[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 55 (Wednesday, April 21, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D415-D417]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE REFORM
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to review the recent report on the Federal Crop Insurance 
Program by the Office of Inspector General, Department of Agriculture, 
after receiving testimony from Roger C. Viadero, Inspector General, and 
Kenneth D. Ackerman, Administrator, Risk Management Agency, both of the 
Department of Agriculture; Lawrence J. Dyckman, Director, Food and 
Agriculture Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development 
Division, General Accounting Office; and Ron Brichler, National Crop 
Insurance Services, Overland Park, Kansas, on behalf of the American 
Association of Crop Insurers.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for the Defense 
Health Program, focusing on service member care, comprehensive health 
coverage for dependents, retirees, and for surviving family members, 
research, health promotion, wartime support, and inter-service 
cooperation, after receiving testimony from Sue Bailey, Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; Lt. Gen. Ronald R. Blanck, 
USA, Army Surgeon General; Vice Adm. Richard A. Nelson, USN, Medical 
Corps, Navy Surgeon General; Lt. Gen. Charles H. Roadman, II, USAF, Air 
Force Surgeon General; Brig. Gen. Bettye H. Simmons, USA, Chief, Army 
Nurse Corps; Rear Adm. Kathleen L. Martin, USN, Director, Navy Nurse 
Corps and Medical Inspector General; and Brig. Gen. Linda J. Stierle, 
USAF, Director of Medical Readiness and Nursing Services, Office of the 
Air Force Surgeon General.
NAVY AND MARINE READINESS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded hearings to review the readiness of the United States 
Navy and Marines operating forces, after receiving testimony from Adm. 
J. Paul Reason, USN, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; Adm. 
Archie R. Clemins, USN, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet; Lt. 
Gen. Bruce B. Knutson, Jr., USMC, Commanding General, I Marine 
Expeditionary Force; Lt. Gen. Frank L. Libutti, USMC, Commanding 
General, III Marine Expeditionary Force; and Lt. Gen. Carlton W. 
Fulford, Jr., USMC, Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force Pacific.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2000 
for the Department of Defense, focusing on ship acquisition programs 
and policy and the future years defense program, after receiving 
testimony from H. Lee Buchanan III, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
Research, Development and Acquisition; Vice Adm. Conrad C. 
Lautenbacher, Jr., USN , Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for 
Resources, Warfare Requirements and Assessments; Lt. Gen. Martin R. 
Steele, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, Policies, and 
Operations; Vice Adm. James F. Amerault, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval 
Operations for Logistics; Rear Adm. Albert T. Church, III , USN, 
Director, Office of Budget, Office of Assistant Secretary of the Navy 
for Financial Management and Comptroller; and James F. Wiggins, 
Associate Director, General Accounting Office.
TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION BUDGET/FASTENER QUALITY ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine the 
Department of Commerce's Technology Administration fiscal year 2000

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budget request, focusing on the global competitive environment, the 
role of the Office of the Under Secretary and the Office of Technology, 
and the National Institute of Standards and Technology plans for the 
future, and S.795, to amend the Fastener Quality Act to strengthen the 
protection against the sale of mis-marked, misrepresented, and 
counterfeit fasteners and eliminate unnecessary requirements, after 
receiving testimony from Gary Bachula, Acting Under Secretary for 
Technology, and Raymond G. Kammer, Director, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, both of the Department of Commerce; Robert E. 
Brunner, Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Elgin, on behalf of the Industrial 
Fasteners Institute; Adrian Paul Cockman, Dearborn, Michigan, on behalf 
of the Ford Motor Company, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, and 
the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers; and Steven 
Schonholtz, Gardenbolt International, Inc., Sayreville, New Jersey, on 
behalf of the National Fastener Distributors Association.
NATURAL GAS SUPPLY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings to examine whether the United States has the natural 
gas supply and infrastructure necessary to meet projected demand, after 
receiving testimony from Jay E. Hakes, Administrator, Energy 
Information Administration, Department of Energy; Richard J. Sharples, 
Anadarko Energy Services Company, on behalf of the Natural Gas Supply 
Association, and Rafael Quijano, Latin American Petroleum Intelligence 
Services, both of Washington, D.C.; Keith E. Bailey, Williams Company, 
on behalf of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, and 
H.G. Kleemeier, Kaiser-Francis Oil Company, on behalf of the 
Independent Petroleum Association of America, both of Tulsa, Oklahoma; 
Paul A. Elbert, Natural Gas Consumers Energy Company, Jackson, 
Michigan, on behalf of the American Gas Association; and Greg 
Stringham, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Calgary, 
Alberta.
