[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 82 (Thursday, June 10, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D646-D647]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  An original bill (S. 1205) making appropriations for military 
construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000;
  An original bill (S. 1206) making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000; and
  An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000.
ESPIONAGE AND EXPORT CONTROLS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings on espionage and export control issues in the House 
Cox Report, after receiving testimony from Representatives Cox and 
Dicks.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE ENCRYPTION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on S. 798, to promote electronic commerce by encouraging and 
facilitating the use of encryption in interstate commerce consistent 
with the protection of national security, after receiving testimony 
from Representative Goodlatte; William A. Reinsch, Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Export Administration; James K. Robinson, Assistant 
Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Barbara A. 
McNamara, Deputy Director, National Security Agency, Department of 
Defense; David Aucsmith, Intel Corporation, and Lance J. Hoffman, 
George Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science, 
both of Washington, D.C.; and D. James Bizdos, Security Dynamics 
Technologies, Inc., Vienna, Virginia.
NATIONAL RECREATION LAKES STUDY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings on the report and recommendations of the National 
Recreation Lakes Study Commission, after receiving testimony from 
Richard W. Davies, Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, Little 
Rock, on behalf of the National Recreation Lakes Study Commission; and 
William W. Anderson, Westrec Marina Management, Inc., Encino, 
California, on behalf of the Recreation Roundtable.
MEDICARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on the impact of the 1997 
Balanced Budget Act provisions on the Medicare fee-for-service 
beneficiaries and providers program, receiving testimony from Robert A. 
Berenson, Director, Center for Health Plans and Providers, Health Care 
Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Paul 
N. Van de Water, Assistant Director for Budget Analysis, Congressional 
Budget Office; William J. Scanlon, Director, Health Financing and 
Public Health Issues, Health, Education and Human Services Division, 
General Accounting Office; Gail R. Wilensky, Medicare Payment Advisory 
Commission, and Thomas A. Scully, Federation of American Health 
Systems, both of Washington, D.C.; Charles M. Smith, Christiana Care 
Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the American Hospital 
Association; D. Ted Lewers, Easton, Maryland, on behalf of the American 
Medical Association; Susan S. Bailis, Solomont Bailis Ventures, Boston, 
Massachusetts, on behalf of the American Health Care Association; and 
Mary Suther, Visiting Nurse Association of Texas, Dallas, on behalf of 
the National Association for Home Care.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
ENERGY DEPARTMENT EXPORT CONTROL
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on 
national security and economic issues related to the dual-use and 
munitions list export control processes and implementation at the 
Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from Gregory H. 
Friedman, Inspector General, Sandra L. Schneider, Assistant Inspector 
General for Inspections, and Alfred K. Walter, Director, Office of 
Management Operations, Office of the Inspector General, all of the 
Department of Energy.

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MEDICARE INTERIM PAYMENT SYSTEM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations held hearings to examine the impact of the new Medicare 
Interim Payment System on certain home health agencies, receiving 
testimony from Kathleen A. Buto, Deputy Director, Center for Health 
Plans and Providers, and Mary R. Vienna, Director, Clinical Standards 
Group, both of the Health Care Financing Administration, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Maryanna Arsenault, Visiting Nurse Service, 
Saco, Maine, on behalf of the Visiting Nurse Associations of America; 
Mary Suther, Visiting Nurse Association of Texas, Dallas, on behalf of 
the National Association of Home Care; Rosalind L. Stock, Home Health 
Outreach, Rochester Hills, Michigan; Barbara Markham Smith, George 
Washington University Center for Health Services Research and Policy, 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following measures:
  S. 606, for the relief of Global Exploration and Development 
Corporation, Kerr-Mcgee Corporation, and Kerr-Mcgee Chemical, LLC 
(successor to Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation), with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 98, designating the week beginning October 17, 1999, and the 
week beginning October 15, 2000, as ``National Character Counts Week'';
  S.J. Res. 21, to designate September 29, 1999, as ``Veterans of 
Foreign Wars of the United States Day'';
  S. Res. 114, designating June 22, 1999, as ``National Pediatric AIDS 
Awareness Day'';
  S. Res. 81, designating the year of 1999 as ``The Year of Safe 
Drinking Water'' and commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 
enactment of the Safe Drinking Water Act; and
  S. Res. 34, designating the week beginning April 30, 1999, as 
``National Youth Fitness Week'', with an amendment.
B.F. GOODRICH/COLTEC MERGER
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, 
and Competition concluded hearings to examine the competitive and 
national security implications of the proposed merger between B.F. 
Goodrich/Coltec Industries, after receiving testimony from 
Representatives Kucinich and McIntosh; David R. Oliver, Principal 
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisitions and Technology; 
Einer Elhauge, Harvard Law School, Boston, Massachusetts; Terrence G. 
Linnert, B.F.Goodrich, Cleveland, Ohio; Carl R. Montalbine, 
AlliedSignal Aerospace, South Bend, Indiana; Alan Reuther, United 
Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America 
Union, Washington, D.C.
AUTHORIZATION--ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee resumed 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, focusing on special 
populations, and S.505, to give gifted and talented students the 
opportunity to develop their capabilities, receiving testimony from 
Senator Grassley; John W. Cheek, National Indian Education Association, 
Alexandria, Virginia; Melody McCoy, Native American Rights Fund, 
Boulder, Colorado; Nancy Croce, New York State Department of Education, 
Albany; Joel Gomez, George Washington University Institute for 
Education Policy Studies, and Nancy Zirkin, American Association of 
University Women and the National Coalition for Women and Girls in 
Education, both of Washington, D.C.; and Hisela Perez, Orrtanna, 
Pennsylvania.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
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 Thursday, June 17.
Y2K AND HEALTHCARE
Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine Y2K compliance issues within the health 
care industry, after receiving testimony from Kevin Thurm, Deputy 
Secretary of Health and Human Services; Joel C. Willemssen, Director, 
Civil Agencies Information Systems, Accounting and Information 
Management Division, General Accounting Office; Philip L. Roberts, Utah 
Physicians Care Center, Sandy; Randy S. Musick, Integrated Health 
Services, Inc., Moore, Oklahoma; Mark R. Stoddard, Rural Health 
Management Corporation, Nephi, Utah; and Karen Bolin, Atlanta Medical 
Center, Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the Federation of American 
Health Systems.