[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 51 (Wednesday, April 14, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D382-D383]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--INDIAN AFFAIRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for the 
Department of the Interior, focusing on Indian programs, after 
receiving testimony from Kevin Gover, Assistant Secretary for Indian 
Affairs, and Thomas M. Thompson, Acting Special Trustee for American 
Indians, both of the Department of the Interior.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of 
Defense, focusing on ballistic missile defense, after receiving 
testimony from Lt. Gen. Lester L. Lyles, USAF, Director, Ballistic 
Missile Defense Organization.
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 strategic nuclear forces and policy 
and the future years defense program, after receiving testimony from 
Edward L. Warner, III, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and 
Threat Reduction; and Adm. Richard W. Mies, USN, Commander-in-Chief, 
United States Strategic Command.
DEFENSE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded hearings on the status of financial management within 
the Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from Eleanor Hill, 
Inspector General, and William J. Lynn, III, Under Secretary 
(Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer), both of the Department of 
Defense; and Gene L. Dodaro, Assistant Comptroller General, Account and 
Information Management Division, General Accounting Office.
EXPORT CONTROL PROCESS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Trade and Finance resumed hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Export Administration 
Act, focusing on issues relating to the export control process, 
including security, dual-use goods and technologies, administration and 
enforcement, global business, technology trends, receiving testimony 
from Roger R. Majak, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export 
Administration; David S. Tarbell, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for 
Technology Security Policy and Director, Defense Technology Security 
Administration, Defense Threat Reduction Agency; James W. Jarrett, 
Intel-China, Beijing; Larry E. Christensen, Vastera, Inc., Dulles, 
Virginia, on behalf of the American Association of Exporters and 
Importers; and Gary Milhollin, University of Wisconsin Law School, 
Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
OLYMPIC SCANDAL INVESTIGATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings to examine recent public controversies involving the selection 
of host cities and related activities of members of the International 
Olympic Committee, receiving testimony from Senator Campbell; former 
Senator Mitchell, Verner, Lippfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand, and Ken 
Duberstein, Duberstein Group, both of Washington, D.C., Donald Fehr, 
Major League Baseball Players Association, New York, New York, Roberta 
Cooper Ramo, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, Albuquerque, New 
Mexico, and Jeffrey G. Benz, Coudert Brothers, San Francisco, 
California, all on behalf of the Special Bid Oversight Commission of 
the United States Olympic Committee; William Hybl and Scott A. 
Blackmun, both of the United States Olympic Committee, Colorado 
Springs, Colorado; Anita DeFrantz, International Olympic Committee, Los 
Angeles, California; Jim Easton, James D. Easton, Inc., Van Nuys, 
California; and Andrew Jennings, London, England.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
ALLEGED CHINESE ESPIONAGE AT DOE NUCLEAR WEAPONS LABORATORIES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held closed 
oversight hearings to examine damage to the national security from 
alleged Chinese espionage at the Department of Energy nuclear weapons 
laboratories, after receiving testimony from Representative Christopher 
Cox; and Hazel O'Leary, Charles Curtis, Federico Pena, and Elizabeth 
Moler, each a former Secretary of Energy.
IRS REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held oversight hearings on 
restructuring and reform of the Internal Revenue Service, focusing on 
the implementation of the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act (P.L. 105-
206), receiving testimony from Charles O. Rossotti, Commissioner, 
Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.

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AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
Asian Affairs held hearings to examine the continuing crisis in 
Afghanistan, focusing on human rights violations, receiving testimony 
from Representative Rohrabacher; Karl F. Inderfurth, Assistant 
Secretary of State for South Asia; T. Kumar, Amnesty International USA, 
Washington, D.C.; and Barnett Rubin, Counsel on Foreign Relations, New 
York, New York.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
INDEPENDENT COUNSEL ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
future of the Independent Counsel Act, after receiving testimony from 
Kenneth W. Starr, Independent Counsel; and David B. Sentelle, Presiding 
Judge, Peter T. Fay, Member, and Richard D. Cudahy, Member, all of the 
Special Division of the Court of Appeals.
KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded 
hearings on the current Kosovo refugee situation and the scope and 
adequacy of the response of the United States and the international 
community, after receiving testimony from Julia V. Taft, Assistant 
Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration; Vjosa 
Dobruna, Center for Protection of Women and Children, Aferdita 
Kelmendi, Radio/TV 21, and Mentor Nimani, Humanitarian Law Center, all 
of Pristina, Kosovo; and Bill Frelick, U.S. Committee for Refugees, and 
Maureen Greenwood, Amnesty International USA, both of Washington, D.C.
EDUCATION RESEARCH
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings on education research issues, including research 
support, vehicles for dissemination, education improvement, education 
policy and practice, and the impact of education research on overall 
school and student performance, after receiving testimony from Pascal 
D. Forgione, Jr., Commissioner of Education Statistics, National Center 
for Education Statistics, and C. Kent McGuire, Assistant Secretary, 
both of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Department 
of Education; Diane Ravitch, New York University, New York, on behalf 
of the Brookings Institution; and Michael E. Ward, North Carolina State 
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Raleigh.
INDIAN WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee on Indian Affairs concluded 
oversight hearings on the implementation of the Personal Responsibility 
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (P.L. 104-193), after receiving 
testimony from Olivia A. Golden, Assistant Secretary of Health and 
Human Services for Children and Families; Andrew Grey, Sr., Sisseton-
Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, Agency Village, South Dakota; W. Ron Allen, 
National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.; Taylor 
McKenzie, Navajo Nation, and Alex Yazza, Temporary Assistance for Needy 
Families, both of Window Rock, Arizona; and Eddie F. Brown, George 
Warren Brown School of Social Work, and Shanta Pandey, Center for 
Social Development, both of Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT YEAR 2000 PREPAREDNESS
Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine the preparedness of the Federal 
Government for the Year 2000, after receiving testimony from John 
Koskinen, Chairman, President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion; Deidre 
A. Lee, Acting Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and 
Budget; Gene L. Dodaro, Assistant Comptroller General, Accounting and 
Information Management Division, General Accounting Office; Kevin L. 
Thurm, Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services; Mortimer L. 
Downey, Deputy Secretary of Transportation; Marvin Langston, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Chief Information Officer Policy and 
Implementation)/Deputy Chief Information Officer; and Richard C. 
Nygard, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Agency for International 
Development.