[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 27, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1206-D1207]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations 
of Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF, to be Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Forces 
Europe and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, Gen. Richard B. Myers, USAF, to 
be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Thomas A. Schwartz, USA, 
to be Commander-in-Chief, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/ 
Commander, U.S. Forces, Korea, and Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF, to be 
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Space Command, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded hearings on the agricultural biological weapons 
threat to the United States, after receiving testimony in closed session 
from officials of the Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, and Defense Intelligence Agency; and, in open session from 
Susan Koch, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Threat Reduction Policy, and 
Robert J. Newberry, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Combating Terrorism 
Policy and Support, both of the Department of Defense; Floyd P. Horn, 
Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture; and 
Jon Wefald, Kansas State University, Manhattan.
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the impact of electronic communications networks on the changing 
structure of the national securities markets, after receiving testimony from 
Arthur Levitt, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Matthew 
Andresen, Island ECN, and Douglas M. Atkin, Instinet Corporation, both of 
New York, New York; Gerald D. Putnam, Jr., Archipelago, Chicago, Illinois; 
and Kevin Foley, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Bloomberg Tradebook.
U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
future of U.S.-China relations, after receiving testimony from 
Representative Cox; Winston Lord, International Rescue Committee, 
Washington, D.C., former Ambassador to the People's Republic of China and 
former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; 
Harry Wu, Laogai Research Foundation, Milpitas, California; and Arthur 
Waldron, University of Pennsylvania, and Ross H. Munro, Center for Security 
Studies, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
TAX TREATIES AND PROTOCOL
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the Tax 
Convention With Estonia (Treaty Doc. 105-55), Tax Convention With Latvia 
(Treaty Doc. 105-57), Tax Convention With Venezuela (Treaty Doc. 106-3), Tax 
Convention With Denmark (Treaty Doc. 106-12), Tax Convention With Lithuania 
(Treaty Doc. 105-56), Tax Convention With Slovenia (Treaty Doc. 106-9), Tax 
Convention With Italy (Treaty Doc. 106-11), and the Protocol Amending The 
Tax Convention With Germany (Treaty Doc. 106-13), after receiving testimony 
from Senator Dorgan; Philip R. West, International Tax Counsel, Department 
of the Treasury; Lindy L. Paull, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on 
Taxation; and Fred F. Murray, National Foreign Trade Council, Inc., 
Washington, D.C.
FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITIES ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine proposals to 
further amend the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) and related 
terrorism issues, focusing on efforts to help families of the victims of 
international terrorism receive compensation, receiving testimony from 
Senators Mack and Lautenberg; Stuart E. Eizenstat, Deputy Secretary of the 
Treasury; Allan Gerson, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York; 
Patrick Clawson, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and Leonard 
Garment, both of Washington, D.C.; Stephen M. Flatow, West Orange, New 
Jersey; and Maggie Alejandre Khuly, Miami, Florida.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.

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PARENTAL CHILD KIDNAPING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight 
concluded hearings on the Justice Department's response to international 
parental child kidnaping, after receiving testimony from James K. Robinson, 
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; 
Jamison S. Borek, Deputy Legal Adviser, Department of State; Catherine I. 
Meyer, British Embassy, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the International 
Centre for Missing and Exploited Children; Laura Kingsley Hong, Squire, 
Sanders and Dempsey, Cleveland Heights, Ohio; Ernie Allen, National Center 
for Missing and Exploited Children, Alexandria, Virginia; John J. Lebeau, 
Jr., Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; and Craig E. Stein, Miami Beach, Florida.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 979, to 
amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide 
for further self-governance by Indian tribes, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act, focusing on Title IX, Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska 
Native Education programs, after receiving testimony from Judith Johnson, 
Acting Assistant Secretary of Education for Elementary and Secondary 
Education; Lloyd D. Tortalita, Pueblo of Acoma, Acoma, New Mexico; Wallace 
Charley, Shiprock, New Mexico, on behalf of the Navajo Nation; John W. 
Cheek, National Indian Education Association, Alexandria, Virginia; Brent 
Gish, Mahnomen Public School District, Mahnomen, Minnesota, on behalf of the 
National Indian Impacted Schools Association; and John W. Tippeconnic, III, 
Pennsylvania State University College of Education, University Park.