[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 34 (Thursday, March 4, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D218-D221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENT PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, 
Resource Conservation, and Credit held a hearing to review the Loan 
Deficiency Payment Program. Testimony was heard from August Schumacher, 
Jr., Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, USDA; and 
a public witness.
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, held a 
hearing on Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Testimony was heard 
from Brooksley Born, Chair, Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and the Judiciary, held a hearing on The Federal Judiciary. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Judicial Conference of 
the United States: Judge John G. Heyburn II, U.S. District Court, 
Western District of Kentucky, Chairman, Committee on the Budget; Judge 
Lawrence L. Piersol, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, 
member, Committee on the Budget; Leonidas Ralph Mecham, Director, 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts, member, Executive 
Committee; and Judge Rya W. Zobel, United States District Court, 
District of Massachusetts; Director, Federal Judicial Center.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive 
session to hold a hearing on U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Forces in 
Korea. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Adm. Dennis C. Blair, USN, Commander in Chief, 
U.S. Pacific Command; and Gen. John H. Tilelli, Jr., USA, Commander in 
Chief, Korea.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Personnel Issues/Medical 
Programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Rudy DeLeon, Under Secretary (Personnel and 
Readiness); and Sue Bailey, M.D., Assistant Secretary, Health Affairs.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development held a hearing on the Department of Energy. Testimony was 
heard from Bill Richardson, Secretary of Energy.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations 
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of 
Congress and public witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on 
the Bureau of Land Management. Testimony was heard from Joel 
Williamson, Director, Civil Agencies Information Systems, Accounting 
and Information Management, Division, GAO; and the following officials 
of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior: Tom Fry, 
Director; Nina Rose Hatfield, Deputy Director; and Lawrence Benna, 
Budget Officer.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education held a hearing on National Institute of Allergy 
and Infectious Diseases, the National Eye Institute, and on the 
Director of NIH and Office of Director Panel. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: 
Dennis P. Williams, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget; Anthony S. 
Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 
Diseases; Harold Varmus, M.D., Director, NIH; Carl Kupfer, M.D., 
Director; Jack McLaughlin, M.D., Deputy Director;

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Judith Duff, Executive Officer; and Carol Lipson Fivozinsky, Budget 
Officer, all with the National Eye Institute.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction, 
held a hearing on Air Force Construction. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Ruby B. Demesme, 
Assistant Secretary (Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installations, and 
Environment); Maj. Gen. Eugene A. Lupia, USAF, Civil Engineer, Deputy 
Chief of Staff, Installations and Logistics, Headquarters, USAF; Brig. 
Gen. Craig R. McKinley, USAF, Director, Air National Guard; and Brig. 
Gen. Ralph S. Clem, Deputy to the Chief, Air Force Reserve.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, held a 
hearing on the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak). 
Testimony was heard from George Warrington, President and CEO, National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation 
(AMTRAK); and the following officials of the Department of 
Transportation: Jolene M. Molitoris, Administrator, Federal Railroad 
Administration; and Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government held a hearing on the National Archives. 
Testimony was heard from John Carlin, Archivist of the United States, 
National Archives and Records Administration.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies held a hearing on NSF. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of NSF: Rita Colwell, Director; and Eamon Kelly, Chairman, 
National Science Board.
PILOT RETENTION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a 
hearing on pilot retention--issues and possible solutions. Testimony 
was heard from Mark E. Gebicke, Director, Military Operations and 
Capabilities Issues, National Security and International Affairs 
Division, GAO; Christopher Jehn, Assistant Director, National Security, 
CBO; and the following officials of the Department of Defense; Francis 
M. Rush, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary (Force Management Policy); Lt. 
Gen. David Ohle, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, Department of 
the Army; Vice Adm. Daniel T. Oliver, USA, Chief of Naval Personnel, 
Department of the Navy; Lt. Gen. Donald L. Peterson, USAF, Deputy Chief 
of Staff, Department of the Air Force; Lt. Gen. Jack W. Klimp, USMC, 
Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Headquarters, U.S. 
