[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 29, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1054-D1055]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY IMPROVEMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine concluded hearings on S. 
1501, to improve motor carrier safety, after receiving testimony from 
Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, and Kenneth R. Wykle, 
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, both of the Department 
of Transportation; Stephen F. Campbell, Commercial Vehicle Safety 
Alliance, Bethesda, Maryland; Joan Claybrook, Advocates for Highway and 
Auto Safety, Washington, D.C.; Ken Bryant, Teamsters Local 745, Dallas, 
Texas, on behalf of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters; Walter 
B. McCormick, Jr., American Trucking Associations, Inc., Alexandria, 
Virginia; and Kevin Sharpe, Illinois Commerce Commission, Springfield, 
on behalf of the National Conference of State Transportation 
Specialists.
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded oversight hearings on the practices of the Bureau of 
Reclamation regarding operations and maintenance costs and contract 
renewals, after receiving testimony from Eluid Martinez, Commissioner, 
Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; Beverly Bridgewater, 
Oregon Water Resources Congress, Irrigon; Steve Arveschoug, 
Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, Pueblo; Richard M. 
Moss, Friant Water Users Association, Lindsay, California; Glenn D. 
Johnson, National Water Resources Association, Arlington, Virginia; and 
Scott L. Campbell, Elam and Burke, Boise, Idaho, on behalf of the 
Payette Water Users Association, Inc., Pioneer Irrigation District, and 
Settlers Irrigation District.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 1652, to designate the Old Executive Office Building located at 
17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., in Washington, District of 
Columbia,

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as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building;
  S. 1567, to designate the United States courthouse located at 223 
Broad Street in Albany, Georgia, as the ``C.B. King United States 
Courthouse'';
  S. 1595, to designate the United States courthouse at 401 West 
Washington Street in Phoenix, Arizona, as the ``Sandra Day O'Connor 
United States Courthouse'';
  H.R. 560, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at the intersection of Comercio and San Justo 
Streets, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as the ``Jose V. Toledo Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse'';
  S. 835, to encourage the restoration of estuary habitat through more 
efficient project financing and enhanced coordination of Federal and 
non-Federal restoration programs, with an amendment;
  S. 492, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to assist in 
the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay;
  S. 1119, to amend the Act of August 9, 1950, to continue funding of 
the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act;
  S. 1632, to extend the authorization of appropriations for activities 
at Long Island Sound;
  An original bill to provide that certain environmental reports shall 
continue to be required to be submitted;
  S. 1398, to clarify certain boundaries on maps relating to the 
Coastal Barrier Resources System, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  H.R. 2724, to make technical corrections to the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1999, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1144, to provide increased flexibility in use of highway funding, 
with amendments;
  S. 1627, to extend the authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
to collect fees through 2004, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 1053, to amend the Clean Air Act to incorporate certain provisions 
of the transportation conformity regulations, as in effect on March 1, 
1999, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 2454, to assure the long-term conservation of mid-continent 
light geese and the biological diversity of the ecosystem upon which 
many North American migratory birds depend, by directing the Secretary 
of the Interior to implement rules to reduce the overabundant 
population of mid-continent light geese, with an amendment; and
  The nominations of Richard A. Meserve, of Virginia, to be a Member of 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Paul L. Hill, Jr., of West Virginia, 
to be Chairperson of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation 
Board, Maj. Gen. Phillip R. Anderson, United States Army, to be a 
Member and President of the Mississippi River Commission, and Sam 
Epstein Angel, of Arkansas, and Brig. Gen. Robert H. Griffin, United 
States Army, each to be a Member of the Mississippi River Commission.
WTO MINISTERIAL MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on the preparations of 
the United States for the upcoming World Trade Organization ministerial 
meeting in Seattle and the objectives for the multilateral negotiations 
that will follow, after receiving testimony from Charlene Barshefsky, 
United States Trade Representative; William M. Daley, Secretary of 
Commerce; and Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Q. Todd Dickinson, of Pennsylvania, to be Commissioner 
of Patents and Trademarks, Department of Commerce, and John W. 
Marshall, of Virginia, to be Director of the United States Marshals 
Service, Department of Justice, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Marshall was introduced by 
Senators Warner and Robb.
INDIAN TRIBAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1508, 
to provide technical and legal assistance for tribal justice systems 
and members of Indian tribes, after receiving testimony from Mark C. 
Van Norman, Director, Office of Tribal Justice, Department of Justice; 
John McKay, Legal Services Corporation, Washington, D.C.; Taylor 
McKenzie, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona; Mary T. Wynne, National 
American Indian Court Judges Association, Nespelem, Washington; 
Peterson Zah, Arizona State University, Tempe, on behalf of the 
National Association of Indian Legal Services; and Eric D. Eberhard, 
Dorsey and Whitney, Seattle, Washington.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.