[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 26, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1198-D1199]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded hearings on issues relating to the investigation 
into allegations of the Department of Energy's failure to protect the 
safety of the workforce and the environment at the Gaseous Diffusion 
Plant in Paducah, Kentucky, focusing on accelerating cleanup, 
protecting worker safety, and identifying health problems related to 
exposure to plutonium, after receiving testimony from Senator Bunning; 
Representative Whitfield; David Michaels, Assistant Secretary for 
Environment, Safety, and Health, and Carolyn L. Huntoon, Assistant 
Secretary for Environmental Management, both of the Department of 
Energy; Richard D. Green, Director, Region IV, Waste Management 
Division, Environmental Protection Agency; Kentucky Governor Paul 
Patton, and James Bickford, Kentucky Department of Natural Resources, 
both of Frankfort; David Fuller, PACE Union Local, Paducah, Kentucky; 
Steve Markowitz, Queens College, Flushing, New York; and Richard C. 
Bird, Jr., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
U.S. MILITARY READINESS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
issues of readiness of the United States military forces, after 
receiving testimony from Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA, Chairman, Joint 
Chiefs of Staff; Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, USA, Chief of Staff, United 
States Army; Adm. Jay L. Johnson, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. 
James L. Jones, Jr., USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps; and Gen. 
Michael E. Ryan, USAF, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force.
DOD REAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded hearings on the Department of Defense Real Property 
Management Program and the maintenance of the historic homes and senior 
officers' quarters, after receiving testimony from Kwai-Cheung Chan, 
Director, Sushil K. Sharma, Assistant Director, and Jonathan R. Tumin, 
Senior Evaluator, all of the Special Studies and Evaluations, National 
Security and International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office; 
Randall A. Yim, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations; 
Maj. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp, USA, Assistant Chief of Staff of the 
Army for Installation Management; Rear Adm. Michael W. Shelton, USN, 
Director, Facilities and Engineering Division, Chief of Naval 
Operations; Brig. Gen. Earnest O. Robbins, II, USAF, The Civil 
Engineer, United States Air Force; and Maj. Gen. Gary S. McKissock, 
USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics, United 
States Marine Corps.
ALASKA SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings on the interpretation and implementation plans of 
subsistence management regulations for public lands in Alaska, after 
receiving testimony from Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior; and 
Rick Cables, Regional Forester, and Jim Caplan, Deputy Regional 
Forester, both of the Alaska Region, Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture.

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MENTAL HOSPITAL SECLUSION AND RESTRAINT USE
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on the improper use of 
seclusion and restraints in mental hospitals, and S. 736, to amend 
titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure that 
individuals enjoy the right to be free from restraint and other abuse 
while in a psychiatric hospital or other care facility or treatment 
center, receiving testimony from Senators Dodd and Lieberman; Leslie G. 
Aronovitz, Associate Director, Health Financing and Public Health 
Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division, General 
Accounting Office; Michael Hash, Deputy Administrator, Health Care 
Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Dennis Klima, Bayhealth, Inc., Dover, Delaware; Laura Prescott, Sister 
Witness International, Worthington, Massachusetts; Charles E. Riordan, 
Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, on behalf of the 
American Psychiatric Association; and Terrance Johnson, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of 
William A. Halter, of Arkansas, to be Deputy Commissioner of the Social 
Security Administration, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senator Lincoln, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Ann Claire Williams, of Illinois, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Faith S. Hochberg, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, Frank H. 
McCarthy, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District 
of Oklahoma, and Virginia A. Phillips, to be United States District 
Judge for the Central District of California. Ms. Williams was 
introduced by Senators Durbin, Fitzgerald, and Abraham, Ms. Hochberg 
was introduced by Senators Lautenberg and Torricelli, Mr. McCarthy was 
introduced by Senators Nickles and Inhofe, and Ms. Phillips was 
introduced by Senators Feinstein and Boxer, and Representative Calvert.
ALLEGED CHINESE ESPIONAGE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight 
and the Courts held closed hearings to examine alleged Chinese 
espionage at United States nuclear facilities and the transfer of 
United States technology to China, receiving testimony from John Dion, 
Acting Chief, Internal Security Section, Criminal Division, Department 
of Justice; and James Griffin, Technical Director, Submarine Security, 
Office of Chief of Naval Operations.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.