[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 28, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D879-D881]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MONETARY POLICY REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings on the Monetary Policy Report to Congress pursuant 
to the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978, after receiving 
testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal 
Reserve System.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following bills:
  S. 244, to authorize the construction of the Lewis and Clark Rural 
Water System and to authorize assistance to the Lewis and Clark Rural 
Water System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for the planning and 
construction of the water supply system, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  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.
WATER BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded hearings on S. 624, to authorize construction of the 
Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System in the State of Montana, S. 
1211, to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to 
authorize additional measures to carry out the control of salinity 
upstream of Imperial Dam in a cost-effective manner, S. 1275, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to produce and sell products 
and to sell publications relating to the Hoover Dam, and to deposit 
revenues generated from the sales into the Colorado River Dam fund, S. 
1236, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for 
commencement of the construction of the Arrowrock Dam Hydroelectric 
Project in the State of Idaho, S. 1377, to amend the Central Utah 
Project Completion Act regarding the use of funds for water development 
for the Bonneville Unit, and S. 986, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey the Griffith Project to the Southern Nevada Water 
Authority, after receiving testimony from Senators Reid and Baucus; 
Steve Richardson, Chief of Staff, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of 
the Interior; John E. Tubbs, Montana Department of Natural Resources 
and Conservation, Helena; Spike Bighorn, Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes 
of the Fort Peck Reservation, Poplar, Montana; Rick Knick, Dry Prairie 
Rural Water, Culberston, Montana; Jack A. Barnett, Colorado River Basin 
Salinity Control Forum, Bountiful, Utah; and Patricia Mulroy, Southern 
Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  An original bill to prevent the further proliferation of nuclear, 
chemical, and biological weapons; and to authorize appropriations for 
the provision of security assistance to certain foreign countries;
  S. 720, to promote the development of a government in the Federal 
Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) based on democratic 
principles and the rule of law, and that respects internationally 
recognized human rights, to assist the victims of Serbian oppression, 
to apply measures against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 166, relating to the recent elections in the Republic of 
Indonesia, with an amendment;
  S. Con. Res. 48, relating to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 
Forum; and
  The nominations of J. Brady Anderson, of South Carolina, to be 
Administrator of the Agency for International Development, 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, J. Richard 
Fredericks, of California, to be Ambassador to Switzerland, and to 
serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
the Principality of Liechtenstein, Robert S. Gelbard, of Washington, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, Barbara J. Griffiths, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, Evelyn 
Simonowitz Lieberman, of New York, to be Under Secretary of State for 
Public Diplomacy, Richard Monroe Miles, of South Carolina, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, Michael A. Sheehan, of New 
Jersey, to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and 
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Ambassador at Large, 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, Carl 
Spielvogel, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, 
Sylvia Gaye Stanfield, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, 
William B. Taylor, Jr., of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as Coordinator of U.S. Assistance for the New 
Independent States, and a Foreign Service Officer Promotion list 
received in the Senate on July 1, 1999.
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic 
Policy, Export and Trade Promotion held hearings on activities of the 
Agency for International Development to limit pollution, improve energy 
efficiency and preserve the world's resources, focusing on the impact 
of global climate change on international economic development and 
ecological balance, receiving testimony from Harriet Babbitt, Acting 
Administrator, United States Agency for International Development.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
COMBATING METHAMPHETAMINE PROLIFERATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on combating 
the problem of methamphetamine manufacturing and trafficking 
proliferation in the United States, and S. 1428, to amend the 
Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and 
Export Act relating to the manufacture, traffic, import, and export of 
amphetamine and methamphetamine, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Harkin; Donnie R. Marshall, Acting Administrator, Drug Enforcement 
Administration, and Paul M. Warner, United States Attorney for the 
District of Utah, both of the Department of Justice; Katina Kypridakes, 
California Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement, Sacramento; Ron Doerge, 
Newton County Sheriff's Department and Jail, Neosho, Missouri, on 
behalf of the Southwest Missouri Drug Task Force; and John Vasica, 
Sandy, Utah.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. Con. Res. 28, urging the Congress and the President to increase 
funding for the Pell Grant Program and existing Campus-Based Aid 
Programs, with an amendment;
  S. 976, to amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to focus 
the authority of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration on community-based services children and adolescents, to 
enhance flexibility and accountability, to establish programs for youth 
treatment, and to respond to crises, especially those related to 
children and violence, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; 
and
  S. 632, to provide assistance for poison prevention and to stabilize 
the funding of regional poison control centers; and
  The nominations of James Roger Angel, of Arizona, to be a Member of 
the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence 
in Education Foundation, Jerry D. Florence, of California, to be a 
Member of the National Museum Services Board, Christopher C. Gallagher, 
of New Hampshire, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Corporation for National and Community Service, Jack E. Hightower, of 
Texas, to be a Member of the National Commission on Libraries and 
Information Science, A. E. Dick Howard, of Virginia, to be a Member of 
the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship 
Foundation, and Richard M. McGahey, of the District of Columbia, and 
Edward B. Montgomery, of Maryland, each to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Labor.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION OPERATIONS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded oversight 
hearings on the operations of the Smithsonian Institution, after 
receiving testimony from I. Michael Heyman, Secretary, Smithsonian 
Institution.

TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNANCE
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 979, to 
amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to 
provide for further self-governance by Indian tribes, after receiving 
testimony from Michel E. Lincoln, Deputy Director, Indian Health 
Service, Department of Health and Human Services; Stephanie Rainwater-
Sande, Ketchikan Indian Corporation, Ketchikan, Alaska; Henry Cagey, 
Lummi Indian Business Council, Bellingham, Washington; and Buford L. 
Rolin, National Indian Health Board, Denver, Colorado.
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