[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 138 (Wednesday, October 13, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1125-D1127]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FLEET AND STRATEGIC LIFT OPERATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded 
hearings on the force structure impacts on fleet and strategic lift 
operations, after receiving testimony from Vice Adm. William J. Fallon, 
USN, Commander, United States Second Fleet; Vice Adm. Daniel J. Murphy, 
Jr., USN, Commander, United States Sixth Fleet; Maj. Gen. Charles H. 
Coolidge, Jr., USAF, Director of Operations and Logistics, U.S. 
Transportation Command; and Maj. Gen. Emil R. Bedard, USMC, Commanding 
General, II Marine Expeditionary Force.
NATIONAL PARKS/HISTORIC PRESERVATION/RECREATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 
167, to extend the authorization for the Upper Delaware Citizens 
Advisory Council and to authorize construction and operation of a 
visitor center for the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, 
New York and Pennsylvania, S. 311, to authorize the Disabled Veterans' 
LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of 
Columbia or its environs, S. 497, to designate Great Kills Park in the 
Gateway National Recreation Area as ``World War II Veterans Park at 
Great Kills'', H.R. 592, to designate a portion of Gateway National 
Recreation Area as ``World War Veterans Park at Miller Field'', S. 919, 
to amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage 
Corridor Act of 1994 to expand the boundaries of the Corridor, H.R. 
1619, to amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National 
Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to expand the boundaries of the Corridor, 
S. 1296, to designate portions of the lower Delaware River and 
associated tributaries as a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System, S. 1366, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
construct and operate a visitor center for the Upper Delaware Scenic 
and Recreational River on land owned by New York State, and S. 1569, to 
amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the 
Taunton River in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for study for 
potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, after 
receiving testimony from Denis P. Galvin, Deputy Director National Park 
Service,

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Department of the Interior; Robert A. Gaines, Commissioner, National 
Capitol Planning Commission; Arthur H. Wilson, on behalf of the 
Disabled American Veterans, Lois Pope, and Jesse Brown, all of the 
Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation, Inc., Washington, D.C.; 
William E. Douglass, Upper Delaware Council, Inc., Narrowsburg, New 
York; Charlene Perkins Cutler, Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor, 
Inc., Putnam, Connecticut; and William S. Napolitano, Southeastern 
Regional Planning and Economic Development District, Taunton, 
Massachusetts.
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on S. 188, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
authorize the use of State revolving loan funds for construction of 
water conservation and quality improvements, S. 1706, to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to exclude from stormwater 
regulation certain areas and activities, and to improve the regulation 
and limit the liability of local governments concerning co-permitting 
and the implementation of control measures, and S. 669, to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure compliance by Federal 
facilities with pollution control requirements, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Burns; J. Charles Fox, Assistant Administrator 
for Water, Environmental Protection Agency; Bruce deGrazia, Assistant 
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental Quality; Maryland 
Assistant Attorney General Mary Rosewin Sweeney, Annapolis, on behalf 
of the National Association of Attorneys General; Helen Walker, 
Victoria County Court, Victoria, Texas, on behalf of the Texas Counties 
Storm Water Coalition; Doug Harrison, Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control 
District, Fresno, California, on behalf of the National Association of 
Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies; Steve Fleischli, Santa Monica 
BayKeeper, Santa Monica, California; and Jan Lee, Oregon Water 
Resources Congress, Salem.
FOSTER CARE SYSTEM
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health Care held hearings on S. 
1327, to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide 
States with more funding and greater flexibility in carrying out 
programs designed to help children make the transition from foster care 
to self-sufficiency, receiving testimony from Senator Bond; 
Representatives Cardin, DeLay, and Nancy Johnson; Sister Mary Rose 
McGready, Covenant House, New York, New York; Abigail English, Center 
for Adolescent Health and the Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Percy 
Bailey, Webster Groves, Missouri; and Terry Hurrak, Annandale, 
Virginia.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
WTO ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs 
concluded hearings on the upcoming World Trade Organization Ministerial 
meeting agenda, focusing on electronic commerce expansion between 
Europe and the United States, after receiving testimony from Susan G. 
Esserman, Deputy United States Trade Representative; and James F. 
Whittaker, Hewlett-Packard Company, on behalf of the Information 
Technology Industry Council, Arthur B. Sackler, Time Warner, Inc., 
George Vradenburg, III, America Online, Inc., Eric S. Koenig, Microsoft 
Corporation, on behalf of the Business Software Alliance, and Jeff 
Kann, Visa U.S.A., all of Washington, D.C.
PAIN MANAGEMENT AND END-OF-LIFE CARE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine pain management and improving end of life 
care issues, S. 1272, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to promote 
pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide 
and euthanasia, and S. 941, to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
provide for a public response to the public health crisis of pain, 
after receiving testimony from Senators Nickles, Wyden, Mack, and 
Lieberman; Yank D. Coble, Miami, Florida, on behalf of the American 
Medical Association; Gerald H. Holman, Crown of Texas Hospice, 
Amarillo, on behalf of the National Hospice Organization; James P. 
Rathmell, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, on 
behalf of the American Society of Anesthesiologists; and David E. 
Joranson, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  S. 964, to provide for equitable compensation for the Cheyenne River 
Sioux Tribe, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  S. 1508, to provide technical and legal assistance for tribal justice 
systems and members of Indian tribes, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
NATIVE AMERICAN SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1507, 
to authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance 
programs and services provided by Indian tribal governments, after 
receiving testimony from Kevin Gover, Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior for Indian Affairs; Michel

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Lincoln, Deputy Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health 
and Human Services; Raymond Daw, Na'nizhoozhi Center, Inc., Gallup, New 
Mexico; Yvette Joseph-Fox, National Indian Health Board, Denver, 
Colorado; and Robert L. Greene, New York, New York, on behalf of the 
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence.
INTERNATIONAL Y2K ISSUES
Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: Committee 
concluded hearings on international Year 2000 technology issues, 
focusing on security, economic, and humanitarian implications, after 
receiving testimony from Bonnie R. Cohen, Under Secretary of State for 
Management; Lawrence K. Gershwin, National Intelligence Officer for 
Science and Technology, Central Intelligence Agency; Michael J. Copps, 
Assistant Secretary for Trade Development, International Trade 
Administration, and James L. Price, Chief Economist, both of the 
Department of Commerce; Nick Gogerty, International Monitoring, London, 
England; Howard A. Rubin, City University of New York Hunter College, 
Pound City, New York, on behalf of the Gap-Gemini; and James Moody, 
InterAction, Washington, D.C.
  Also, committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on the 
status of United States strategic assets worldwide from Adm. Robert 
Willard, Joint Staff, Department of Defense.