Marine Corps, and pilots from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine 
Corps.
BUDGET REQUEST--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Procurement held 
a hearing on the Department of Energy fiscal year 2000 budget request. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Energy: Bill Richardson, Secretary; Victor H. Reis, Assistant 
Secretary, Defense Programs; James M. Owendoff, Acting Assistant 
Secretary, Environmental Management; and Rose E. Gottemoeller, 
Director, Office of Nonproliferation and National Security.
MILITARY TRAINING--CAPABILITIES AND SHORTCOMINGS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Readiness held a 
hearing on military training capabilities and shortfalls. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Gen. 
John M. Abrams, USA, Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and 
Doctrine Command and Maj. Gen. Robert Flowers, USA, Commanding General, 
U.S. Army Engineer Center and Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri, both with the 
Department of the Army; Vice Adm. John W. Craine, Jr., USN, Director, 
Naval Training and Chief of Naval Education and Training; Rear Adm. 
Toney M. Bucci, USN, Chief, Naval Air Training; Lt. Gen. .John E. 
Rhodes, USMC, Commanding General, Combat Development Command and Brig. 
Gen. Thomas S. Jones, Director, Training and Education Division 
(MCCDC), Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, all with the Department of 
the Navy; Gen. Lloyd W. Newton, USAF, Commander, Air Education and 
Training Command and Maj. Gen. David F. MacGhee, Jr., USAF, Director, 
Operations, Air Combat Command, both with the Department of the Air 
Force.
FINANCIAL SERVICES ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Began markup of the 
Financial Services Act of 1999.
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ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET--CBO ANALYSIS
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the CBO analysis of the 
Administration's fiscal year 2000 budget. Testimony was heard from Dan 
L. Crippen, Director, CBO.
NURSING HOME RESIDENTS PROTECTION AMENDMENTS
Committee on Commerce: Ordered reported H.R. 540, Nursing Home 
Residents Protection Amendments of 1999.
SAVE OUR SATELLITES ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 
851, Save Our Satellites Act of 1999.
DECENNIAL CENSUS IMPROVEMENT ACT
  Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on the Census 
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 683, Decennial 
Census Improvement Act of 1999.
OVERSIGHT--U.S./MEXICO COUNTERNARCOTICS EFFORTS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy, and Human Resources held a hearing on Oversight of U.S./Mexico 
Counternarcotics Efforts. Testimony was heard from Thomas A. 
Constantine, Administrator, DEA, Department of Justice; Rand Beers, 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs, Department of State; and Ben Nelson, Director, 
International Relations, Foreign Trade, National Security and 
International Affairs Division, GAO.
POSTAL MODERNIZATION ACT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Postal Service held a 
hearing on H.R. 22, Postal Modernization Act of 1999. Testimony was 
heard from Donna E. Patterson, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 
Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Met and considered committee funding 
requests for the following Committees: Small Business; Resources; 
Judiciary; Agriculture; Ways and Means; Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence; Armed Services; Education and the Workforce; Government 
Reform; Commerce; and Rules.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; BUDGET VIEWS AND ESTIMATES
Committee on International Relations: Ordered reported amended H.R. 
825, United States-Macau Policy Act.
  The Committee considered the following measures and adopted a motion 
urging the Chairman to request that they be considered on the 
Suspension Calendar: H.R. 973, Security Assistance Act of 1999; H. Res. 
32, expressing support for, and calling for actions in support of, 
free, fair, and transparent elections in Indonesia; and H. Con. Res. 
28, amended, expressing the sense of Congress that the United States 
should introduce and make all efforts necessary to pass a resolution 
criticizing the People's Republic of China for its human rights abuses 
in China and Tibet at the annual meeting of the United Nations 
Commission on Human Rights.
  The Committee also approved the Committee's Budget Views and 
Estimates for fiscal year 2000 for submission to the Committee on the 
Budget.
FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION: PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAMS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights held a hearing on Foreign Relations 
Authorization for Fiscal Years 2000-2001: Public Diplomacy Programs. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Roemer; the following officials 
of the USIA: Penn Kemble, Acting Director; and Edward E. Kaufman, 
member, Broadcasting Board of Governors; and Carl Gershman, President, 
National Endowment for Democracy.
OVERSIGHT--KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER RULES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held an oversight hearing on the ``The `Know Your 
Customer' Rules: Privacy in the Hands of Federal Regulators''. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Barr of Georgia and Paul; the 
following officials of the Department of the Treasury: John D. Hawke, 
Jr., Comptroller of the Currency; and Timothy R. Burniston, Managing 
Director, Compliance Policy and Specialty Examinations, Office of 
Thrift Supervision; Richard A. Small, Assistant Director, Division of 
Banking Supervision and Regulation, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve 
System; Christie A. Sciacca, Associate Director, Division of 
Supervision, FDIC; David Medine, Associate Director, Financial 
Practices Division, FTC; Jere W. Glover, Chief Counsel, Office of 
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SECURITY AND FREEDOM THROUGH ENCRYPTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property 
held a hearing on H.R. 850, Security and Freedom Through Encryption (SAFE) 
Act. Testimony was heard from William Reinsch, Under Secretary, Export 
Administration, Department of Commerce; Barbara McNamara, Deputy Director, 
NSA, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT; COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims held an 
oversight hearing on issues arising from past designations of temporary 
protected status and fraud in prior amnesty programs. Testimony was heard 
from Paul Virtue, General Counsel, Immigration and Naturalization Service, 
Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
  The Subcommittee also considered other pending business.
OVERSIGHT--U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 2000 budget request of the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Testimony was heard from Jamie 
Clark, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.
OVERSIGHT--FOREST SERVICE ROADS MORATORIUM
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held an 
oversight hearing on Forest Service Roads Moratorium. Testimony was heard 
from Representative Stupak; Ron Stewart, Deputy Chief, Forest Service, USDA; 
and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--FAA R&D FUNDING REQUIREMENTS
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Technology held an oversight hearing 
on Soaring into the Future? Funding Requirements for FAA Research and 
Development. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Transportation: Steven Zaidman, Associate Administrator, 
Research and Acquisitions, FAA; and Alexis M. Stefani, Deputy Assistant 
Inspector General, Aviation; and public witnesses.
FIGHTING FOREIGN PROTECTIONISM--IMPORTANCE OF TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings on the 
Importance of Trade Negotiations in Fighting Foreign Protectionism. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FISCAL YEAR 2000 BUDGET; DCI'S PERSPECTIVE
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to hold 
a hearing on Fiscal Year 2000 Budget: The DCI's Perspective. Testimony was 
heard from departmental witnesses.
Joint Meetings
TAX CUT PROPOSALS
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings on issues relating to 
economic growth through tax cuts, focusing on the federal budget surplus, 
small businesses, income tax, capital gains tax, tax rates, tax system 
reform, retail sales tax, and the trade deficit, after receiving testimony 
from Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, Indianapolis, Indiana; Rebecca C. Matthias, 
Mothers Work, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; George Gilder, Gilder 
Technology Group, Inc., Tyringham, Massachusetts; Wendell Primus, Center on 
Budget and Policy Priorities, John G. Wilkins, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and 
William G. Gale, Brookings Institution, all of Washington, D.C.; Wayne D. 
Angell, Bear Stearns, New York, New York; and James C. Miller III, Citizens 
for a Sound Economy, McLean, Virginia, former Director, Office of Management 
and Budget.
VETERANS PROGRAMS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the House Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings to review the legislative 
recommendations of certain veterans organizations, after receiving testimony 
from Roger W. Putnam, Non Commissioned Officers Association of the USA, 
Homer S. Townsend, Jr., Paralyzed Veterans of America, Michael B. Berman, 
Jewish War Veterans of the USA, and Elizabeth R. Carr, Blinded Veterans of 
America, all of Washington, D.C.
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