[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 50 (Tuesday, April 13, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D373-D375]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
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, in behalf of funds for their 
respective activities, after receiving testimony from Martha Krebs, 
Director, Office of Science, Dan W. Reicher, Assistant Secretary for 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and William D. Magwood, IV, 
Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, all of the 
Department of Energy.
DEATHS FROM PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY RESTRAINTS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education concluded hearings to examine deaths caused 
from restraints used in psychiatric facilities, and proposed 
legislation to extend existing nursing home standards on the use of 
restraints on mental health patients and add a reporting requirement 
for deaths and serious injuries, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Lieberman and Dodd; Wanda K. Mohr, University of Pennsylvania 
School of Nursing, on behalf of the National Alliance for the Mentally 
Ill, and Joseph A. Rogers, Mental Health Association of Southeastern 
Pennsylvania, on behalf of the National Mental Health Association, both 
of Philadelphia; Dennis O'Leary, Joint Commission on Accreditation of 
Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois; Thomas R. Harmon, 
New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled, 
Albany; and Catherine ``Jean'' Allen, Greensboro, North Carolina.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2000 for the Department 
of Defense, focusing on the military strategy and operational 
requirements of the unified commands and future years defense program, 
and issues regarding the current situation in Kosovo, after receiving 
testimony from Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, USMC, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. 
Central Command; Gen. Charles E. Wilhelm, USMC, Commander-in-Chief, 
U.S. Southern Command; and Adm. Charles S. Abbot, USN, Deputy 
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. European Command.
SUBMARINE WARFARE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower concluded open 
and closed hearings on submarine warfare in the 21st Century, after 
receiving testimony from Rear Adm. Lowell E. Jacoby, USN, Director of 
Naval Intelligence; Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., USN, Commander, 
Submarine Force Atlantic Fleet; and Rear Adm. Malcolm I. Fages, USN, 
Director, Submarine Warfare.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds 
for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Defense, focusing on land 
withdrawals and environmental programs, and the future years defense 
program, after receiving testimony from Sherri W. Goodman, Deputy Under

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Secretary of Defense for Environmental Security; Elsie Munsell, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Environment and Safety; Raymond J. 
Fatz, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety 
and Occupational Health; Thomas W. McCall, Jr., Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force for Environment, Safety and Occupational 
Health; Sylvia V. Baca, Acting Assistant Secretary for Land and 
Minerals Management, and Donald J. Barry, Assistant Secretary for Fish 
and Wildlife and Parks, both of the Department of the Interior; Maj. 
Gen. Dennis D. Cavin, USA, Commanding General, Fort Bliss, Texas; Rear 
Adm. Timothy R. Beard, USN, Commander, Naval Strike and Air Warfare 
Center, Fallon Naval Air Station; Maj. Gen. Robert Magnus, USMC, 
Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat West; Brig. Gen. John L. Barry, 
USAF, Commander, 56th Fighter Wing, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona; and 
Col. Anthony M. Coroalles, USA, Alaska Garrison Commander.
INTERNET ACCESS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings to examine how to facilitate the deployment of faster, high-
speed Internet access services and how to ensure that these benefits 
are extended to all American consumers, and on proposed legislation to 
prevent the Federal Communications Commission from regulating or taxing 
Internet services, receiving testimony from Charles M. Brewer, 
MindSpring Enterprises, Inc., and James O. Robbins, Cox Communications, 
Inc., both of Atlanta, Georgia; Steve Case, America Online, Inc., 
Dulles, Virginia; William L. Schrader, PSINet, Inc., Herndon, Virginia; 
and Solomon D. Trujillo, U S West Communications, Inc., Denver, 
Colorado.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
CHINA APPLICATION TO WTO
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on issues related to 
China's application for accession to the World Trade Organization, 
focusing on agriculture, industrial goods, services, protocol, pacific 
security, and human rights, receiving testimony from Charlene 
Barshefsky, United States Trade Representative.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NAFTA REVIEW
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on a five 
year review of the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement 
on United States jobs, wage rates, and industry, after receiving 
testimony from Richard W. Fisher, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative; 
Charles W. McMillion, MBG Information Services, and Patrick J. 
Buchanan, both of Washington, D.C.; and Vontella Dabbs, Catawba Plant 
of Delta Mills Marketing Company, Maiden, North Carolina.
ANTITRUST MERGER REVIEW ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, 
and Competition concluded hearings on S. 467, to restate and improve 
section 7A of the Clayton Act, which would impose time limits on the 
Federal Communications Commission review of mergers, after receiving 
testimony from Ronald J. Binz, Competition Policy Institute, H. Russell 
Frisby, Jr., Competitive Telecommunications Association, and Roy M. 
Neel, United States Telephone Association, all of Washington, D.C.; and 
Richard Weening, Cumulus Media, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
OSHA REFORM: SAFE ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Employment, Safety and Training concluded hearings on S. 385, to amend 
the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to further improve the 
safety and health of working environments, and other related OSHA 
reform issues, after receiving testimony from Ron Hayes, Fight Project, 
Fairhope, Alabama; Joanne Royce, Government Accountability Project, 
Washington, D.C.; William F. Alcarese, Baltimore, Maryland; and Charles 
LeCroy, Tallahassee, Florida.
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION FORCE REDUCTION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
reduction in force in the Veterans Health Administration of the 
Department of Veteran Affairs, after receiving testimony from Kenneth 
W. Kizer, Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health.
MEDICARE MANAGED CARE MARKETING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
reliability of Medicare managed care plan information and the adequacy 
of the Health Care Financing Administration's review of that 
information, and whether the Medicare managed care appeals process 
adequately protects beneficiaries' rights, after receiving testimony 
from William J. Scanlon, Director, Health Financing and Public Health 
Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division, General 
Accounting Office; Carol Cronin, Director, Center for Beneficiary 
Services, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health 
and Human Services; Julie Schoen, Health Insurance Advocacy Program of 
Orange County, Santa Ana, California, on behalf of the California 
Health Advocates; Chris Mulholland, III, Marietta, Georgia, former 
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Branch Manager (Atlanta Regional Office), Health Care Financing 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; William L. 
Stringer, Beavercreek, Ohio; and Lois D. Watts, Laguna Hills, 
California.