[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 12 (Thursday, February 10, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D81-D82]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education held a hearing on the Health Resources and 
Services Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Health and Human Services: Claude Earl Fox, 
Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration; and 
Jeffrey Koplan, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation began 
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress 
and public witnesses.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Continued hearings on the Fiscal Year 2001 
National Defense Authorization Budget Request. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of Defense: Gen. Eric K. 
Shinseki, USA, Chief of Staff, Department of the Army; Adm. Jay L. 
Johnson, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, Department of the Navy; Gen. 
Michael E. Ryan, USAF, Chief of Staff, Department of the Air Force; and 
Gen. James L. Jones, USMC, Commandant, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.
  Hearings continue February 17.
HOLOCAUST VICTIMS' ASSETS RESTITUTION
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Concluded hearings on 
issues related to the restitution of Holocaust victims' assets. 
Testimony was heard from Lawrence Eagleburger, Chairman, International 
Commission on Holocaust-Era Insurance Claims; Earl Powell, Director, 
National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution; and public witnesses.
REUSE OF SINGLE-USE MEDICAL DEVICES
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 
held a hearing on the reuse of single-use medical devices. Testimony 
was heard from David W. Feigal, Jr., M.D., Director, Center for Devices 
and Radiological Health, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services; 
and public witnesses.
21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS PROGRAM
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families held a hearing on 21st Century Community 
Learning Centers Program. Testimony was heard from Michael Cohen, 
Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, 
Department of Education; and public witnesses.
OPEC AND THE NORTHEAST ENERGY CRISIS
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on OPEC and the 
Northeast Energy Crisis. Testimony was heard from David L. Goldwyn, 
Assistant Secretary, International Affairs, Department of Energy; Peter 
Bass, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy, Sanctions and Commodities, 
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State; and 
public witnesses.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT--PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF CRIME VICTIMS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing on H.J. Res. 64, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States to protect the rights of crime victims. Testimony was 
heard from Senators Kyl and Feinstein; Representatives Chabot, Barcia 
and Scott; Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, U.S. District Court, District of 
Columbia; and public witnesses.
MONEY LAUNDERING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on 
money laundering. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of Justice: James K. Robinson, Assistant Attorney 
General, Criminal Division; and Stefan Cassella, Assistant Chief, Asset 
Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section; John Varrone, Executive 
Director, Domestic Operations East, Office of Investigations, U.S. 
Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
SECRET EVIDENCE REPEAL ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims held 
a hearing on H.R. 2121, Secret Evidence Repeal Act of 1999. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Campbell and Bonior; Larry R. Parkinson, 
General Counsel, FBI, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.

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OVERSIGHT--VISA WAIVER PILOT PROGRAM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims held 
an oversight hearing on the Visa Waiver Pilot Program. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Justice: Robert 
Ashbaugh, Acting Inspector General; Mike Cronin, Acting Associate 
Commissioner, Office of Programs, Immigration and Naturalization 
Service; and Elisa Liang, Associate Deputy Attorney General; Ambassador 
Mary A. Ryan, Assistant Secretary, Consular Affairs, Department of 
State; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--PROPOSED CONCESSIONS REGULATIONS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands 
held an oversight hearing on Proposed Concessions Regulations. 
Testimony was heard from Maureen Finnerty, Associate Director, Park 
Operations and Education, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held a hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 3595, to increase the authorization of 
appropriations for the Reclamation Safety and Dams Act of 1978; H.R. 
3577, to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for the 
north side pumping division of the Minidoka reclamation project, Idaho; 
H.R. 2647, Ak-Chin Water Use Amendments Act of 1999; and H.R. 3236, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts with 
the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, Utah, to use Weber Basin 
Project facilities for the impounding, storage, and carriage of 
nonproject water for domestic, municipal, industrial, and other 
beneficial purposes. Testimony was heard from Representative Shadegg; 
Eluid Martinez, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the 
Interior; and public witnesses.
CERTAIN EPA'S PROPOSED REGULATIONS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment held a hearing on EPA's Proposed Regulations 
Regarding Total Maximum Daily Loads, the National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System, and the Federal Anti-Degradation Policy. Testimony 
was heard from J. Charles Fox, Assistant Administrator, EPA; Peter J. 
Guerrero, Director, Resources, Community and Economic Development, GAO; 
Carol R. Collier, Executive Director, Delaware River Basin Commission; 
and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue February 15.
MEDICAL ERRORS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
Medical Errors. Testimony was heard from Linda J. Connell, Director, 
Aviation Safety Reporting System, Ames Research Center, NASA; James P. 
Bagian, Director, National Center for Patient Safety, Veterans Health 
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; and public witnesses.
BABY BOOMER BENEFICIARIES--SOCIAL SECURITY READINESS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security and the 
Subcommittee on Human Resources held a joint hearing to Examine Social 
Security's Readiness for the Impending Wave of Baby Boomer 
Beneficiaries. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Social Security Advisory Board: Stanford G. Ross, Chair; and Sylvester 
J. Schieber, member; the following officials of the GAO: Cynthia M. 
Fagnoni, Director, Education, Workforce and Income Security Issues, 
Health Education and Human Services Division; and Joel C. Willemssen, 
Director, Civil Agencies Information Systems, Accounting and 
Information Management Division; and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
EAST TIMOR
  Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations' Subcommittee on 
East Asian and Pacific Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House 
Committee on International Relations' Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific to examine the current situation in East Timor, after receiving 
testimony from Stanley O. Roth, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, and C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary for 
International Organization Affairs, both of the Department of State; 
Charles Costello, Emory University Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia; and 
Andrew MacIntyre, University of California Graduate School of 
International Relations and Pacific Studies, San Diego.