[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 64 (Wednesday, May 5, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D484-D485]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of Thomas J. Erickson, of the District of 
Columbia, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Daschle, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the 
Commodity Exchange Act, focusing on the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission's pilot program for agricultural trade options, after 
receiving testimony from David D. Spears, Commissioner, Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission; Kenneth Ackerman, Administrator, Risk 
Management Agency, Department of Agriculture; Jerry Slocum, North 
Mississippi Grain Company, Cold Water; Dan Dye, Cargill, Inc., 
Minneapolis Minnesota; Scott W. Stewart, Stewart-Peterson Group, Inc., 
West Bend, Wisconsin, on behalf of the National Introducing Brokers 
Association; Steven Manaster, Virginia Tech University Pamplin College 
of Business, Falls Church; David Rempe, Kansas State University 
Department of Agricultural Economics, Manhattan.
INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded closed 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for defense 
related intelligence programs, after receiving testimony from George J. 
Tenet, Director, Central Intelligence Agency.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INSOLVENCY IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions concluded hearings on S. 958, to amend certain 
banking and securities laws with respect to financial contract, after 
receiving testimony from William F. Kroener, III, General Counsel, 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and Paul G. Scheufele, Credit 
Suisse First Boston, on behalf of the Bond Market Association, Don 
Thompson, J.P. Morgan and Company, Inc., on behalf of the American 
Bankers Association and the ABA Securities Association, and Marjorie E. 
Gross, Chase Manhattan Bank, on behalf of the Financial Services 
Roundtable, all of New York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 376, to amend the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 to promote 
competition and privatization in satellite communications, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 305, to reform unfair and anticompetitive practices in the 
professional boxing industry, with amendments;
  S. 296, to provide for continuation of the Federal research 
investment in a fiscally sustainable way, with amendments;
  S. 342, to authorize appropriations for the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration for fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002, with 
amendments;
  S. 795, to amend the Fastener Quality Act to strengthen the 
protection against the sale of mismarked, misrepresented, and 
counterfeit fasteners and eliminate unnecessary requirements, with 
amendments;
  S. 920, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Maritime 
Commission for fiscal years 2000 and 2001, with an amendment;
  H.R. 1034, to declare a portion of the James River and Kanawha Canal 
in Richmond, Virginia, to be nonnavigable waters of the United States 
for purposes of title 46, United States Code, and the other maritime 
laws of the United States; and
  The nominations of Rear Adm. John E. Shkor of the United States Coast 
Guard to be Commander, Atlantic Area, with the Grade of Vice Admiral, 
Capt. Evelyn J. Fields of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to be Director, Office of NOAA Corp Operations, with the 
Grade of Rear Admiral; Capt. Nicholas A. Prahl of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration to be Director, Atlantic and Pacific 
Marine Centers, with the Grade of Rear Admiral, and nominations for 
promotion in the United States Coast Guard.
CHINESE ESPIONAGE AT DOE LABORATORIES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed hearings 
to examine the damage to the national security from alleged Chinese 
espionage at Department of Energy nuclear weapons laboratories, 
receiving testimony from John C. Browne, Director, Los Alamos National 
Laboratory, C. Paul Robinson, Director, Sandia National Laboratories, 
and C. Bruce Tarter, Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 
all of the Department of Energy.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.

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NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nomination of Timothy Fields, Jr., of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection Agency, 
after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
MEDICARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on Medicare reform 
issues, focusing on the financial outlook for the Medicare program, 
including implications of Medicare financing for the Federal budget and 
the United States economy, and the role of Medicare in meeting the 
health needs of the elderly and disabled Americans, after receiving 
testimony from Dan L. Crippen, Director, Congressional Budget Office; 
Richard Foster, Chief Actuary, Health Care Financing Administration, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Massachusetts Governor Argeo 
Paul Cellucci, Boston, on behalf of the National Governors' 
Association; H.E. Frech III, University of California, Santa Barbara; 
and Diane Rowland, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation/Kaiser Commission 
on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Washington, D.C.
ANTIBALLISTIC MISSILE TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings on issues 
relating to the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty, focusing on the 
United States strategic and arms control objectives, receiving 
testimony from Ronald F. Lehman, former Director of the U.S. Arms 
Control and Disarmament Agency; R. James Woolsey, former Director of 
the Central Intelligence Agency; Keith B. Payne, National Institute for 
Public Policy/Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, 
Washington, D.C.; and Gen. Eugene E. Habiger, Omaha, Nebraska, former 
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Strategic Command.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
STATE OF FEDERALISM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
current state of Federal and State relations, after receiving testimony 
from Utah Governor Michael O. Leavitt, Salt Lake City, on behalf of the 
National Governors' Association; Wisconsin Governor Tommy G. Thompson, 
Madison, on behalf of the Council of State Governments; Mayor Clarence 
E. Anthony, South Bay, Florida, on behalf of the National League of 
Cities; North Carolina State Representative Daniel T. Blue, Jr., 
Raleigh, on behalf of the National Conference of State Legislatures; 
William A. Galston, University of Maryland at College Park; and John O. 
McGinnis, Yeshiva University Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded oversight hearings on 
activities of the Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from 
Janet Reno, Attorney General, Department of Justice.
AUTHORIZATION--INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original bill authorizing funds for fiscal year 2000 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.