[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 19, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D553-D554]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
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 the budget and posture of the United States Army, 
after receiving testimony from Louis Caldera, Secretary of the Army; 
and Gen. Dennis J. Reimer, USA, Chief of Staff.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for foreign 
assistance programs, receiving testimony from Robert E. Rubin, 
Secretary of the Treasury.
  Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 109, to improve protection and management of the Chattahoochee 
River National Recreation Area in the State of Georgia, with an 
amendment;
  S. 323, to redesignate the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National 
Monument as a national park and establish the Gunnison National 
Conservation Area, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 415, to protect the permanent trust funds of the State of Arizona 
from erosion due to inflation and modify the basis on which 
distributions are made from those funds;
  S. 416, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the city of 
Sisters, Oregon, a certain parcel of land for use in connection with a 
sewage treatment facility, with an amendment;
  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, with an 
amendment;
  S. 548, to establish the Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis 
National Historical Site in the State of Ohio, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 607, to reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 
1992;
  S. 698, to review the suitability and feasibility of recovering costs 
of high altitude rescues at Denali National Park and Preserve in the 
State of Alaska;
  S. 700, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Ala 
Kahakai Trail as a National Historic Trail, with an amendment;
  S. 744, to provide for the continuation of higher education through 
the conveyance of certain public lands in the State of Alaska to the 
University of Alaska, with an amendment;
  S. 748, to improve Native hiring and contracting by the Federal 
Government within the State of Alaska, with an amendment;

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  S. 776, to authorize the National Park Service to conduct a 
feasibility study for the preservation of the Loess Hills in western 
Iowa, with an amendment;
  H.R. 154, to provide for the collection of fees for the making of 
motion pictures, television productions, and sound tracks in National 
Park System and National Wildlife Refuge System units, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  H.R. 449, to authorize the Gateway Visitor Center at Independence 
National Historical Park.
  Also, Committee began mark up of S. 608, to amend the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act of 1982, but did not complete consideration thereon, and 
recessed subject to call.
YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded oversight 
hearings on the status of the Youth Conservation Corps and other 
service and job training programs conducted by the National Park 
Service, Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, and the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, after receiving testimony from Robert G. Stanton, 
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Mike 
Dombeck, Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Dale M. 
Penny, Arlington, Virginia, and Katorra C. Wright, Washington, D.C., 
both on behalf of the Student Conservation Association; Andrew O. 
Moore, National Association of Service and Conservation Corps, 
Washington, D.C.; and Dwayne Lefthand, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, 
Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee met in closed and open session and 
ordered favorably reported an original bill, The Affordable Education 
Act of 1999.
INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 613, to 
encourage Indian economic development, to provide for the disclosure of 
Indian tribal sovereign immunity in contracts involving Indian tribes, 
and S. 614, to provide for regulatory reform in order to encourage 
investment, business, and economic development with respect to 
activities conducted on Indian lands, after receiving testimony from 
Jonathan M. Orszag, Assistant Secretary and Director of Policy and 
Strategic Planning, Department of Commerce; Michael J. Anderson, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; David Tovey, 
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, 
Oregon; and Dennis Horn, Holland and Knight, Washington, D.C.
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, May 26.