[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 96 (Thursday, July 1, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D772-D773]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

 Committee Meetings
 (Committees not listed did not meet)
 MILITARY OPERATIONS IN KOSOVO
 Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on issues 
relating to military operations in Kosovo, after receiving testimony 
from Gen. Wesley K. Clark, USA, Commander in Chief, European Command, 
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe.
 LOW-INCOME HOUSING AVAILABILITY
 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Transportation concluded hearings on S. 1318, to authorize 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to 
States to supplement State and local assistance for the preservation 
and promotion of affordable housing opportunities for low-income 
families, and S. 1319, to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development to renew project-based contracts for assistance under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 at up to market rent 
levels, in order to preserve these projects as affordable low-income 
housing, after receiving testimony from Senators Grams, Kerry, Bond, 
and Jeffords; Representatives Lazio and Frank; and William C. Apgar, 
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing/
Federal Housing Commissioner.
 BUSINESS MEETING
 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of David L. Goldwyn, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for International 
Affairs, and James B. Lewis, of New Mexico, to be Director of the 
Office Of Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy.
 SANCTIONS IN U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
 Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings on the role of 
sanctions in United States national security policy, receiving 
testimony from Stuart E. Eizenstat, Under Secretary of State for 
Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs.
   Hearings recessed subject to call.
 U.S. POLICY ON HONG KONG
 Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded hearings to examine United States policy towards Hong 
Kong, after receiving testimony from Stanley O. Roth, Assistant 
Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Margaret Ng 
Negoi-yee, Representative for the Legal Functional Constituency, 
Legislative Council, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's 
Republic of China; Stephen J. Yates, Heritage Foundation, Washington, 
D.C.; and Jerome A. Cohen, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New 
York.
 EGG SAFETY
 Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia 
concluded hearings to examine the federal food safety system, focusing 
on the safety of eggs and egg products, after receiving testimony from 
Lawrence J. Dyckman, Director, Food and Agriculture Issues, Resources, 
Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting 
Office; Morris E. Potter, Director, Food Safety Initiatives, Center for 
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Margaret Glavin, Associate 
Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of 
Agriculture; Michael F. Jacobson, Center for Science in the Public 
Interest, and Jill A. Snowdon, Egg Nutrition Center, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Keith Mussman, Mussman's Back Acres, Grant Park, 
Illinois, on behalf of the United Egg Producers; and Harold DeVries, 
Jr., Mallquist Butter and Egg Company, Rockford, Illinois.
 BUSINESS MEETING
 Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items: 
   S. 467, to restate and improve section 7A of the Clayton Act, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
   S. 1257, to amend statutory damages provisions of title 17, United 
States Code;
   S. 1258, to authorize funds for the payment of salaries and expenses 
of the Patent and Trademark Office;

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   S. 1259, to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 relating to dilution of 
famous marks;
   S. 1260, to make technical corrections in title 17, United States 
Code, and other laws, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
   S. Res. 59, designating both July 2, 1999, and July 2, 2000, as 
``National Literacy Day''; and
   The nominations of Marsha L. Berzon, of California, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Robert A. Katzmann, of New 
York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, and T. 
John Ward, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Texas.
 WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT
 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Employment, Safety and Training concluded oversight hearings on the 
implementation of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, after receiving 
testimony from Senator DeWine; Raymond L. Bramucci, Assistant Secretary 
of Labor for Employment and Training; Steven M. Gold, Vermont 
Department of Employment and Training, Montpelier; Terry W. Hudson, 
Houston Works, Houston, Texas; Earl Wilson, Minnesota Department of 
Economic Security, St. Paul; and Roberts T. Jones, National Alliance of 
Business, Washington, D.C.
 AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
 Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1290, 
to amend title 36 of the United States Code to establish the American 
Indian Education Foundation, after receiving testimony from 
Representatives Kildee and Patrick Kennedy; Michael J. Anderson, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; John W. Cheek, 
National Indian Education Association, Alexandria, Virginia; Roger 
Bordeaux, Association of Community Tribal Schools, Inc., Sisseton, 
South Dakota; Gerald Monette, Turtle Mountain Community College, 
Belcourt, North Dakota, on behalf of the American Indian Higher 
Education Consortium; Kathryn Benally, Navajo Area School Board 
Association, Window Rock, Arizona.