[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 98 (Tuesday, July 13, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D791]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NEVADA LAND CONVEYANCES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management concluded hearings on S. 1330, to give the city 
of Mesquite, Nevada, the right to purchase at fair market value certain 
parcels of public land in the city; and S. 1329, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to Nye County, Nevada, 
after receiving testimony from Senator Reid; Larry Finfer, Assistant 
Director for Communications, Bureau of Land Management, Department of 
the Interior; Bryan Montgomery, City of Mesquite, Nevada; and Stephen 
Bradhurst, Nevada Science and Technology Center, Reno, Nevada.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Charles R. Wilson, of Florida, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, William Haskell Alsup, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, 
Adalberto Jose Jordan, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Florida, Carlos Murguia, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Kansas, and Marsha J. Pechman, to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Jordan were introduced by Senators Graham 
and Mack, Mr. Alsup was introduced by Senator Boxer, Mr. Murguia was 
introduced by Senators Brownback and Roberts, and Ms. Pechman was 
introduced by Senators Gorton and Murray.
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 safe and drug free 
schools, receiving testimony from Barry R. McCaffrey, Director, Office 
of National Drug Control Policy; William Modzeleski, Director, Safe and 
Drug-Free Schools Program, Department of Education; David S. Wolk, 
Rutland Public Schools, Rutland, Vermont; Rosalind Brannigan, Drug 
Strategies, Washington, D.C.; and Hope Taft, Columbus, Ohio.
  Hearings continue on Tuesday, July 20.