[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 54 (Tuesday, April 20, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D406-D407]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
funds for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
the science and technology program and the future years defense 
program, after receiving testimony from Jacques S. Gansler, Under 
Secretary for Acquisition and Technology, and Delores Etter, Deputy 
Under Secretary for Science and Technology, both of the Department of 
Defense; Paul J. Hoeper, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, 
Development and Acquisition; H. Lee Buchanan III, Assistant Secretary 
of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition; Lt. Gen. Gregory 
S. Martin, USAF, Principal Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of 
the Air Force for Acquisition; and Frank L. Fernandez, Director, 
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
CONSERVATION/RESOURCES/PUBLIC LAND AND RECREATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings on 
S. 25, to provide Coastal Impact Assistance to State and local 
governments, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments 
of 1978, the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, the Urban 
Park and Recreation Recovery Act, and the Federal Aid in Wildlife 
Restoration Act (commonly referred to as the Pittman-Robertson Act) to 
establish a fund to meet the outdoor conservation and recreation needs 
of the American people; S. 446, to provide for the permanent protection 
of the resources of the United States in the year 2000 and beyond; and 
S. 532, to provide increased funding for the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund and Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery Programs, to 
resume the funding of the State grants program of the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund, and to provide for the acquisition and development 
of conservation and recreation facilities and programs in urban areas, 
receiving testimony from Mayor Victor Ashe, Knoxville, Tennessee, on 
behalf of the Conference of Mayors; Terrell Davis, Denver Broncos, 
Denver, Colorado, on behalf of the Pop-Warner Little Scholars and 
Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association; Bernadette Castro, New York 
State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Albany; 
Dianne A. Curry, Dallas Park and Recreation Board, Dallas, Texas, on 
behalf of the National Recreation and Park Association; Hank 
Steinbrecher, United States Soccer, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the 
U.S. Soccer Federation and the U.S. Soccer Foundation; Chuck Cushman, 
American Land Rights Association, Battle Ground, Washington; Alan 
Front, Trust for Public Land, San Francisco, California; Bruce Vincent, 
People for the USA, Libby, Montana, on behalf of the Alliance for 
America; Theodore R. Roosevelt, IV, Lehman Brothers, New York, New 
York; Jane Hague, Metropolitan King County Council, Seattle, 
Washington, on behalf of the National Association of Counties; Robert 
J. Smith, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.; and 
Judith E. Bittner, Alaska State Department of Natural Resources, 
Anchorage, on behalf of the National Conference of State Historic 
Preservation Officers.
  Hearings continue on Tuesday, April 27.
BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings on the 
United States vulnerability to ballistic missile attack, receiving 
testimony from James R. Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense; 
William Schneider, Jr., former Under Secretary of State for Security 
Assistance, Science and Technology; and James R. Lilley, former U.S. 
Ambassador to China.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
WAR IN KOSOVO
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings on issues 
relating to the war in Kosovo, focusing on United States and NATO 
policy, receiving testimony from Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of 
State.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Stephen H. Glickman and Eric T. Washington, each to be 
an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and 
Hiram E. Puig Lugo, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of 
the District of Columbia, after the nominees, who were introduced by 
District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
FLAG PROTECTION AMENDMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on S.J. Res. 14, 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 
authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag 
of the United States, after receiving testimony from Richard D. Parker, 
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Maj. Gen. Patrick H. 
Brady, USA (Ret.), Sumner, Washington, on behalf of the Citizens Flag 
Alliance, Inc.; Gary E. May, University of

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Southern Indiana, Newburgh; Maribeth Seely, Sandystone-Walpack School, 
Branchville, New Jersey; Nathan D. Wilson, West Virginia Council of 
Churches, Charleston; and Lt. Gen. Edward Baca, USA (Ret.), 
Albuquerque, New Mexico, former Chief, National Guard Bureau.
  Hearings continue on Wednesday, April 28.
DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Youth Violence, with the 
Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, 
concluded joint hearings on domestic preparedness in the next 
generation, after receiving testimony from Barabara Y. Martinez, Deputy 
Director, National Domestic Preparedness Office, and Andy Mitchell, 
Deputy Director, Office for State and Local Domestic Preparedness 
Support, Office of Justice Programs, both of the Department of Justice; 
James M. Hughes, Director, National Center for Infectious Diseases, 
Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Charles L. Cragin, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve 
Affairs; Richard A. Dyer, Lee's Summit Fire Department, Lee's Summit, 
Missouri, on behalf of the International Association of Fire Chiefs; 
Patrick J. Sullivan, Jr., Arapahoe County Sheriff's Department, 
Littleton, Colorado, on behalf of the National Sheriff's Association; 
and Richard L. Alcorta, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical 
Services Systems, Baltimore, and Joseph F. Waeckerle, Leawood, Kansas, 
both on behalf of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
VETERANS CONTINGENCY PLAN
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
Department of Veterans Affairs contingency plans for the year 2000, 
after receiving testimony from Hershel W. Gober, Deputy Secretary, 
Harold Gracey, Acting Assistant Secretary for Information and 
Technology, Ernesto Castro, Y2K Program Manager, James Burress, Deputy 
Chief Research and Development Officer, Thomas Garthwaite, Deputy Under 
Secretary for Health, and Leonard Bourget, Y2K Program Manager, 
Veterans Health Administration, all of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs; Thomas Shope, Special Assistant to the Director for Science 
and Technology, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and 
Human Services; Joel C. Willemssen, Director, Civil Agencies 
Information Systems, Accounting and Information Management Division, 
General Accounting Office; Constance Craig, Chief Information Officer/
Assistant Commissioner for Information Resources, Financial Management 
Service, Department of the Treasury; Kenneth Buckley, Assistant 
Director, Division of Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems, 
Federal Reserve System; and Nicholas F. Barranca, Vice President, 
Operations Planning, United States Postal Service.
NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVE PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on 
the implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (P.L. 101-601), after receiving testimony from 
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Hunt, Phoenix, Arizona; 
Rosita Worl, Sealaska Heritage Foundation, Juneau, Alaska; Tex G. Hall, 
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, New Town, 
North Dakota, on behalf of the Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen's 
Association; Armand Minthorn, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 
Indian Reservation, Pendleton, Oregon; Robert P. Gough, Rosebud Sioux 
Tribe, Rosebud, South Dakota, on behalf of the estate of Tasunke Witko; 
Ernie Stevens, Jr, National Congress of American Indians, and Keith W. 
Kintigh, Society for American Archaeology, both of Washington, D.C.; 
and W. Donald Duckworth, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, on behalf of 
the American Association of Museums.