[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 56 (Thursday, April 22, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D424-D426]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for 
Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from Bruce 
Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior.
APPROPRIATIONS--HUD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2000 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after 
receiving testimony from Andrew Cuomo, Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development.
THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on worldwide 
threats to United States national security interests, after receiving 
testimony from Henry A. Kissinger, former Secretary of State/National 
Security Advisor.
DOLLARIZATION IN EMERGING-MARKET COUNTRIES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Trade and Finance, and the Subcommittee on Economic 
Policy concluded joint hearings on issues relating to the official 
dollarization in emerging-market countries, after receiving testimony 
from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System; Lawrence H. Summers, Deputy Secretary of Treasury; 
Wayne D. Angell, Bear, Stearns, and Company, Inc., Judy Shelton, 
Empower America, and Catherine Mann, Institute for International 
Economics, all of Washington, D.C.; and Guillermo A. Calvo, University 
of Maryland Center of International Economics, College Park.
MEDICARE REFORM
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
future of Medicare, focusing on the life of the Medicare Trust Fund and 
the need to strengthen and modernize the Medicare program, after 
receiving testimony from Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and 
Human Services.
PROFESSIONAL BOXING REFORM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on reform of the professional boxing industry, focusing on 
contracting practices, restraints of trade, rating systems, legitimate 
competition, private sector governing, sportsmanship, and S. 305, to 
reform unfair and anti-competitive practices in the professional boxing 
industry, after receiving testimony from Senator Reid; Muhammad Ali, 
former World Heavyweight Champion, and Howard Bingham, both of Berrien 
Springs, Michigan; New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, on 
behalf of the National Association of Attorneys General, and Wallace 
Matthews, The New York Post, both of New York, New York; Gregory P. 
Sirb, Association of Boxing Commissions, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; 
Walter Stone, Adler, Pollock, and Sheehan, Providence, Rhode Island, on 
behalf of the International Boxing Federation; Dan Goossen, America 
Presents, Denver, Colorado; and Mills Lane, Reno, Nevada.
ALLEGED CHINESE ESPIONAGE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee met in closed 
session to receive a briefing on the damage to the national security 
from Chinese espionage at the Department of Energy nuclear weapons 
laboratories, from George Tenet, Director, and Bob Walpole, National 
Security Officer for Strategic and Nuclear Programs, National 
Intelligence Council, both of the Central Intelligence Agency.
NATIONAL PARKS/HISTORIC PRESERVATION/RECREATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 
441, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the route of 
the War of 1812 British invasion of Maryland and Washington, District 
of Columbia, and the route of the American defense, for study for 
potential addition to the national trails system, S.

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548, to establish the Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis 
National Historical Site in the State of Ohio, S. 581, to protect the 
Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields in Pennsylvania, to authorize a 
Valley Forge Museum of the American Revolution at Valley Forge National 
Historical Park, and S. 700, to amend the National Trails System Act to 
designate the Ala Kahakai Trail as a National Historic Trail, after 
receiving testimony from Katherine H. Stevenson, Associate Director, 
Cultural Resource Stewardship and Partnerships, National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior; Mayor Stephen J. Pauken, Maumee, Ohio; 
Kevin Collins, National Parks and Conservation Association, Washington, 
D.C.; Deborah L. Chang, Lihu'e, Hawaii, and Hugh R. Montgomery, Hono 
Ka'a, Hawaii, both of the E Mau Na Ala Hele; Ralph E. Eshelman, 
Chesapeake Flotilla Project, Lusby, Maryland; Patrick J. McGuigan, Jr., 
Borough of Malvern, Malvern, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Paoli 
Battlefield Preservation Fund; Isidore C. Mineo, Chester County Parks 
and Recreation, West Chester, Pennsylvania; and Jean-Pierre Bouvel, 
Valley Forge Historical Society, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
NORTH KOREAN PRISON CAMPS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded hearings to examine the human rights situation in 
North Korea, focusing on political prison camp system and human rights 
violations, after receiving testimony from Lee Soon-ok, Kang Chul-hwan, 
and Ahn Myoung-chul, all of South Korea, and Suzanne Scholte, all on 
behalf of the Defense Forum Foundation, Falls Church, Virginia.
REGULATORY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 
59, to expand the current requirement that the Office of Management and 
Budget prepare an annual report on the costs and benefits of Federal 
regulations, and proposals to establish a Congressional Office of 
Regulatory Analysis, after receiving testimony from Donald R. Arbuckle, 
Acting Administrator and Deputy Administrator, Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget; New York State 
Senator Stephen M. Saland, Albany, on behalf of the National Conference 
of State Legislatures; Arthur J. Dyer, Metal Products Company, 
McMinnville, Tennessee, on behalf of the National Association of 
Manufacturers; Robert E. Litan, Brookings Institution, on behalf of the 
AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, and Gary D. Bass, 
OMB Watch, both of Washington, D.C.; Murray Weidenbaum, Center for the 
Study of American Business/Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri; 
and Sidney A. Shapiro, Indiana University, Bloomington.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following measures:
  S. 322, to amend title 4, United States Code, to add the Martin 
Luther King, Jr. holiday to the list of days on which the flag should 
especially be displayed;
  S. 39, to provide a national medal for public safety officers who act 
with extraordinary valor above the call of duty;
  S. Res. 22, commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and 
sacrifice made by the men and women who have lost their lives serving 
as law enforcement officers; and
  S. Res. 33, designating May 1999 as ``National Military Appreciation 
Month''.
  Also, committee resumed markup of S. 625, to amend title 11, United 
States Code, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again 
on Thursday, April 29.
EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the 
Elementary Secondary Education Act, focusing on education technology 
programs, after receiving testimony from Barbara Means, SRI 
International, Menlo Park, California; Philip J. Hyjek, Vermont State 
Department of Education/Vermont Institute for Science, Math and 
Technology, Waterbury Center, Vermont; Ervin S. Duggan, Public 
Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, Virginia; Inabeth Miller, The JASON 
Foundation for Education, Waltham, Massachusetts; Michael Pitroff, 
Baltimore Learning Community, Baltimore, Maryland; Carmen Gonzales, New 
Mexico State University Regional Educational Technology Assistance 
Program, Las Cruces; and Daniel Hogan, Cincinnati, Ohio.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Wednesday, April 28.
YEAR 2000 AND OIL IMPORTS
Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: Committee 
concluded hearings on the Y2K readiness status of the international oil 
industry, focusing on the effects of possible Y2K failures on the world 
oil supply, after receiving testimony from Robert S. Kripowicz, 
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Energy for Fossil Energy; Rear Adm. George N. Naccara, Director of 
Information and Technology, United States Coast Guard, Department of 
Transportation; William C. Ramsay, International Energy Agency, Paris, 
France; Phillip M. Davies, Chevron Shipping Company, Pascagoula, 
Mississippi, and Red Cavaney, Washington, D.C., both on behalf of the 
American Petroleum Institute; Bob Malone, Alyeska Pipeline Service 
Company, Anchorage, Alaska; and Michael J. Ingle, Service Station 
Dealers of America and Allied Trades, Lanham, Maryland.