[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 112 (Tuesday, August 3, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D916-D917]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. FARM ECONOMY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held hearings 
on the market and financial performance of the United States agricultural 
sector, receiving testimony from Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture; and 
J. B. Penn, Sparks Companies, Inc., McLean, Virginia.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations 
of Charles A. Blanchard, of Arizona, to be General Counsel of the Department 
of the Army, and Carol DiBattiste, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of the 
Air Force, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf. Mr. Blanchard was introduced by Senator McCain.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1214, to ensure the liberties of the people by promoting federalism, to 
protect the reserved powers of the States, to impose accountability for 
Federal preemption of State and local laws, with amendments;
  S. 1232, to provide for the correction of retirement coverage errors under 
chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code;
  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, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 457 and S. 1334, to amend chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, 
to increase the amount of leave time available to a Federal employee in any 
year in connection with serving as an organ donor; and
  The nomination of Earl E. Devaney, of Massachusetts, to be Inspector 
General, Department of the Interior.
CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE COMPENSATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 964, to provide 
for equitable compensation for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, receiving 
testimony from Senators Daschle and Johnson; Terry Virden, Director, Office 
of Trust Responsibilities, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the 
Interior; and Louis Dubray, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Eagle Butte, South 
Dakota.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
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