[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 9 (Monday, February 7, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E73-E75]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING JOSEPH ``JERRY'' PATCHAN UPON HIS RETIREMENT AS DIRECTOR OF 
                 THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR U.S. TRUSTEES

                                 ______
                                 

                          HON. GEORGE W. GEKAS

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, February 7, 2000

  Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join my distinguished 
colleague, Jerrold Nadler, the ranking minority member of the 
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law of the Committee on 
the Judiciary, in expressing our many good wishes on the occasion of 
Joseph ``Jerry'' Patchan's retirement on February 11, 2000 as director 
of the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees.
  Jerry Patchan's 45 years of service in the public and private sectors 
is truly commendable. Highlights of his distinguished career include 
his service as an officer in the U.S. Navy during the Second World War. 
During that service, he participated in the D-day invasion at Normandy 
and saw action in the Pacific theater. In 1969, he was appointed as a 
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Ohio and served on 
the bench for more than 6 years. Thereafter, he served on the Advisory 
Committee on Bankruptcy Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United 
States from 1978 to 1991. Later, Jerry became deputy general counsel of 
the Resolution Trust Corporation, where he helped resolve complex 
matters involving hundreds of millions of dollars arising out of our 
Nation's savings and loan crisis.
  In 1994, Jerry assumed the leadership of the Executive Office for 
U.S. Trustees, a component of the Justice Department that supervises 
the administration of bankruptcy cases nationwide. As a result of his 
guidance and leadership, the U.S. Trustee Program has revitalized its 
mission and has undertaken innovative solutions to the many challenges 
presented by administering literally millions of bankruptcy cases. He 
has shared his wise counsel on bankruptcy matters with our subcommittee 
on numerous occasions, for which we are most appreciative.
  In addition to his many work-related responsibilities, Jerry taught 
bankruptcy law in Ohio, was a member of the faculty of the National 
Bankruptcy Seminar at the Federal Judicial Center, and has frequently 
lectured at bankruptcy law seminars around the country. He authored the 
Practice Comments to Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure from 1973 to 1991 
and published numerous articles on bankruptcy law. Most recently, he 
was named one of the 50 most influential people in credit by Credit 
Today, an industry newsletter.
  Jerry is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a member 
of the Ohio and the District of Columbia Bar Associations. He has 
chaired the Cleveland Bar Association's Bankruptcy and Commercial Law 
section from 1984 through 1986. He also is a member of the National 
Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the American Judicature Society, and 
the American Bankruptcy Institute.
  We take this opportunity to acknowledge Jerry Patchan's lifelong 
contributions as a public servant, an attorney, trustee, jurist 
academic and writer. We ask our colleagues to do the same.

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                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, February 8, 2000 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                               FEBRUARY 9
     9 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine the dairy pricing system.
                                                           SR-328A
     10 a.m.
       Budget
         To continue hearings on the President's proposed budget 
           request for fiscal year 2001.
                                                            SD-608
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine loan guarantees and rural 
           television service.
                                                            SD-628
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the rising cost of college 
           tuition and the effectiveness of the Federal financial 
           aid.
                                                            SD-342
     10:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for the Federal Trade Commission.
                                                            SR-253
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. foreign policy 
           priorities.
                                                            SD-419
       Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-406
     2 p.m.
       Governmental Affairs
       International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the national intelligence 
           estimate on the ballistic missile threat to the United 
           States.
                                                            SD-342
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings on pending intelligence matters.
                                                            SH-219

