[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 130 (Thursday, September 30, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1065-D1066]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
WTO AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGENDA
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to review the Administration's agriculture trade agenda for 
the upcoming World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle, after 
receiving testimony from Peter Scher, Special Trade Negotiator, Office 
of United States Trade Representative; August Schumacher, Jr., Under 
Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services; 
Andrew Whisenhunt, Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation, Bradley, on behalf 
of the American Farm Bureau Federation; Leland Swenson, National 
Farmers Union, Nicholas D. Giordano, National Pork Producers Council, 
Janet A. Nuzum, International Dairy Foods Association, and Allen F. 
Johnson, National Oilseed Processors Association, all of Washington, 
D.C.; and Kyle Phillips, Knoxville, Iowa, on behalf of the National 
Corn Growers Association.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Thomas B. Leary, of the District 
of Columbia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, Stephen D. Van Beek, 
of the District of Columbia, to be Associate Deputy Secretary of 
Transportation, Michael J. Frazier, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Transportation, Gregory Rohde, of North Dakota, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, 
Linda Joan Morgan, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Surface 
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Board, and lists for promotion in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, and the United States Coast Guard.
MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL FAIRNESS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings on 
S. 1130, to amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to 
liability of motor vehicle rental or leasing companies for the 
negligent operation of rented or leased motor vehicles, after receiving 
testimony from Sharon Faulkner, Premier Car Rental Company, Albany, New 
York; Ken Elder, Welcome Corporation, Alexandria, Virginia; Raymond T. 
Wagner, Jr., Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company, St. Louis, Missouri; and 
Larry S. Stewart, Stewart, Tilghman, Fox and Bianchi, Miami, Florida, 
on behalf of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
FOREST RESOURCES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management concluded hearings on S. 1457, to amend the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992 to assess opportunities to increase carbon 
storage on national forests derived from the public domain and to 
facilitate voluntary and accurate reporting of forest projects that 
reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, after receiving 
testimony from Robert Lewis, Jr., Deputy Chief, Research and 
Development, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Gerald J. Gray, 
American Forests, Washington, D.C.; James F. Cathcart, Oregon 
Department of Forestry, Salem; E. Austin Short, III, Delaware 
Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Dover, on behalf of the 
National Association of State Foresters; and William H. Banzhaf, 
Society of American Foresters, Bethesda, Maryland.
CORRUPTION IN RUSSIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the extent of the corruption in the Russian political and economic 
system, and the future status of United States and Russian relations, 
after receiving testimony from Peter Reddaway, George Washington 
University Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, 
Thomas E. Graham, Jr., Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and 
James O. Finckenauer, Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice, 
all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S.J. Res. 3, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States to protect the rights of crime victims; and
  The nominations of Robert Raben, of Florida, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs, Robert S. Mueller, 
III, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of 
California, and John Hollingsworth Sinclair, to be United States 
Marshal for the District of Vermont, all of the Department of Justice.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business: On Wednesday, September 29, Committee 
ordered favorably reported S. 791, to amend the Small Business Act with 
respect to the women's business center program, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
GLOBAL TRANSPORTATION Y2K IMPACT
Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine how the Year 2000 problem may interfere 
with the global network of transportation systems and what steps 
Governments, industry, and trade associations are taking to minimize 
the potential impact, after receiving testimony from Mortimer L. 
Downey, Deputy Secretary, Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, Jane F. 
Garvey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, and Rear Adm. 
George N. Naccara, Chief Information Officer, United States Coast 
Guard, all of the Department of Transportation; Peter Cooke, British 
Airways, Harmondsworth, England; David Z. Plavin, Airports Council 
International-North America, and Thomas Windmuller, International Air 
Transport Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Edward Smart, 
International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations, Montreal, 
Quebec; and Richard T. du Moulin, Marine Transport Corporation, 
Weehawken, New Jersey, on behalf of the International Association of 
Independent Tanker Owners.