[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 20, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D831-D832]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S.-KOSOVO POLICY AND OPERATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the United 
States policy and military operations regarding Kosovo, focusing on 
Operation Allied Force and NATO's actions, after receiving testimony 
from William S. Cohen, Secretary of Defense; and Gen. Henry H. Shelton, 
USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
NATIONAL MONUMENTS DECLARATIONS PARTICIPATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management concluded hearings on S. 729, to ensure that 
Congress and the public have the right to participate in the 
declaration of national monuments on Federal land, after receiving 
testimony from Representative Cannon; George Frampton, Acting Chair, 
Council on Environmental Quality; Idaho State Representative Charles D. 
Cuddy, Orofino; John F. Shepherd, Holland and Hart, Denver, Colorado; 
William P. Horn, Birch, Horton, Bittner, and Cherot, former Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and Marcia F. 
Argust, National Parks and Conservation Association, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Louise Liston, Garfield County, Escalante, Utah.
HABITAT CONSERVATION PLANS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife, and Drinking Water held hearings to examine the extent and 
quality of the science of the Endangered Species Act's habitat 
conservation plans, receiving testimony from Peter Kareiva, Senior 
Ecologist, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Stuart Pimm, 
University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and Dennis D. Murphy, University of 
Nevada, Reno.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee began markup of the proposed Taxpayer 
Refund Act of 1999, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet 
again tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of A. Peter Burleigh, of California, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of the Philippines and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Palau, Robert 
S. Gelbard, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Indonesia, M. Osman Siddique, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Fiji, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Nauru, Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Tonga, and Ambassador to Tuvalu, and Sylvia Gaye Stanfield, 
of Texas, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Gelbard was 
introduced by Senators Coverdell and Biden, and Mr. Siddique was 
introduced by Senator Warner.
U.N. INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations held closed hearings on issues relating to the United 
Nations International Criminal Court, receiving testimony from David J. 
Scheffer, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
SWEEPSTAKES COMPANIES DECEPTIVE MAILINGS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations concluded hearings to examine deceptive mailings and the 
need for legislation to curb the deceptive practices used in the 
sweepstakes, skill contests and government look-alike mailings, after 
receiving testimony from

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Glynna Christian Parde, Chief Investigator and Senior Counsel, 
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; Kenneth J. Hunter, Chief 
Postal Inspector, and Robert G. DeMuro, Postal Inspector Attorney, both 
of the United States Postal Inspection Service; Anthony Kasday, 
Neopolitan Consultants, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada; and David Dobin, Lone 
Star Promotions, Inc., Merrick, New York.
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for 
programs of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, focusing on 
improving use of funds, after receiving testimony from Robert A. 
Sampieri, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Phoenix, Arizona; Nina Shokraii Rees, 
Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Mike Watson, Arkansas Policy 
Foundation, Little Rock; and Betty Preston, Missouri State Board of 
Education, Chillicothe, on behalf of the National Association of State 
Boards of Education.
PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
prescription drug benefits provided by health maintenance organizations 
(HMO) that participate in the Medicare+Choice program, focusing on a 
report that examines how Medicare HMOs manage drug formularies to 
control drug expenditures and the implications for beneficiaries, after 
receiving testimony from William J. Scanlon, Director, Health Financing 
and Public Health Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services 
Division, General Accounting Office; Elizabeth Helms, TMJ Society, 
Sacramento, California, on behalf of the Citizens for the Right to 
Know; Richard Jones, UnitedHealthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Mary 
Jane Lathrop, Antelope, California.