[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 43 (Thursday, March 18, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D304-D307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DISASTER ASSISTANCE IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review the USDA's 
implementation of disaster assistance and the operation of other 
programs. Testimony was heard from Dan Glickman, Secretary of 
Agriculture.
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a 
hearing on Departmental Administration/Chief Financial Officer/Chief 
Information Officer. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the USDA: Sally Thompson, Acting Assistant Secretary, Administration 
and Chief Financial Officer; Anne F. Thomson Reed, Chief Information 
Officer; and Rosalind Gray, Director, Office of Civil Rights.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and the Judiciary held a hearing on International Organizations and 
Peacekeeping. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of State: Ambassador Peter Burleigh, Acting U.S. 
Representative to the United Nations; and David Welch, Assistant 
Secretary, International Organizations.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive 
session to hold a hearing on Military Readiness. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Gen. Eric K. 
Shinseki, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, Army; Adm. Donald L. Pilling, USN, 
Vice Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. Terrance R. Dake, USMC, Assistant 
Commandant of the Marine Corps; and Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF, Vice 
Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development met in executive session to hold a hearing on Atomic Energy 
Defense Activities. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of Energy: Victor H. Reis, Assistant Secretary, Office 
of Defense Programs; Rose E. Gottemoeller, Director, Office of 
Nonproliferation and National Security; and Laura S.H. Holgate, 
Director, Office of Fissile Materials Disposition.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on 
Service Department of Energy-Fossil Energy. Testimony was heard from 
Robert W. Gee, Acting Assistant Secretary, Fossil Energy, Department of 
Energy.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Service, and Education, held a hearing on Gallaudet University and on 
Institute of Museum and Library Services and Railroad Retirement Board. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Education: I King Jordan, President, Gallaudet University; and Judith 
E. Heumann, Assistant Secretary, Special Education and Rehabilitative 
Services; Diane B. Frankel, Director, Institute of Museum and Library 
Services, National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities; and Cherryl 
T. Thomas, Chair, Railroad Retirement Board.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a 
hearing on the Secretary of Transportation. Testimony was heard from 
Rodney E. Slater, Secretary of Transportation.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government held a hearing on Secretary of the Treasury and 
on Customs Integrity. Testimony was heard from the Robert E. Rubin, 
Secretary of the Treasury; and the following officials of the U.S. 
Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury: Raymond Kelly, 
Commissioner; William Keefer, Assistant Commissioner for Internal 
Affairs; Vincent Parolisi, Office of Internal Affairs; and public 
witnesses.
RECRUITING ISSUES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a 
hearing on recruiting issues. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Congressional Commission on Servicesmembers and 
Veterans Transition Assistance: Anthony J. Principi, Chairman; and G. 
Kim Wincup, Vice Chairman; the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Francis M. Rush, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary (Force 
Management Policy); Maj. Gen. Evan Gaddis, USA, Commanding General, 
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Army Recruiting Command; Rear Adm. Barbara McGann, USN, Commander, U.S. 
Navy Recruiting Command; Brig. Gen. Peter U. Sutton, USAF, Commander, 
U.S. Air Force Recruiting Service; and Maj. Gen. Garry L. Parks, USMC, 
Commanding General, U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command.
SHIPMENT OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Readiness held a 
hearing on the shipment of household goods. Testimony was heard from 
David Warren, Director, Defense Management Issues, GAO; the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: Roger W. Kallock, Deputy Under 
Secretary (Logistics); Lt. Gen. Roger G. Thompson, USA., Deputy 
Commander in Chief, U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM); and Brig. 
Gen. Kenneth L. Privratsky, USA, Director, Transportation, Energy and 
Troop Support, Department of the Army; and public witnesses.
ELECTRICITY COMPETITION
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing 
on Electricity Competition: Evolving Federal and State Roles. Testimony 
was heard from Vincent A. Persico, member, General Assembly and Co-
Chair, Special Committee on Electric Utility Deregulation, State of 
Illinois; John M. Quain, Chairman, Public Utility Commission, State of 
Pennsylvania; Craig A. Glazer, Chairman, Public Utility Commission, 
State of Ohio; Susan F. Clark, Commissioner, Public Service Commission, 
State of Florida; Marsha Smith, Commissioner, Public Utility 
Commission, State of Idaho; and public witnesses.
BOND PRICE COMPETITION IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials 
held a hearing on the Bond Price Competition Improvement Act of 1999. 
Testimony was heard from Arthur Leavitt, Jr., Chairman, SEC; and public 
witnesses.
JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families held a hearing on Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act: Preventing Juvenile Crime at School and in 
the Community. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES--LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Civil Service held a 
hearing on Long Term Care Insurance for Federal Employees. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the OPM: Janice Lachance, 
Director; and William E. Flynn III, Associate Director, Retirement and 
Insurance Services; and public witnesses.
DRUG ABUSE--PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy, and Human Resources held a hearing on Overview of Agency 
Efforts to Prevent and Treat Drug Abuse. Testimony was heard from 
Daniel Schecter, Deputy Director, Demand-Reduction (Acting), Office of 
National Drug Control Policy; from the following officials of the 
Department of Health and Human Services: Richard A. Millstein, Deputy 
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH; and Joseph H. Autry, 
III, M.D., Deputy Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration; and Vicki Verdeyen, Psychology Services 
Programs, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice.
