[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 11, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D506-D507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRICULTURAL TRADE SANCTIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings on issues relating to agricultural trade sanctions, and S. 
566, to amend the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to exempt agricultural 
commodities, livestock, and value-added products from unilateral 
economic sanctions, to prepare for future bilateral and multilateral 
trade negotiations affecting United States agriculture, after receiving 
testimony from Stuart E. Eizenstat, Under Secretary of State for 
Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs; August Schumacher, Jr., 
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
Services; Charles J. O'Mara, O'Mara and Associates, Paul A. Drazek, 
Powell, Goldstein, Frazer and Murphy, Dean Kleckner, American Farm 
Bureau Federation, and James H. Matlack, American Friends Service 
Committee, all of Washington, D.C.; Gary Turner, Idaho Farmers Union, 
Burley, on behalf of the National Farmers Union; Richard E. Bell, 
Riceland Foods, Inc., Stuttgart, Arkansas, on behalf of the USA Rice 
Federation; Mike Yost, Murdock, Minnesota, on behalf of the American 
Soybean Association,; and Jack Pettus, Sunburst, Montana, on behalf of 
the National Barley Growers Association.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of 
Defense, focusing on military pay and retirement benefits, readiness 
protection, and weapons modernization, after receiving testimony from 
William S. Cohen, Secretary of Defense; and Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA, 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support met in closed session and approved for full committee 
consideration those provisions, which fall within the jurisdiction of 
the subcommittee, of S. 974, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
years 2000 and 2001 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, and to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal years 
2000 and 2001.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities met in closed session and approved for full committee 
consideration those provisions, which fall within the jurisdiction of 
the subcommittee, of S. 974, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
years 2000 and 2001 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, and to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal years 
2000 and 2001.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Strategic Subcommittee met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration those provisions, 
which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of S. 974, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, and to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for fiscal years 2000 and 2001.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration those provisions, 
which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of S. 974, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, and to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for fiscal years 2000 and 2001.

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AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration those provisions, 
which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of S. 974, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, and to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for fiscal years 2000 and 2001.
OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF/LAND LEGACY INITIATIVE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on S. 25, to provide Coastal Impact Assistance to State and local 
governments, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments 
of 1978, the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, the Urban 
Park and Recreation Recovery Act, and the Federal Aid in Wildlife 
Restoration Act (commonly referred to as the Pittman-Robertson Act) to 
establish a fund to meet the outdoor conservation and recreation needs 
of the American people, S. 446, to provide for the permanent protection 
of the resources of the United States in the year 2000 and beyond, S. 
532, to provide increased funding for the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery Programs, to resume the 
funding of the State grants program of the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund, and to provide for the acquisition and development of 
conservation and recreation facilities and programs in urban areas, S. 
819, to provide funding for the National Park System from outer 
Continental Shelf revenues, the Lands Legacy Initiative, which would 
fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and the role of the Council 
on Environmental Quality and its involvement with the Federal land 
managements agencies, after receiving testimony from George T. 
Frampton, Jr., Acting Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 880, to amend the Clean Air Act to remove flammable fuels from the list 
of substances with respect to which reporting and other activities are 
required under the risk management plan program, with amendments;
  S. 559, to designate the Federal building located at 33 East 8th Street in 
Austin, Texas, as the ``J.J. `Jake' Pickle Federal Building'';
  S. 858, to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse 
located at 18 Greenville Street in Newnan, Georgia, as the ``Lewis R. Morgan 
Federal Building and United States Courthouse''; and
  The nomination of George T. Frampton, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to 
be a Member of the Council on Environmental Quality.
AGRICULTURAL SANCTIONS POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on United 
States agriculture sanctions policy for the 21st century, after receiving 
testimony from Dan Glickman, Secretary, and Gus Schumacher, Under Secretary 
for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service, both of the Department of 
Agriculture; William A. Reinsch, Under Secretary of Commerce for Export 
Administration; Gary Hall, Kansas Farm Bureau, Manhattan; Max Thornsberry, 
Missouri Cattlemen's Association, Columbia, on behalf of the National 
Cattlemen's Beef Association; Mike Yost, Murdock, Minnesota, on behalf of 
the American Soybean Association; and Robert W. Kohlmeyer, World 
Perspectives, Inc., Washington, D.C.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government 
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings on 
multiple program coordination in early childhood education, focusing on Head 
Start, Early Head Start, the Government Performance and Results Act, the 
Family and Child Experiences Survey, funding strategies, federal policy, 
rules and regulations, collaboration between federal, state, and local 
governments in research, services, and performance measurement, after 
receiving testimony from Olivia A. Golden, Assistant Secretary of Health and 
Human Services for Children and Families; and Judith Johnson, Acting 
Assistant Secretary of Education for Elementary and Secondary Education.
HATE CRIMES PREVENTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine how to 
promote a responsive and responsible role for the Federal Government on 
combating hate crimes, focusing on the relationship between the federal 
government and the states in combating hate crime, analysis of states' 
prosecution of hate crimes, development of a hate crime legislation model, 
and existing federal hate crime law, after receiving testimony from Eric H. 
Holder, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; Westchester 
County District Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro, White Plains, New York; 
Kenneth T. Brown, Albany County Courthouse, Laramie, Wyoming; Robert H. 
Knight, Family Research Council, Washington, D.C.; Burt Neuborne, New York 
University Law School, New York; Akhil Reed Amar, Yale Law School, New 
Haven, Connecticut; and Judy Shepard, Casper, Wyoming.