[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 65 (Thursday, May 6, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D495-D496]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
HEDGE FUNDS
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Held a hearing on the 
President's Working Group Study on Hedge Funds. Testimony was heard 
from Brooksley Born, Chairperson, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; 
Gary Gensler, Under Secretary, Domestic Finance, Department of the 
Treasury; Annette L. Nazareth, Director of Market Regulation, SEC; Pat 
Parkinson, Associate Director, Division of Research and Statistics, 
Federal Reserve System; and public witnesses.
ELECTRICITY COMPETITION
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing 
on Electricity Competition: Market Power, Mergers, and PUHCA. Testimony 
was heard from A. Douglas Mclamed, Principle Deputy Attorney General, 
Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; Mozelle Thompson, 
Commissioner, FTC; Isaac C. Hunt, Commissioner, SEC; Douglas W. Smith, 
General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of 
Energy; and public witnesses.
CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment held a 
hearing on H.R. 11, to amend the Clean Air Act to permit the exclusive 
application of California State regulations regarding reformulated gas 
in certain areas within the State. Testimony was heard from Senator 
Feinstein; Representatives Franks of New Jersey, and Tauscher; Robert 
Perciasepe, Assistant Administrator, Air and Radiation, EPA; from the 
following officials of the State of California: Winston Hickox, 
Secretary, Environmental Protection, Environmental Protection Agency; 
and Pam O'Connor, Mayor, San Monica; and public witnesses.
HEALTH CARE QUALITY--IMPACT OF EXTERNAL REVIEW
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Employer-
Employee Relations held a hearing on Impact of External Review on 
Health Care Quality. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--CRIMINAL FINES, AND RESTITUTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight 
hearing on Crime, Criminal Fines, and Restitution: Are Federal 
Offenders Compensating Victims? Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the GAO: Richard M. Stana, Associate Director, 
Administration of Justice Issues; and Jan B. Montgomery, Assistant 
General Counsel.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife, and Oceans approved for full Committee action the following 
bills: H.R. 1552,

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amended, Marine Research and Related Environmental Research and 
Development Programs Authorization Act of 1999; H.R. 1643, to establish 
a moratorium on large fishing vessels in Atlantic herring and mackerel 
fisheries; H.R. 1651, to amend the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 
to extend the period during which reimbursement may be provided to 
owners of United States fishing vessels for costs incurred when such a 
vessel is seized and detained by a foreign country; H.R. 1652, Yukon 
River Salmon Act of 1999; and H.R. 1653, to approve a governing 
international fishery agreement between the United States and the 
Russian Federation.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
1243, National Marine Sanctuaries Enhancement Act of 1999; H.R. 34, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical corrections to a 
map relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System; H.R. 535, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections to a map 
relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System; H.R. 1489, to clarify 
boundaries on maps related to the Coastal Barrier Resources System; and 
H.R. 1431, to reauthorize and amend the Coastal Barrier Resources 
System Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Goss; Gary Grazer, 
Acting Assistant Director, Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Department of the Interior; Jo Ann Howard, Administrator, 
Federal Insurance Administration, FEMA; Sally Yozell, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA, Department of Commerce; former 
Representaive Thomas B. Evans, Jr., of Delaware; and public witnesses.
BLACK CANYON NATIONAL PARK AND GUNNISON GORGE NATIONAL CONSERVATION 
AREA ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, and Public 
Lands held a hearing on H.R. 1165, Black Canyon National Park and 
Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area Act of 1999. Testimony was 
heard from Representative McInnis; Stephen Saunders, Assistant 
Secretary, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, National Park Service, Department 
of the Interior; and pubic witnesses.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on Reauthorization of the National 
Transportation Safety Board. Testimony was heard from Jim Hall, 
Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; and public witnesses.
KOSOVO
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Kosovo. Testimony was heard from departmental 
witnesses.