[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 134 (Wednesday, October 6, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1097-D1098]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held 
hearings to review public policy related to agricultural biotechnology, 
focusing on domestic approval process, benefits of biotechnology and an 
emphasis on challenges facing farmers to segregation of product, 
receiving testimony from Ralph W. F. Hardy, on behalf of the National 
Agricultural Biotechnology Council, and Charles J. Arntzen, both of 
Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc., Ithaca, New York; 
Roger N. Beachy, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, 
Missouri; Dean DellaPenna, University of Nevada College of Agriculture/
School of Medicine, Reno; Bob B. Buchanan, University of California 
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Berkeley; Ray A. Bressan, 
Purdue University Department of Horticulture and Landscape 
Architecture, West Lafayette, Indiana; Brian A. Larkins, University of 
Arizona Department of Plant Sciences, Tucson; John B. Ohlrogge, 
Michigan State University Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, 
East Lansing; and Neil E. Harl, Iowa State University Department of 
Economics, Ames.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on the national 
security implications of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (Treaty Doc. 
105-28), receiving testimony from William S. Cohen, Secretary of 
Defense; Gen. Harry H. Shelton, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; 
James R. Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense and former Secretary 
of Energy; and Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, USA (Ret.), former Chairman, 
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
CRUISE SHIP TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on S. 1510, to revise the laws of the United States 
appertaining to United States cruise vessels, after receiving testimony 
from Senator Murkowski; Cynthia A. Colenda, International Council of 
Cruise Lines, and Lawrence H. O'Toole, Marine Engineers' Beneficial 
Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Al Wallack, Voyager Holdings, 
Inc., Brooklyn, New York; Edmund B. Welch, Passenger Vessel 
Association, and Allen Walker, Shipbuilders Council of America, both of

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Arlington, Virginia; and Veronica Sanchez, Cruising America Coalition, 
San Francisco, California.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nominations of Glenn L. McCullough, Jr., of Mississippi, and 
Skila Harris, of Kentucky, each to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Gerald V. Poje, of 
Virginia, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. McCullough was introduced by 
Senators Cochran and Lott, and Representatives Wicker and Pickering, 
and Ms. Harris was introduced by Senator Thompson.
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearing 
on the role of the Tennessee Valley Authority in a changing electric 
power industry, and S. 1323, to amend the Federal Power Act to ensure 
that certain Federal power customers are provided protection by the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, after receiving testimony from 
Mark Medford, Executive Vice President, Customer Service and Marketing, 
Tennessee Valley Authority; Don Fuller, Paducah Power System, Paducah, 
Kentucky; Robert M. Hewett, Kentucky Utilities Company, Lexington, on 
behalf of the TVA Watch; and Richard Munson, Northeast-Midwest 
Institute, Washington, D.C.
PEACE AND ANTI-DRUG EFFORTS IN COLOMBIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine 
United States support for the peace process and anti-drug efforts in 
Colombia, receiving testimony from Senators Coverdell and DeWine; Barry 
R. McCaffrey, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy; and 
Thomas R. Pickering, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NATO AIR CAMPAIGN IN YUGOSLAVIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued hearings to examine 
the United States policy regarding Kosovo, focusing on the conduct of 
the NATO air campaign in the war against Yugoslavia, receiving 
testimony from Zbibniew Brzezinski, Center for Strategic and 
International Studies, William H. Taft IV, Fried, Frank, Harris, 
Shriver and Jacobson, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO, and Eliot Cohen, 
Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies, all 
of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
COLLEGE FINANCIAL AID FRAUD
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1455, to 
enhance protections against fraud in the offering of financial 
assistance for college education, after receiving testimony from Sheila 
F. Anthony, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission; Susan O'Flaherty, 
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo; Mark Kantrowitz, FinAid/
eduPass, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Sanjeev Bery, U.S. Public 
Interest Research Group, Washington, D.C.
COMPUTER INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and 
Government Information held hearings to examine the protection efforts 
being made against foreign-based threats to United States critical 
computer infrastructure, receiving testimony from Jack L. Brock, Jr., 
Director, Governmentwide and Defense Information Systems, Accounting 
and Information Management Division, General Accounting Office; John S. 
Tritak, Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office, and Michael A. Vatis, 
National Infrastructure Protection Center, both of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
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.