[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 74 (Thursday, May 20, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D563-D564]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations 
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 
for foreign assistance programs, after receiving testimony from 
Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State.
CHILDREN'S INTERNET PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on S. 97, to require the installation and use by schools and 
libraries of a technology for filtering or blocking material on the 
Internet on computers with Internet access to be eligible to receive or 
retain universal service assistance, after receiving testimony from 
Mark James, Deputy Director, Intelligence Division, Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, and Firearms, Department of the Treasury; Howard P. Berkowitz, 
Anti-Defamation League, Washington, D.C.; Peter H. Nickerson, N2H2, 
Seattle, Washington; and Mark Potok, Southern Poverty Law Center, 
Montgomery, Alabama.
COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH INDUSTRY
Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings on issues relating to 
the commercial space launch industry, after receiving testimony from 
Maj. Gen. Robert C. Hinson, Commander, 14th Air Force/Component 
Commander, United States Air Force Space Command; Keith Calhoun-
Senghor, Director, Office of Space Commercialization, Technology 
Administration, Department of Commerce; Lori Garver, Associate 
Administrator for Policy and Plans, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration; Patricia Grace Smith, Associate Administrator for 
Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Department of Transportation; D. Andrew Beal, Beal Aerospace 
Technologies, Inc., Frisco, Texas; Hoyt Davidson, Donaldson, Lufkin, 
and Jenrette Securities Corporation, New York, New York; John W. 
Douglass, Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc, Washington, 
D.C.; Gale Schluter, Boeing Company, Arlington, Virginia; Peter B. 
Teets, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland; and Stephen G. 
Wurst, Space Access, Palmdale, California.
ALLEGED CHINESE ESPIONAGE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held open and 
closed hearings to examine damage to the national security from alleged 
Chinese espionage at the Department of Energy nuclear weapons 
laboratories, receiving testimony from Notra Trulock, III, Acting 
Deputy Director, Office of Intelligence, and Edward Curran, Director, 
Office of Counterintelligence, both of the Department of Energy; Neil 
Gallagher, Assistant Director, National Security Division, Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, and James Baker, Deputy Counsel for 
Intelligence Operations, Office of Intelligence Policy and Review, both 
of the Department of Justice.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NATIONAL OILHEAT RESEARCH ALLIANCE ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy 
Research, Development, Production and Regulation concluded hearings on 
S. 348, to authorize and facilitate a program to enhance training, 
research and development, energy conservation and efficiency, and 
consumer education in the oilheat industry for the benefit of oilheat 
consumers and the public, after receiving testimony from Donald Allen, 
E.T. Lawson, Hampton, Virginia, on behalf of the National Oilheat 
Research Alliance; and John Huber, Petroleum Marketers Association of 
America, Arlington, Virginia.
GASOLINE SULFUR STANDARDS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, 
Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety concluded hearings on 
the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed sulfur standard for 
gasoline as contained in the proposed Tier Two standards for 
automobiles, after receiving testimony from Carol M. Browner, 
Administrator, and Robert Perciasepe, Assistant Administrator for Air 
and Radiation, both of the Environmental Protection Agency.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 746, to provide for analysis of major rules, to promote the 
public's right to know the costs and benefits of major rules, and to 
increase the accountability of quality of Government, with an 
amendment;
  S. 468, to improve the effectiveness and performance of Federal 
financial assistance programs, simplify Federal financial assistance 
application and reporting requirements, and improve the delivery of 
services to the public, with amendments;

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  S. 712, to amend title 39, United States Code, to allow postal 
patrons to contribute to funding for highway-rail grade crossing safety 
through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued United 
States postage stamps;
  H.R. 858, to amend title 11, District of Columbia Code, to extend 
coverage under the whistleblower protection provisions of the District 
of Columbia Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 to personnel of 
the courts of the District of Columbia, with an amendment;
  S. 1072, to make certain technical and other corrections relating to 
the Centennial of Flight Commemoration Act (36 U.S.C. 143 note; 112 
Stat. 3486 et seq.);
  S. 335, to amend chapter 30 of title 39, United States Code, to 
provide for the nonmailability of certain deceptive matter relating to 
games of chance, administrative procedures, orders, and civil penalties 
relating to such matter, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  The nominations of Stephen H. Glickman and Eric T. Washington, each 
to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 
Hiram E. Puig Lugo, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of 
the District of Columbia, and John T. Spotila, of New Jersey, to be 
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget.
ESPIONAGE INVESTIGATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded closed oversight 
hearings on the national security methods and processes relating to the 
Wen-Ho Lee espionage investigation, after receiving testimony from 
certain protected witnesses.
AUTHORIZATION--ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee resumed 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, receiving testimony from 
Senators Cochran and Shelby; Cassandra D. Washington, Mississippi 
Educational Network, Jackson; Robert T. Coonrod, Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting, Ralph Nadar, Commercial Alert, and Father Peter Weigand, 
St. Anselm's Abbey School, all of Washington, D.C.; Linda Wood, South 
Kingston High School, Wakefield, Rhode Island; Arthur White, Stamford, 
Connecticut, and Nedra Whitted, Chicago, Illinois, both on behalf of 
Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.; Diane Berreth, Association for 
Supervision and Curriculum Development, Alexandria, Virginia; Phyllis 
Schlafly, Eagle Forum, St. Louis, Missouri; and Paul Folkemer, Channel 
One Network, New York, New York.
VETERANS PROGRAMS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 555, 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to continue payment of monthly educational assistance 
benefits to veterans enrolled at educational institutions during 
periods between terms if the interval between such periods does not 
exceed eight weeks, S. 695, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the Atlanta, Georgia, 
metropolitan area, S. 940, to provide a temporary authority for the use 
of voluntary separation incentives by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to reduce employment levels, restructure staff, and S. 1076, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a cost-of-living 
adjustment in rates of compensation paid to veterans with service-
connected disabilities, to enhance programs providing health care, 
education, and other benefits for veterans, to authorize major medical 
facility projects, to reform eligibility for burial in Arlington 
National Cemetery, after receiving testimony from Senator Conrad; Togo 
D. West, Jr., Secretary, Kenneth W. Kizer, Under Secretary of Health, 
Veterans Health Administration, Nora Egan, Deputy Under Secretary for 
Management, Veterans Benefits Administration, and Roger R. Rapp, Acting 
Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, 
all of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Patrick T. Henry, Assistant 
Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and John C. Metzler, 
Superintendent, Arlington National Cemetery, both of the Department of 
the Army; Jacqueline Garrick, American Legion, Dennis M. Cullinan, 
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Joseph A. Violante, Disabled American 
Veterans, Harley Thomas, Paralyzed Veterans of America, and Rick 
Weidman, Vietnam Veterans of America, all of Washington, D.C.; and 
Peter S. Gaytan, AMVETS, Lanham, Maryland.