LEWIS AND CLARK BICENTENNIAL
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management concluded oversight hearings to review the 
interagency Memorandum of Understanding regarding the upcoming Lewis 
and Clark bicentennial celebration, after receiving testimony from John 
Berry, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Policy, Management and 
Budget/Chief Financial Officer.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported on 
original bill to authorize appropriations for the Department of State 
for fiscal years 2000 and 2001; to provide for enhanced security at 
United States diplomatic facilities; to provide for certain arms 
control, nonproliferation, and other national security measures; and to 
provide for reform of the United Nations.
NATO'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY SUMMIT
Committee of Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the goals and initiatives of NATO's forthcoming 50th Anniversary 
Summit, after receiving testimony from Senator Kyl; Marc Grossman, 
Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs; Franklin D. Kramer, 
Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs, and Stephen A. 
Cambone, Research Director, Institute for National Strategic Studies, 
National Defense University, both of the Department of Defense; Stephen 
Hadley, Shea and Gardner, and F. Stephen Larrabee, RAND Corporation, 
both of Washington, D.C.
REGULATORY IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 
746,to provide for analysis of major rules, to promote the public's 
right to know the costs and benefits of major rules, and to increase 
the accountability of quality of Government, focusing on cost-benefit 
analysis, risk assessment, peer review, judicial review, comparative 
risk analysis, and the regulatory review process under the Office of 
Management and Budget, after receiving testimony from Mayor Gregory S. 
Lashutka, Columbus, Ohio, on behalf of the National League of Cities; 
Robert E. Roberts, Environmental Council of the States, Lester M. 
Crawford, Georgetown University Center for Food and Nutrition Policy, 
Patricia G. Kenworthy, National Environmental Trust, and Franklin E. 
Mirer, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers 
of America, and David C. Vladeck, Public Citizen Litigation Group, all 
of Washington, D.C.; Scott L. Holman, Bay Cast, Inc., Bay City, 
Michigan, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; and Ronald A. 
Cass, Boston University School of Law, and John D. Graham, Harvard 
School of Public Health, both of Boston, Massachusetts.
INTERNET PRIVACY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on privacy 
issues surrounding the Internet, focusing on Internet industry policy, 
security, data

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protection, law enforcement, technology development, and electronic 
commerce, after receiving testimony from Katherine Borsecnik, America 
Online, Inc., Dulles, Virginia; Michael Sheridan, Novell, Inc., Orem, 
Utah; Irving Wladawsky-Berger, IBM Corporation, and Jerry Berman, 
Center for Democracy and Technology, both of Washington, D.C.; Russell 
T. Bodoff, BBBOnline, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; and Gregory Fischbach, 
Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., Glen Cove, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, 
and Property Rights approved for full committee consideration 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.
NATIVE AMERICAN BUSINESS, TRADE, AND TOURISM
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 401, to 
provide for business development and trade promotion for native 
Americans, focusing on physical infrastructure, skill development, 
separation of powers and good governance, regulatory reform, access to 
capital, and international trade and tourism, after receiving testimony 
from Phillip A. Singerman, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic 
Development; Tex G. Hall, Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 
Reservation, New Town, North Dakota; Gloria O'Neill, Cook Inlet Tribal 
Council, Inc., Anchorage Alaska; John R. Sunchild, Sr., National Tribal 
Development Association, Box Elder, Montana; and Michael A. Rouleau, 
U.S. WEST Communications, Inc., Denver, Colorado.
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.
CORRUPTION THREAT ON THE SOUTHWEST BORDER
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded hearings on the threat of corruption to United States Law 
Enforcement along the Southwest border, after receiving testimony from 
Richard M. Stana, Associate Director, Administration of Justice Issues, 
General Government Division, General Accounting Office; Raymond W. 
Kelly, Commissioner, United States Customs Service, Department of the 
Treasury; and Doris M. Meissner, Commissioner, Immigration and 
Naturalization Service, Department of Justice.