OVERSIGHT--FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AT JUSTICE AND FAA
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology held a hearing on Oversight of Financial 
Management Practices at the Department of Justice and the Federal 
Aviation Administration. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Justice: Michael Bromwich, Inspector 
General; and Stephen Colgate, Assistant Attorney General, 
Administration; Linda Calbom, Director, Resources, Community, and 
Economic Development Accounting and Financial Management, Accounting 
and Information Management Division, GAO; and from the following 
officials of the Department of Transportation: John Meche, Deputy 
Assistant Inspector General, Financial, Economic, and Information 
Technology; David K. Kleinberg, Deputy Chief Financial Officer; and 
Carl Schellenberg, Assistant Administrator, Financial Services, FAA.
VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS VIEWS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans Affairs, and International Relations held a hearing on views 
of Veterans Service Organizations. Testimony was heard from 
representatives of veterans organizations.
BANKRUPTCY REFORM ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, continued hearings on H.R. 833, Bankruptcy Reform 
Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from Representatives Leach and 
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Carlson, Northern District of California; and Tina Brozman, Chief 
Judge, Southern District of New York; Jere W. Glover, Chief Counsel, 
Office of Advocacy, SBA; Oliver Ireland, Associate General Counsel, 
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and public witnesses.
COLLECTIONS OF INFORMATION ANTIPIRACY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual 
Property held a hearing on H.R. 354, Collections of Information 
Antipiracy Act. Testimony was heard from Marybeth Peters, Register of 
Copyrights, Library of Congress; Andrew Pincus, General Counsel, 
Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
NURSING RELIEF FOR DISADVANTAGED AREAS ACT; OVERSIGHT--ILLEGAL 
IMMIGRATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims 
approved for full Committee action H.R. 441, Nursing Relief for 
Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1999.
  The Subcommittee also held an oversight hearing on illegal 
immigration. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Justice: Michael R. Bromwich, Inspector General; Michael 
D. Cronin, Associate Commissioner, Programs and Louis Nardi, Director, 
Investigations, Field Operations, both with the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service; and Amy Dale, Administrator, Detention 
Services, Federal Bureau of Prisons; Donna J. Hamilton, Principal 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Consular Affairs, Department of State; and 
public witnesses.
LAND SOVEREIGNTY
Committee on Resources: Held a hearing on H.R. 883, to preserve the 
sovereignty of the United States over public lands and acquired lands 
owned by the United States, and to preserve State sovereignty and 
private property rights in non-Federal lands surrounding those public 
lands and acquired lands. Testimony was heard from Representative 
Emerson; Melinda L. Kimble, Acting Assistant Secretary, Oceans and 
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of 
State; Kate Stevenson, Associate Director, Cultural Resources, 
Stewardship and Partnership, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--BUDGET REQUESTS--NOAA AND NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans held an oversight hearing on the fiscal year 2000 
budget request of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
and the National Marine Fisheries Service. Testimony was heard from D. 
James Baker, Under Secretary, Oceans and Atmosphere, Department of 
Commerce.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands 
approved for full Committee action, as amended, the following bills: 
H.R. 66, to preserve the cultural resources of Route 66 Corridor and to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance; H.R. 
658, Thomas Cole National Historic Site Act; and H.R. 659, to authorize 
appropriations for the protection of Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields 
in Pennsylvania, to direct the National Park Service to conduct a 
special resource study of Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields, to 
authorize the Valley Forge Museum of the American Revolution at Valley 
Forge National Historical Park.
OVERSIGHT--AUTHORIZATION REQUEST; EPA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment held 
an oversight hearing on fiscal year 2000 Budget Authorization Request: 
Environmental Protection Agency Research and Development. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the EPA: Norine Noonan, Assistant 
Administrator, Research and Development, Office of Research and 
Development; and W. Randall Seeker, Chairman, Research Strategies 
Advisory Committee, Science Advisory Board; and David G. Wood, 
Assistant Director, Resources, Community and Economic Development 
Division, GAO.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation continued hearings on the following bills: H.R. 700, Airline 
Passenger Bill of Rights Act of 1999, H.R. 780, Passenger Entitlement 
and Competition Enhancement Act of 1999, and H.R. 908, Aviation 
Consumer Right to Know Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Dingell, Forbes and Slaughter; Nancy E. McFadden, 
General Counsel, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY BURIAL ELIGIBILITY ACT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported H.R. 70, Arlington 
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MEDICARE+CHOICE PROGRAM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
the Medicare+Choice Program. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Health Care Financing Administration, Department of 
Health and Human Services: Robert A. Berenson, M.D., Director, Center 
for Health Plans and Providers; Carol Cronin, Director, Center for 
Beneficiary Services; and Jeffrey Kang, M.D., Director and Chief 
Clinical Officer, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality; and public 
witnesses.
STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS--TAX TREATMENT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing 
on Tax Treatment of Structured Settlements. Testimony was heard from 
Joseph Mikrut, Tax Legislative Counsel, Department of the Treasury; and 
public witnesses.
BUDGET: IMAGERY INTELLIGENCE
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Fiscal Year 2000 Budget: Imagery Intelligence. 
Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
HUMAN RIGHTS IN TURKEY
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): 
Commission concluded hearings to review United States policy and 
strategy for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe 
(OSCE) in preparation for the OSCE Summit Meeting scheduled to convene 
in Istanbul this year, after receiving testimony from Marc Grossman, 
Assistant Secretary for European Affairs, and Harold Koh, Assistant 
Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, both of the 
Department of State; Stephen Rickard, Amnesty International USA, 
Washington, D.C.; Douglas A. Johnson, Center for Victims of Torture, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Neil Hicks, Middle East and North Africa 
Program, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, New York, New York.