[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 12 (Thursday, February 10, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D77-D79]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
OVER-THE-COUNTER DERIVATIVES MARKETS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the findings of the President's Working Group on 
Financial Markets' report on Over the Counter Derivatives Markets and 
the Commodity Exchange Act, after receiving testimony from Laurence H. 
Summers, Secretary of the Treasury; Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System; William J. Rainer, Chairman, 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Annette L. Nazareth, Director, 
Division of Market Regulation, Securities and Exchange Commission; 
Jerold Solzman, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and David P. Brennan, 
Chicago Board of Trade, both of Chicago, Illinois; and Daniel 
Rappaport, New York Mercantile Exchange, Edward J. Rosen, Cleary, 
Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton, on behalf of the Coalition, and Richard 
Grove, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., all of 
Washington, D.C.
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of Agriculture, after 
receiving testimony from Dan Glickman, Secretary, Richard Rominger, 
Deputy Secretary, Keith Collins, Chief Economist, and Stephen B. 
Dewhurst, Budget Officer, all of the Department of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the 
Department of Transportation, after receiving testimony from Rodney E. 
Slater, Secretary of Transportation.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2001 for the Department 
of Defense and the future years defense program, receiving testimony 
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Louis Caldera, Secretary of the Army; Richard Danzig, Secretary of the 
Navy; and F. Whitten Peters, Secretary of the Air Force.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
2001 BUDGET: SPECTRUM AUCTIONS
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2001, focusing on 
certain provisions relating to spectrum auctions and their impact on 
the digital economy, after receiving testimony from William E. Kennard, 
Chairman, Federal Communications Commission; Peter Cramton, University 
of Maryland, College Park, on behalf of Market Design, Inc.; Daniel 
Pegg, Leap Wireless International, Inc., San Diego, California; Timothy 
M. Donahue, Nextel Communications, Inc., Reston, Virginia; Raymond P. 
Dolan, NextWave Telecom, Inc., Hawthorne, New York; and Dennis F. 
Strigl, Bell Atlantic Mobile, Bedminster, New Jersey.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  H.R. 150, to amend the Act popularly known as the Recreation and 
Public Purposes Act to authorize disposal of certain public lands or 
national forest lands to local education agencies for use for 
elementary or secondary schools, including public charter schools, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 503, designating certain land in the San Isabel National Forest in 
the State of Colorado as the ``Spanish Peaks Wilderness'', with an 
amendment;
  H.R. 2368, to assist in the resettlement and relocation of the people 
of Bikini Atoll by amending the terms of the trust fund established 
during the United States administration of the Trust Territory of the 
Pacific Islands;
  S. 397, to authorize the Secretary of Energy to establish a 
multiagency program in support of the Materials Corridor Partnership 
Initiative to promote energy efficient, environmentally sound economic 
development along the border with Mexico through the research, 
development, and use of new materials, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  H.R. 834, to extend the authorization for the National Historic 
Preservation Fund, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 1444, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to develop and 
implement projects for fish screens, fish passage devices, and other 
similar measures to mitigate adverse impacts associated with irrigation 
system water diversions by local governmental entities in the States of 
Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Idaho, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute. (As approved by the committee the substitute amendment 
incorporated certain provisions of S. 1723, Senate companion measure.)
  S. 1167, to amend the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and 
Conservation Act to provide for expanding the scope of the Independent 
Scientific Review Panel, with an amendment;
  S. 1629, to provide for the exchange of certain land in the State of 
Oregon, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1343, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain 
National Forest land to Elko County, Nevada, for continued use as a 
cemetery;
  S. 408, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey a former 
Bureau of Land Management administrative site to the City of Carson 
City, Nevada, for use as a senior center;
  S. 1218, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue to the 
Landusky School District, without consideration, a patent for the 
surface and mineral estates of certain lots, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 1686, to provide for the conveyances of land interests to Chugach 
Alaska Corporation to fulfill the intent, purpose, and promise of the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, with an amendment;
  H.R. 3090, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to 
restore certain lands to the Elim Native Corporation, in lieu of S. 
1702, Senate companion measure;
  S. 1694, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
on the reclamation and reuse of water and wastewater in the State of 
Hawaii, with an amendment; and
  The nomination of Sylvia V. Baca, of New Mexico, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management.
LAND MANAGEMENT BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded 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. 1925, to 
promote environmental restoration around the Lake Tahoe basin, S. 1664/
H.R. 2863, bills 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/H.R. 2862, bills 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

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or exchange for National Forest System purposes, after receiving 
testimony from Senators Reid and Feinstein; Representatives Doolittle 
and Gibbons; Jack Craven, Director of Lands, Forest Service, Department 
of Agriculture; Henri Bisson, Assistant Director, Bureau of Land 
Management, Department of the Interior; Mayor Dennis Watson, Craig, 
Alaska; Steve Teshara, Lake Tahoe Gaming Alliance, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, 
and Rochelle Nason, League to Save Lake Tahoe, South Lake Tahoe, 
California, Stan Hansen, Heavenly Ski Resort, Stateline, Nevada, all on 
behalf of the Lake Tahoe Transportation and Water Quality Coalition; 
and Carrie Whitaker, Bend Metro Park and Recreation District, Bend, 
Oregon.
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to assess the mission of 
the World Trade Organization over the past five years, events of last 
year's Ministerial Conference in Seattle, and forthcoming trade 
negotiations, receiving testimony from Charlene Barshefsky, United 
States Trade Representative; Susan S. Westin, Associate Director, 
International Relations and Trade Issues, National Security and 
International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office; Thomas J. 
Donohue, United States Chamber of Commerce, Allen F. Johnson, National 
Oilseed Processors Association, and Richard L. Trumka, AFL-CIO, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Mark Van Putten, National Wildlife Federation, 
Vienna, Virginia.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2001 for foreign 
assistance programs, and the priorities of the Agency for International 
Development, after receiving testimony from Brady Anderson, 
Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development.
RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on Russian 
intelligence activities directed at the Department of State, after 
receiving testimony from David G. Carpenter, Assistant Secretary of 
State for Diplomatic Security.
COLLEGE COST
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine the rising cost of college tuition and the effectiveness of 
Government financial aid, after receiving testimony from Lawrence E. 
Galdieux, The College Board, Washington, D.C.; Michael S. McPherson, 
Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota; Jerry S. Davis, USA Group 
Foundation, Indianapolis, Indiana; Mark Kantrowitz, FinAid, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania; and Patricia Somers, University of Missouri, St. Louis.
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.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following measures:
  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;
  S. 671, to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide for the 
registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, in order to 
carry out provisions of certain international conventions; and
  S. Res. 251, designating March 25, 2000, as ``Greek Independence Day: 
A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy.''
U.S. BORDER SECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded 
hearings to examine enhancements to United States border security, 
after receiving testimony from Senators Gorton and Murray; Diana Dean, 
Customs Inspector, and Charles W. Winwood, Assistant Commissioner of 
Field Operations, both of the Customs Service, Department of the 
Treasury; Michael A. Pearson, Executive Associate Commissioner for 
Field Operations, and Ryan H. Callister, Immigration Inspector 
(Eastport, Idaho), and Ora A. Smith, Immigration Inspector (Detroit, 
Michigan), both on behalf of the American Federation of Government 
Employees, all of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 
Department of Justice; and Robert E. Lindemann, Detroit Border Patrol 
Council, Detroit, Michigan, on behalf of the National Border Patrol 
Council.