Senator 
Sarbanes, and Mr. Koh was introduced by Senators Dodd, Lieberman, 
Sarbanes, and Feingold.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Dana Bruce Covington, Sr., of Mississippi, and Edward 
Jay Gleiman, of Maryland, each to be a Commissioner of the Postal Rate 
Commission, and David M. Walker, of Georgia, to be Comptroller General 
of the United States, General Accounting Office, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Covington was 
introduced by Senator Lott, and Mr. Walker was introduced by Senators 
Cleland and Mack.
MILITARY ADULTERY STANDARDS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring, and the District of Columbia 
concluded hearings to examine certain implications of proposed 
revisions to the Department of Defense Manual for Courts Martial 
provisions relating to adultery, after receiving testimony from Daniel 
R. Heimbach, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
Manpower; Elaine Donnelly, Center for Military Readiness, Livonia, 
Michigan, former Member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in 
the Services and the Presidential Commission on Women in the Armed 
Forces; and Lt. Col. Robert L. Maginnis, USA (Ret.), Family Research 
Council, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Norman A. Mordue, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of New York, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senator D'Amato, testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.
RADIATION EXPOSURE COMPENSATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on proposals 
to amend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act of 1990 designed to 
compensate certain individuals who suffered from exposure to radiation 
as a result of the federal government's nuclear testing program and 
federal uranium mining activities, including S. 2343, and provisions of 
H.R. 3539, measures to provide for partial restitution to individuals 
who worked in uranium mines, or transport which provided uranium for 
the use and benefit of the United States Government, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Bingaman; Representative Redmond; Donald M. 
Remy, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice; 
Jonathan M. Samet, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; 
Phillip Harrison, Jr., Office of Navajo Uranium Workers, Shiprock, New 
Mexico; Becky Rockwell, Canyon Consultants, Durango, Colorado; and 
Gayle Dawne Staheli Hanig, Washington, Utah.
INDIAN SELF-GOVERNANCE
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on certain 
provisions of H.R. 1833, to amend the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act to establish the Tribal Self-Governance 
Demonstration program within the Department of Health and Human 
Services to provide for further self-governance by Indian tribes and to 
set forth program requirements and related provisions, after receiving 
testimony from John J. Callahan, Assistant Secretary for Management and 
Budget, and Luana L. Reyes, Director of Headquarter Operations, Indian 
Health Service, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; 
Henry M. Cagey, Lummi Indian Business Council, Bellingham, Washington; 
Robert J. Clark, Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation, Dillingham, 
Alaska; and Alvin Windy Boy, National Indian Health Board, Denver, 
Colorado.
GENERAL BUSINESS Y2K CHALLENGES
Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine certain issues with regard to Year 2000 
information technology challenges facing small businesses and certain 
corporations, after receiving testimony from Fred P. Hochberg, Deputy 
Administrator, Small Business Administration; William J. Dennis, Jr., 
National Federation of Independent Business, Washington, D.C.; Rod 
Rodrigue, Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Augusta; Harold 
Schild, Tillamook County Creamery Association, Tillamook, Oregon; Lou 
Marcoccio, Gartner Group, Scottsdale, Arizona; Charles Popper, Merck & 
Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, New Jersey; Keith Mallonee, McKesson 
Corporation, San Francisco, California; Ronald J. Streck, National 
Wholesale Druggists' Association, Reston, Virginia; Richard T. Carbray, 
Jr., Pelton's Pharmacy and Home Health Centers, Newington, Connecticut, 
on behalf of the American Pharmaceutical Association; and Laurene L. 
West, Salt Lake City, Utah.