                              FEBRUARY 10
     9 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-366
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine the findings of the 
           President's working group's report on Over the Counter 
           Derivatives Markets and the Commodity Exchange Act.
                                                            SH-216
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of 
           Defense, and the future years defense program.
                                                            SD-106
     10 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         To continue hearings to examine the rising cost of 
           college tuition and the effectiveness of the Federal 
           financial aid.
                                                            SD-342
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to markup H.R. 1658, to provide a more 
           just and uniform procedure for Federal civil 
           forfeitures; S. 1638, to amend the Omnibus Crime 
           Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the 
           retroactive eligibility dates for financial assistance 
           for higher education for spouses and dependent children 
           of Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers 
           who are killed in the line of duty; and S. 1172, to 
           provide a patent term restoration review procedure for 
           certain drug products.
                                                            SD-226
       Finance
         To hold hearings on the implications of the Seattle 
           Ministerial on trade policies.
                                                            SD-215
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on S. 1797, to amend the Alaska Native 
           Claims Settlement Act, to provide for a land conveyance 
           to the City of Craig, Alaska; S. 1192, to designate 
           national forest land managed by the Forest Service in 
           the Lake Tahoe Basin as the ``Lake Tahoe National 
           Scenic Forest and Recreation Area'', and to promote 
           environmental restoration around the Lake Tahoe Basin; 
           S. 1664, to clarify the legal effect on the United 
           States of the acquisition of a parcel of land in the 
           Red Cliffs Desert Reserve in the State of Utah; S. 
           1665, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
           release reversionary interests held by the United 
           States in certain parcels of land in Washington County, 
           Utah, to facilitate an anticipated land exchange; H.R. 
           2863, to clarify the legal effect on the United States 
           of the acquisition of a parcel of land in the Red 
           Cliffs Desert Reserve in the State of Utah; H.R. 2862, 
           to direct the Secretary of the Interior to release 
           reversionary interests held by the United States in 
           certain parcels of land in Washington County, Utah, to 
           facilitate an anticipated land exchange; and S. 1936, 
           to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or 
           exchange all or part of certain administrative sites 
           and other National Forest System land in the State of 
           Oregon and use the proceeds derived from the sale or 
           exchange for National Froest System purposes.
                                                            SD-366
       Budget
         To hold hearings on spectrum auctions, technology, and 
           the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
           2001.
                                                            SD-608
     10:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings on the President's proposed budget 
           request for fiscal year 2001 for foreign aid, and to 
           review U.S. foreign policy.
                                                            SD-419
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-138
     1:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
       East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           International Relations' Subcommittee on Asia and the 
           Pacific on the current situation in East Timor.
                                            2123, Rayburn Building
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Immigration Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine enhancing border security.
                                                            SD-226
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings on pending intelligence matters.
                                                            SH-219
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings on Russian intelligence activities 
           directed at the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419

                              FEBRUARY 11
     10 a.m.
       Budget
         To resume hearings on the President's proposed budget 
           request for fiscal year 2001.
                                                            SD-608

                              FEBRUARY 22
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings on the Administration's effort 
           to review approximately 40 million acres of national 
           forest lands for increased protection.
                                                            SD-366

                              FEBRUARY 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings on the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2001 for Indian 
           programs.
                                                            SR-485
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings on activities of the National 
           Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK).
                                                            SR-253
     10:30 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for fiscal year 2001 for the Environmental 
           Protection Agency.
                                                            SD-406

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     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings on the White River National 
           Forest Plan.
                                                            SD-366

                              FEBRUARY 24
     9 a.m.
       Small Business
         To hold hearings on the President's proposed budget 
           request for fiscal year 2001 for the Small Business 
           Administration.
                                                           SR-428A
     10 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
       Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for fiscal year 2001 for the Army Corps of 
           Engineers.
                                                            SD-406
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget extimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the the Department of Commerce.
                                                            SD-138
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 1722, to amend the Mineral Leasing 
           Act to increase the maximum acreage of Federal leases 
           for sodium that may be held by an entity in any 1 
           State; H.R. 3063, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to 
           increase the maximum acreage of Federal leases for 
           sodium that may be held by an entity in any one State; 
           and S. 1950, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 
           to ensure the orderly development of coal, coalbed 
           methane, natural gas, and oil in the Powder River 
           Basin, Wyoming and Montana.
                                                            SD-366

                              FEBRUARY 29
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-192
     2:30 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending committee business.
                                                            SR-485

                                MARCH 1
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings on the National Association of 
           Public Administrators' Report on Bureau of Indian 
           Affairs Management Reform.
                                                            SR-485

                                MARCH 2
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Department of State.
                                                    S-146, Capitol
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings on the United States Forest 
           Service's proposed revisions to the regulation 
           governing National Forest Planning.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 7
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug 
           Enforcement Administration, and Immigration and 
           Naturalization Service, all of the Department of 
           Justice.
                                                            SD-192

                                MARCH 15
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be followed by hearings on the proposed Indian 
           Health Care Improvement Act.
                                                            SR-485

                                MARCH 21
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the Federal Communications Commission and 
           the Securities and Excahnge Commission.
                                                    S-146, Capitol

                                MARCH 23
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 2001 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
           Administration of the Department of Commerce, and the 
           Securities and Exchange Commission.
                                                    S-146, Capitol

                                MARCH 29
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be followed by hearings on S. 1967, to make 
           technical corrections to the status of certain land 
           held in trust for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw 
           Indians, to take certain land into trust for that Band.
                                                            SR-485

                                APRIL 5
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 612, to provide for periodic 
           Indian needs assessments, to require Federal Indian 
           program evaluations.
                                                            SR-485

                                APRIL 19
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be followed by hearings on S. 611, to provide for 
           administrative procedures to extend Federal recognition 
           to certain Indian groups.
                                                            SR-485

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                              FEBRUARY 10
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine e-commerce, federal policies, 
           and consumer protection.
                                                            SD-192