[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 39 (Thursday, March 11, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D259-D261]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--COMMERCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and the Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Commerce, focusing on decennial 
census and other statistical programs, oceans and atmosphere, trade, 
technology, and assisting distressed communities, after receiving 
testimony from William M. Daley, Secretary of Commerce.
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2000 for the Department of Energy, focusing on defense programs, 
materials disposition, and non-proliferation, after receiving testimony 
from Victor H. Reis, Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, Rose E. 
Gottemoeller, Director, Office of Nonproliferation and National 
Security, and Laura S.H. Holgate, Director, Office of Fissile Materials 
Disposition, all of the Department of Energy.
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2000 for the Corporation for National and Community Service, 
receiving testimony form Harris Wofford, Chief Executive Officer, and 
Luise S. Jordan, Inspector General, both of the Corporation for 
National and Community Service; and Ellen Lazar, Director, Community 
Development Financial Institutions Fund, Department of the Treasury.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Strategic Subcommittee concluded hearings 
on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2000 for the 
Department of Defense, focusing on ballistic missile defense programs 
and management, and the future years defense program, after receiving 
testimony from Jacques S. Gansler, Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Technology; Lt. Gen. Lester L. Lyles, USAF, Director, 
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization; Lt. Gen. Gregory S. Martin, 
USAF, Principal Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
Acquisition;

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and Gen Robert T. Marsh, USAF (Ret.), Chairman, Airborne Laser 
Independent Assessment Team.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2000 
for the Department of Defense, focusing on the defense health program, 
and the future years defense program, after receiving testimony from 
Sue Bailey, Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, and H. James T. 
Sears, Executive Director, TRICARE Management Activity, both of the 
Department of Defense; Maj. Gen. John S. Parker, USA, Commanding 
General, Medical Research and Material Command and Fort Detrick; Vice 
Adm. Richard A. Nelson, USN, Navy Surgeon General; Lt. Gen. Charles H. 
Roadman, II, USAF, Air Force Surgeon General; David J. McIntyre, Jr., 
TriWest Healthcare Alliance, Phoenix, Arizona; Robert E. Shields, 
Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc., Louisville; Virginia Torsch, 
Retired Officers Association, Annandale, Virginia, and Sydney T. 
Hickey, National Military Family Association, Alexandria, Virginia, 
both on behalf of the Military Coalition; and Col. Charles C. 
Partridge, USA (Ret.), National Association for Uniformed Services, 
Springfield, Virginia, on behalf of the National Military and Veterans 
Alliance.
AIRLINE PASSENGER FAIRNESS ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings on S. 383, to establish a national policy of basic consumer 
fair treatment for airline passengers, receiving testimony from Nancy 
E. McFadden, General Counsel, Department of Transportation; Darlene 
McCord, Royale Renaissance, Pharmaceutical Research & Development, 
Glenbrook, Nevada; Carol B. Hallett, Air Transport Association of 
America, and Mark Silbergeld, Consumers Union, both of Washington D.C.; 
Lawton Roberts, Uniglobe Country Place Travel, Lawrenceville, Georgia; 
Paul M. Ruden, American Society of Travel Agents, Inc, Alexandria, 
Virginia; Darryl Jenkins, Aviation Institute/George Washington 
University, Falls Church, Virginia; and Jeannie Johanningmeirer, 
Kingston, Pennsylvania.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on S. 507, to provide for the conservation and development of water and 
related resources, and to authorize the Secretary of the Army to 
construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of 
the United States, and the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2000 for the Army Corps of Engineers, after receiving 
testimony from Joseph W. Westphal, Assistant Secretary for Civil Works, 
and Michael L. Davis, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Policy and 
Legislation, both of the Department of the Army.
INTERNATIONAL TAXATION
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to explore the 
ramifications of the changing world economy and the reforms that are 
needed in the international tax area, receiving testimony from Robin D. 
Beran, Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria, Illinois; Julietta Guarino, ABB, 
Inc., Stamford, Connecticut, on behalf of the Organization for 
International Investment; John L. Loffredo, DaimlerChrysler 
Corporation, Auburn Hills, Michigan; Robert H. Perlman, Intel 
Corporation, Santa Clara, California; John H. Mutti, Grinnell College 
Department of Economics, Grinnell, Iowa; and Matthew J. Slaughter, 
Dartmouth College Department of Economics, Hanover, New Hampshire.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
EMBASSY SECURITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine 
embassy security for a new millennium, focusing on the bombings in 
Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam, the Bureau of Diplomatic Security's efforts 
to protect American personnel, facilities, and national security 
information, and the Accountability Review Board recommendations, 
receiving testimony from Adm. William J. Crowe, Jr., USN (Ret.), 
Chairman, Accountability Review Boards for the Embassy Bombings in 
Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam, David G. Carpenter, Assistant Secretary for 
Diplomatic Security, and Patrick F. Kennedy, Assistant Secretary for 
Administration, all of the Department of State.
  Hearings recessed subject to the call.
MANAGED HEALTH CARE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings on proposals to enhance consumer protections for 
privately-insured Americans who receive health coverage under managed 
care arrangements, including S. 6, to amend the Public Health Service 
Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect consumers in managed care 
plans and other health coverage, and S. 300 and S. 326, bills to 
improve access and choice of patients to quality, affordable health 
care, after receiving testimony from William J. Scanlon, Director, 
Health Financing and Public Health Issues, General Accounting Office; 
Kathleen Sebelius, Kansas Insurance Department, Topeka, on behalf of 
the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; Peter W.

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Thomas, former Chair, Subcommittee on Consumer Rights, Protections and 
Responsibilities, President's Advisory Commission on Consumer 
Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry; and Karen M. 
Ignagni, American Association of Health Plans, Ronald F. Pollack, 
Families USA Foundation, Beverly L. Malone, American Nurses 
Association, and Marcia L. Comstock, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, all of 
Washington, D.C.
Y2K COMPUTER PROBLEM
Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: Committee 
concluded hearings to explore claims that failures caused by the Y2K 
computer glitch will result in a large number of lawsuits that could 
negatively impact the courts and business community, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Hatch; Michael C. Spencer, Milberg, Weiss, 
Bershad, Hynes, and Lerach, New York, New York; Charles Rothfeld, 
Mayer, Brown, and Platt, and William Frederick Lewis, Prospect 
Technologies, both of Washington, D.C.; William Steel Sessions, FedNet, 
Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, former Chief Judge of the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of Texas/former Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; George Scalise, 
Semiconductor Industry Association, San Jose, California; and John H. 
McGuckin, Jr., Union Bank of California, San Francisco.