[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 135 (Thursday, October 7, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1108-D1109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SPARE AND REPAIR PARTS SHORTAGES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Readiness held a 
hearing on spare and repair parts shortages. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of Defense: William J. Lynn, 
III, Under Secretary (Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer); Gen. 
John G. Coburn, USA, Commander, Army Materiel Command; Gen. George T. 
Babbitt, USAF, Commander, Air Force Materiel Command; Rear Adm. Daniel 
H. Stone, USN, Commander Defense Logistics Support Command, Defense 
Logistics Agency; Vice Adm. James Amerault, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval 
Operations (Logistics); and Maj. Gen. Gary S. McKissock, USMC, Deputy 
Chief of Staff (Installations and Logistics), Headquarters, U.S. Marine 
Corps.
ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE THREATS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development 
held a hearing on electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threats to U.S. military 
and civilian infrastructure. Testimony was heard from Stanley J. 
Jakubiak, Deputy Chief, Command Center's Division, Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, Department of Defense; Michael Bernardin, Provost for 
Theoretical Institute of Thermonuclear Studies, Los Alamos National 
Laboratory; Lowell Wood, member, Director's Technical Staff, Lawrence 
Livermore National Laboratory and Hoover Institution; and a public 
witness.
PUHCA REPEAL
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials 
held a hearing on PUHCA Repeal: Is The Time Now? Testimony was heard 
from Isaac C. Hunt, Commissioner, SEC; Douglas W. Smith, General 
Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy; 
and public witnesses.
STUDENTS RESULTS ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Continued markup of H.R. 2, 
Students Results Act.
  Will continue October 13.
MINIMUM WAGE IMPACT ON WELFARE TO WORK
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Held a hearing on Examining 
the Impact of Minimum Wage on Welfare to Work. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
U.S. POLICY TOWARD RUSSIA
Committee on International Relations: Continued hearings on U.S. Policy 
Toward Russia, Part II: Corruption in the Russian Government. Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual 
Property approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 
3028, Trademark Cyberpiracy Prevention Act; and H.R. 1714, amended, 
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime approved for full 
Committee action the following bills: H.R. 1887, amended, to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to punish the depiction of animal 
cruelty; and H.R. 1869, Stalking Prevention and Victim Protection Act 
of 1999.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Water and Power held a hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 2994, Sugar Pine Dam and Reservoir 
Conveyance Act; H.R. 1696, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey the Griffith Project to the Southern Nevada Water Authority; 
H.R. 2674, providing for conveyance of the Palmetto Bend project to the 
State of Texas; H.R. 2984, Middle Loup Conveyance Act; H.R. 2974, Lower 
Yellowstone Irrigation Project Facilities Conveyance Act of 1999; H.R. 
2889, to amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to provide for 
acquisition of water and water rights for Central Utah Project 
purposes, completion of Central Utah project facilities, and 
implementation of water conservation measures; and H.R. 1235, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts with 
the Solano County Water Agency, California, to use Solano Project 
facilities for impounding, storage, and carriage of nonproject water 
for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other beneficial purposes. 
Testimony was heard from Eluid Martinez, Commissioner, Bureau of 
Reclamation, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
CRUISE SHIP SAFETY
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation held a hearing on Cruise Ship Safety. 
Testimony was heard from Rear Adm. Robert C. North, USCG, Assistant 
Commandant for Marine Safety, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of 
Transportation; James E. Hall, Chairman, National Transportation Safety 
Board; and public witnesses.

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TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS--EFFECT ON MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Ground 
Transportation held a hearing on the Effect of the Fiscal Year 2000 
Department of Transportation Appropriations Act on Motor Carrier Safety 
Enforcement. Testimony was heard from Nancy E. McFadden, General 
Counsel, Department of Transportation.
GSA'S FEDERAL BUILDING SECURITY PROGRAM
Committee on Transportation: Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, 
and Emergency Management held a hearing on GSA's Federal Building 
Security Program. Testimony was heard from Bernard L. Ungar, Director, 
Government Business Operations Issues, GAO; and the following officials 
of the GSA: Eugene L. Waszily, Assistant Inspector General, Auditing; 
and Robert Peck, Commissioner, Public Buildings Service.
  The Subcommittee also met in executive session to continue hearings 
on this subject. Testimony was heard from Robert H. Hast, Acting 
Assistant Comptroller General, Office of Special Investigations, GAO; 
and the following officials of the GSA: Eugene L. Waszily, Assistant 
Inspector General, Auditing; Robert Peck, Commissioner, Public 
Buildings Service; Robin Graf, Assistant Regional Administrator, Region 
10, Auburn, Washington; and Anthony Costa, Assistant Regional 
Administrator, National Capital Region.