[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 149 (Thursday, October 28, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1215-D1216]
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 ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Jessie M. Roberson, of Alabama, and A.J. Eggenberger, of 
Montana, each to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety 
Board, John F. Potter, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 
Department of Defense, and 1,879 military nominations in the Army, 
Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
NATO STRATEGIC CONCEPT
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the United 
States national security implications of the 1999 NATO Strategic 
Concept, after receiving testimony from Walter B. Slocombe, Under 
Secretary of Defense for Policy; Marc Grossman, Assistant Secretary of 
State for European and Canadian Affairs; Lt. Gen. Edward G. Anderson 
III, USA, Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, Office of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff; and Lawrence S. Eagleburger, former Secretary of 
State.
GLOBAL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine the role 
of standards in the growth of global economic commerce, focusing on the 
ability of systems built and operated by different parties to exchange 
and process information, after receiving testimony from Andrew J. 
Pincus, General Counsel, Department of Commerce; Andrew B. Whinston, 
University of Texas College of Business Administration, Austin, on 
behalf of the Center for Research in Electronic Commerce; Randy 
Whiting, CommerceNet, Cupertino, California; Glenn Habern, Wal-Mart 
Stores, Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas; and Daniel Schutzer, Citigroup, 
New York, New York, on behalf of the Financial Services Technology 
Consortium.
MACHINE TOOL INDUSTRY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Manufacturing and Competitiveness concluded hearings to examine the 
current state of the machine tool industry, focusing on the role the 
industry plays in national manufacturing and what can be done to 
improve its international competitiveness, after receiving testimony 
from Representatives Manzullo and Neal; and John F. Logan, DT 
Industries, McLean, Virginia, Jeffrey A. Clevenger, SMS Group, Inc., 
Saginaw, Michigan, and David W. Danjczek, UNOVA, Inc., Washington, 
D.C., all on behalf of the Association of Manufacturing Technology.
FEDERAL HYDROELECTRIC LICENSING PROCESS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded oversight hearings on the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission hydroelectric licensing process, after receiving testimony 
from Douglas W. Smith, General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission; David J. Hayes, Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior; 
Jack Craven, Director of Lands, Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture; and Andrew Rosenberg, Deputy Assistant Administrator, 
National Marine Fisheries Service, Department of Commerce.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Joseph W. Prueher, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the 
People's Republic of China, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senators Stevens, Inouye, Frist, and former Senator Brock, testified 
and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Martin S. Indyk, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to Israel, and Edward S. Walker, Jr., of Maryland, to be 
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Joshua Gotbaum, of New York, to be Controller, Office of 
Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget, after 
the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1750, to reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect, with 
amendments;
  H.R. 764, to reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1769, to continue reporting requirements of section 2519 of title 
18, United States Code, beyond December 21, 1999, with amendments;
  S. 1764, to make technical corrections to various antitrust laws and 
to references to such laws;

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  S. 1455, to enhance protections against fraud in the offering of 
financial assistance for college education, with an amendment;
  S. Res. 204, designating the week beginning November 21, 1999, and 
the week beginning on November 19, 2000, as ``National Family Week''; 
and
  The nomination of John W. Marshall, of Virginia, to be Director of 
the United States Marshals Service, Department of Justice.
VIACOM/CBS MERGER
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, 
and Competition concluded hearings on media competition and 
consolidation issues, focusing on the proposed acquisition of CBS by 
Viacom, after receiving testimony from Senator Wellstone; Sumner M. 
Redstone, Viacom, Inc., Mel Karmazin, CBS Corporation, and Lawrence K. 
Grossman, all of New York, New York; Andrew J. Schwartzman, Media 
Access Project, Washington, D.C.; and David Waterman, Indiana 
University Department of Telecommunications, Bloomington.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.