[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 91 (Thursday, June 24, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D723-D725]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRICULTURAL TRADE POLICY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine United States

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agricultural trade goals and related objectives of the forthcoming 
round of global trade negotiations, after receiving testimony from 
Charlene Barshefsky, United States Trade Representative; and Dan 
Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably the following 
bills:
  An original bill (S. 1282) making appropriations for the Treasury 
Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of 
the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2000;
  An original bill (S. 1283) making appropriations for the government 
of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or 
in part against revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000; and
  An original bill making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2000.
EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the 
Export Administration Act, after receiving testimony from Craig Elwell, 
Specialist in Macroeconomics, Government and Finance Division, 
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Stephen Bryen, 
former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration; John 
W. Douglass, Aerospace Industries Association, and Richard T. Cupitt, 
University of Georgia/Center for International Trade and Security, both 
of Washington, D.C.; Kyle H. Seymour, Cincinnati Machine/UNOVA Company, 
Cincinnati, Ohio, on behalf of the Association for Manufacturing 
Technology; Andrew Whisenhunt, Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation, Little 
Rock, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation; and Karen 
Murphy, Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, California, on behalf of 
the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International.
PROPOSED BP AMOCO/ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY MERGER
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings to examine the implications of the proposed 
acquisition of the Atlantic Richfield Company by BP Amoco, PLC, after 
receiving testimony from Jay Hakes, Administrator, Energy Information 
Administration, Department of Energy; Alaska State Senator Bruce 
Botelho, Juneau; Andrew E. Aubertine, Oregon Department of Justice, 
Salem; Alaska State Senator Drue Pearce, and Bill Allen, VECO 
Corporation, both of Anchorage, Alaska; Mike R. Bowlin, Atlantic 
Richfield Company, Los Angeles, California; Richard L. Olver, BP Amoco, 
London, United Kingdom; John H. Lichtblau, Petroleum Industry Research 
Foundation, Inc., New York, New York; Robert E. Ebel, Center for 
Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.; Dale R. Lindsey, 
Harbor Enterprises, Inc., Petersburg, Alaska, on behalf of the 
Petersburg Energy; and James W. Winters, United Energy, Inc., Portland, 
Oregon.
NOX EMISSION REDUCTION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, 
Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety concluded hearings on 
the Environmental Protection Agency's NOX/State 
Implementation Plan Call under the Clean Air Act, to reduce emissions 
of nitrogen oxides in order to decrease the transport of ozone across 
state boundaries, after receiving testimony from Maine State Senator 
Sharon A. Treat, Gardiner; F. Wayne Hill, Gwinnett County Board of 
Commission, Lawrenceville, Georgia; Mayor Thomas Nye, Hamilton, Ohio; 
Russell J. Harding, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, 
Lansing; and Jane Stahl, Connecticut Department of Environmental 
Protection, Hartford.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original 
bill to extend the allowance of Medicare-eligible military retirees to 
receive Medicare-covered services under the Department of Defense 
health plan until December 31, 2001, and to authorize a fee-for-service 
model under the subvention demonstration for military retirees.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Richard C. Holbrooke, of New York, to be the 
Representative of the United States to the United Nations with the rank 
and status of Ambassador, and the Representative of the United States 
in the Security Council of the United Nations, after the nominee 
further testified and answered questions on his own behalf.
SATELLITE EXPORT CONTROL/DOMESTIC PRODUCTION AND LAUNCH CAPABILITIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic 
Policy, Export and Trade Promotion concluded hearings to examine U.S. 
satellite export control policy and the domestic production/launch 
capability, after receiving testimony from Eric D. Newsom, Assistant 
Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs; William A. Reinsch, 
Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration;

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Franklin C. Miller, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Strategy and Threat Reduction; Thomas A. Corcoran, Lockheed Martin 
Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland; and Thomas W. Watts, Merrill Lynch, 
New York, New York.
DC COLLEGE ACCESS ACT/HIGHER EDUCATION FOR DC STUDENTS ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia 
concluded hearings on H.R. 974, to establish a program to afford high 
school graduates from the District of Columbia the benefits of in-State 
tuition at State colleges and universities outside the District of 
Columbia, and S. 856, to provide greater options for District of 
Columbia students in higher education, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Jeffords; Representative Thomas Davis; District of Columbia 
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton; Maureen A. McLaughlin, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of Education for Policy, Planning, and Innovation, Office of 
Post-Secondary Education; and Mayor Anthony A. Williams, Lucio A. Noto, 
Mobil Corporation, on behalf of the District of Columbia College Access 
Program, Julius F. Nimmons, Jr., University of the District of 
Columbia, and Patricia A. McGuire, Consortium of Universities of the 
Metropolitan Washington Area, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  H.R. 441, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect 
to the requirements for the admission of nonimmigrant nurses who will 
practice in health professional shortage areas;
  S. 768, to establish court-martial jurisdiction over civilians 
serving with the Armed Forces during contingency operations, and to 
establish Federal jurisdiction over crimes committed outside the United 
States by former members of the Armed Forces and civilians accompanying 
the Armed Forces outside the United States, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Keith P. Ellison, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Gary Allen Feess, to be 
United States District Judge for the Central District of California, W. 
Allen Pepper, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Mississippi, Karen E. Schreier, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of South Dakota, and Stefan R. 
Underhill, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Connecticut.
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, July 1.