[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 60 (Thursday, April 29, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D456-D458]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--AID
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations 
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 
for the Agency for International Development, after receiving testimony 
from J. Brian Atwood, Administrator, United States Agency for 
International Development.
APPROPRIATIONS--EPA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2000 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving 
testimony from Carol M. Browner, Administrator, Environmental 
Protection Agency; and George T. Frampton, Jr., Acting Chairman, 
Council on Environmental Quality.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Brian E. Sheridan, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Defense, Lawrence J. Delaney, of Maryland, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, and 2,273 military nominations in 
the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and the Air Force.

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HUD GRANT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Transportation concluded oversight hearings on the 
management of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Grants 
Management System, after receiving testimony form Cardell Cooper, 
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Community 
Planning and Development; Stanley J. Czerwinski, Associate Director of 
Housing and Community Development Issues, Resources, Community, and 
Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Susan Elkins, 
Louisiana State Division of Community Development, Baton Rouge, on 
behalf of the Council of State Community Development Agencies; and 
David Robinson, Lake County Planning and Development Department, 
Waukegan, Illinois, on behalf of the National Community Development 
Association and the National Association for County Community Economic 
Development.
NASA BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings on the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2000 for the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, after receiving testimony from 
Daniel S. Goldin, Administrator, and Roberta L. Gross, Inspector 
General, both of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and 
Allen Li, Associate Director, National Security and International 
Affairs Division, General Accounting Office.
SOUTH FLORIDA ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation, and the Committee on 
Appropriations' Subcommittee on Interior concluded joint oversight 
hearings to review the GAO report on the Everglades National Park 
Restoration Project, after receiving testimony form Victor S. Rezendes, 
Director, Energy, Resources, and Science Issues, Resources, Community, 
and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Patricia 
J. Beneke, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science; 
Michael Davis, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; 
and Michael Collins, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm 
Beach, Florida.
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure held oversight hearings on the 
implementation of the project delivery and streamlining provisions of 
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, testimony from 
Delaware Governor Thomas R. Carper, Dover, on behalf of the National 
Governors' Association; Charles Thompson, Wisconsin Department of 
Transportation, Madison, on behalf of the American Association of State 
Highway and Transportation Officials; Brian A. Mills, Cass County, 
Missouri, on behalf of the Association of Metropolitan Planning 
Organizations; Jerry W. Alb, Washington State Department of 
Transportation, Olympia; Tim Stowe, Anderson and Associates, Inc., 
Blacksburg, Virginia, on behalf of the American Consulting Engineers 
Council; Roy Kienitz, Surface Transportation Policy Project, 
Washington, D.C.; Brian R. Holmes, Connecticut Road Builders 
Association, Wethersfield, on behalf of the American Road and 
Transportation Builders Association; and Mitch Leslie, Montana 
Contractors' Association, Billings, on behalf of the Associated General 
Contractors.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the 
implementation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, after 
receiving testimony from Nancy-Ann DeParle, Administrator, Health Care 
Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Judith A. Arnold, New York State Department of Health Division of 
Planning, Policy and Resource Development, Albany; Janet M. Corrigan, 
National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine, and Cindy Mann, 
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
Barbara C. Edwards, Ohio Department of Human Services Office of 
Medicaid, Columbus.
INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE PIRACY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic 
Policy, Export and Trade Promotion concluded hearings to examine the 
impact of international software piracy on the software industry and 
the American economy, focusing on the World Intellectual Property 
Organization copyright treaties, Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual 
Property Rights agreement, special 301 procedures, enforcement 
resources and willingness to enforce the laws, and the effect of the 
Asian economic crisis, after receiving testimony from Stuart E. 
Eizenstat, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and 
Agricultural Affairs; Richard W. Fisher, Deputy United States Trade 
Representative; Colleen M. Pouliot, Adobe Systems, Inc., San Jose, 
California, and Bradford L. Smith, Microsoft Corporation,

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Redmond, Washington, both on behalf of the Business Software Alliance; 
and Robert E. Lohfeld, High Technology Council of Maryland, Greenbelt.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of John T. Spotila, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management 
and Budget, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator 
Lautenberg, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  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;
  S. 704, to amend title 18, United States Code, to combat the 
overutilization of prison health care services and control rising 
prisoner health care costs, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. Res. 29, to designate the week of May 2, 1999, as ``National 
Correctional Officers and Employees Week''; and
  S. Res. 72, designating the month of May in 1999 and 2000 as 
``National ALS Awareness Month.''
RETENTION AND SOCIAL PROMOTION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for 
programs of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, focusing on 
retention and social promotion, after receiving testimony from Milton 
Goldberg, National Alliance of Business, Washington, D.C.; Robert M. 
Hauser, University of Wisconsin--Madison Department of Sociology; and 
Gary D. Estes, WestEd, San Francisco, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 385, to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to 
further improve the safety and health of working environments, with 
amendments; and
  The nominations of Joseph Bordogna, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy 
Director of the National Science Foundation, Kenneth Bresnahan, of 
Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Labor, Lorraine 
Pratt Lewis, of the District of Columbia, to be Inspector General, 
Department of Education, Arthur Naparstek, of Ohio, to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community 
Service, Ruth Tumura, of Hawaii, to be a Member of the National Museum 
Services Board, Chang-lin Tien, of California, to be a Member of the 
National Science Board, National Science Foundation, and Gary Visscher, 
of Maryland, to be a Member of the Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee is recessed subject to call.
911/LAW ENFORCEMENT Y2K READINESS.
Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: Committee 
concluded the 911 emergency systems and local law enforcement, after 
receiving testimony from Jack L. Brock, Jr., Director, Governmentwide 
and Defense Information Systems, Accounting and Information Management 
Division, General Accounting Office; Michael K. Powell, Commissioner, 
Federal Communications Commission; Stephen R. Colgate, Assistant 
Attorney General, Justice Management Division, and Harlin R. McEwen, 
Deputy Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Information Services 
Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, both of the Department of 
Justice; John S. Karangekis, Wethersfield Police Department, 
Wethersfield, Connecticut; and James N. Brown, Hudson Police 
Department, Hudson, Ohio.