[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 135 (Thursday, October 7, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1105-D1106]
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 concluded 
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, after 
receiving testimony from Representative Kucinich; Bruce Alberts, 
President, National Academy of Sciences; James H. Maryanski, 
Biotechnology Coordinator, Center for Food Safety and Applied 
Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Sally L. McCammon, Science Advisor, Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture; Janet L. Andersen, 
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic 
Substances, Environmental Protection Agency; Mark Silbergeld, Consumers 
Union, Michael Philips, Biotechnology Industry Organization, Jeffrey 
Barach, National Food Processors Association, and Gary Kushner, Grocery 
Manufacturers of America, all of Washington, D.C.; Tim Hume, Walsh, 
Colorado, on behalf of the National Corn Growers Association; Marc 
Curtis, Leland, Mississippi, on behalf of the American Soybean 
Association; L. Dan Thompson, Minnesota Corn Processors, Marshall, on 
behalf of the Corn Refiners Association; and Robert Smigelski, The 
Anderson, Inc., Maumee, Ohio, on behalf of the National Grain and Feed 
Association.
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (Treaty Doc. 105-28), focusing on 
the ability of the Stockpile Stewardship Program to adequately verify 
the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent, after 
receiving testimony from Bill Richardson, Secretary, C. Paul Robinson, 
Director, Sandia National Laboratories, C. Bruce Tarter, Director, 
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and John C. Browne, Director, 
Los Alamos National Laboratory, all of the Department of Energy; Robert 
R. Barker, former Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic 
Energy; John Foster, former Director, Lawrence Livermore National 
Laboratory, and former Director, Defense Research and Engineering; 
Kathleen C. Bailey, former Assistant Director for Nuclear and Weapons 
Control, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; Adm. Henry G. Chiles, 
Jr., USN (Ret.), former Commander-in-Chief, United States Strategic 
Command; and Sidney D. Drell, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 
Stanford, California.
BARTLESVILLE LAND CONVEYANCE/MATERIALS CORRIDOR PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy 
Research, Development, Production and Regulation concluded hearings on 
S. 1183, to direct the Secretary of Energy to convey to the city of 
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, the former site of the NIPER facility of the 
Department of Energy, and S. 397, to authorize the Secretary of Energy 
to establish a multiagency program in support of the Materials Corridor 
Partnership Initiative to promote energy efficient, environmentally 
sound economic development along the border with Mexico through the 
research, development, and use of new materials, after receiving 
testimony from Robert S. Kripowicz, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Fossil Energy, and David L. Goldwyn, Assistant Secretary 
for International Affairs, both of the Department of Energy; Pam 
Dunlap, Bartlesville Area Chamber of Commerce, James Fram, Bartlesville 
Development Corporation, and Richard Gertsen, City of Bartlesville, all 
of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Paul C. Maxwell, University of Texas, El 
Paso; Richard D.

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Jimenez, Applied Sciences Laboratory, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico; 
and Van Romero, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro.
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on S. 968, to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to make grants to State agencies with responsibility 
for water source development, for the purposes of maximizing the 
available water supply and protecting the environment through the 
development of alternative water sources, S. 914, to amend the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act to require that discharges from combined 
storm and sanitary sewers conform to the Combined Sewer Overflow 
Control Policy of the Environmental Protection Agency, and S. 1699, to 
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize 
appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, after 
receiving testimony from J. Charles Fox, Assistant Administrator for 
Water, Environmental Protection Agency; Mayor Raymond J. Wieczorek, 
Manchester, New Hampshire, on behalf the CSO Partnership; Gerald E. 
Dorfman, Dorfman Construction Company, Inc., Woodland Hills, 
California, on behalf of the National Utility Contractors Association; 
Greg Mason, Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority, Atlanta, on 
behalf of the Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities; Tom 
Kamppinen, Michigan Department of Environmental Protection, Lansing, on 
behalf of the Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution 
Control Administrators; and E.D. Vergara, Southwest Florida Water 
Management District, Brooksville.
WTO AGRICULTURAL NEGOTIATIONS
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade held hearings 
to examine the United States agricultural negotiating objectives for 
the Seattle World Trade Ministerial Conference, receiving testimony 
from David L. Aaron, Under Secretary of Commerce for International 
Trade; James Murphy, Assistant United States Trade Representative for 
Agricultural Affairs; August Schumacher, Jr., Under Secretary of 
Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services; Jon Caspers, 
Swaledale, Iowa, on behalf of the National Pork Producers Council; and 
Allen F. Johnson, National Oilseed Processors Association, Janet A. 
Nuzum, International Dairy Foods Association, and Lyn Withey, 
International Paper Company, on behalf of the American Forest and Paper 
Association, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to review 
the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (Treaty 
Doc. 105-28), after receiving testimony from Senators Warner, Shelby, 
Levin, and Kerrey; Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State; Caspar W. 
Weinberger, former Secretary of Defense; Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, American 
Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C., former U.S. Permanent 
Representative to the United Nations; Stephen J. Ledogar, former Chief 
Negotiator of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and Richard L. 
Garwin, Council on Foreign Relations, both of New York, New York; 
Ronald F. Lehman, Palo Alto, California, former Director, Arms Control 
and Disarmament Agency; and Troy E. Wade, Nevada Alliance for Defense, 
Energy, and Business, Las Vegas.
POST OFFICE FACILITIES
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings on S. 
556, to amend title 39, United States Code, to establish guidelines for 
the relocation, closing, consolidation, or construction of post 
offices, after receiving testimony from Senators Jeffords and Baucus; 
Rudolph K. Umscheid, Vice President, Facilities, United States Postal 
Service; Howard S. Foust, National Association of Postmasters of the 
United States Retired, Alexandria, Virginia; Richard Moe, National 
Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, D.C.; and Edward J. 
Derwinski, National League of Postmasters, Alexandria, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. Res. 179, designating October 15, 1999, as ``National Mammography 
Day''; and
  The nominations of Ronald M. Gould, of Washington, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Anna J. Brown, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Oregon, Florence-Marie 
Cooper, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of 
California, Richard K. Eaton, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, Ellen Segal 
Huvelle, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Columbia, and Charles A. Pannell, Jr., to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.