[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 21 (Wednesday, March 1, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D143-D144]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--NAVY/MARINE CORPS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of 
Defense, focusing on Navy and Marine Corps programs, after receiving 
testimony from Richard Danzig, Secretary of the Navy; Gen. James L. 
Jones, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps; and Adm. Jay. L. Johnson, 
USN, Chief of Naval Operations.
APPROPRIATIONS--INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the 
Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, after 
receiving testimony from Michael H. Trujillo, Assistant Surgeon 
General, Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and 
Human Services.
APPROPRIATIONS--FEMA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2001 for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, after receiving 
testimony from James Lee Witt, Director, Federal Emergency Management 
Agency.
DEFENSE BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2001 for the Department 
of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Inhofe; Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, USA, Chief of 
Staff, United States Army; Adm. Jay L. Johnson, USN, Chief of Naval 
Operations; Gen. James L. Jones, Jr., USMC, Commandant of the Marine 
Corps; and Gen. Michael E. Ryan, USAF, Chief of Staff, United States 
Air Force.
DEFENSE BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded closed, followed by open hearings, on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2001 for the Department 
of Defense, focusing on cyber-security and critical infrastructure 
protection, after receiving testimony from Arthur L. Money, Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications, and 
Intelligence; Maj. Gen. Thomas B. Goslin, Jr., USAF, Director of 
Operations (J-3), U.S. Space Command; Maj. Gen. John H. Campbell, USAF, 
Director, Joint Task Force, Computer Network Defense; Michael A. Vatis, 
Deputy Assistant Director and Chief, National Infrastructure Protection 
Center, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Stephen 
E. Cross, Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Martin C. Faga, MITRE Corporation, 
McLean, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of John Goglia, of Massachusetts, and Carol 
Jones Carmody, of Louisiana, each to be a Member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board.
INTERNET PROGRAMS BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings on the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2001, for the Next Generation 
Internet and Large Scale Networking programs, after receiving testimony 
from Rita R. Colwell, Director, National Science Foundation; Neal Lane, 
Director and Assistant to the President, Office of Science and 
Technology Policy; Donald A. B. Lindberg, Director, National Library of 
Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Thomas C. Meredith, University of Alabama System, Tuscaloosa; 
Bill Stacy, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; and Stephen Tolbert, 
Global Systems and Strategies, Inc., Vienna, Virginia.
INTERIOR BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the President's proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for 
Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from Bruce 
Babbit, Secretary of the Interior.

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CLEAN WATER ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife, and Drinking Water held hearings to examine the Environmental 
Protection Agency's proposed rule regarding total maximum daily loads 
and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit programs 
pursuant to the Clean Water Act, receiving testimony from J. Charles 
Fox, Assistant Administrator for Water, Environmental Protection 
Agency; Montana Governor Marc Racicot, Helena; Jamie Clover Adams, 
Kansas Department of Agriculture, Topeka, on behalf of the National 
Association of State Departments of Agriculture; William Nielsen, Eau 
Claire, Wisconsin, on behalf of the National League of Cities; J. David 
Holm, Colorado Water Quality Control Division, Denver, on behalf of the 
Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control 
Administrators; Warren E. Archey, Massachusetts Bureau of Forestry, 
Pittsfield, on behalf of the National Association of State Foresters; 
and Richard A. Parrish, Southern Environmental Law Center, 
Charlottesville, Virginia.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
CHECHNYA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the current conflict, focusing on the conduct of the Russian 
government, and the implications for the United States, after receiving 
testimony from Karen Koning AbuZayd, Regional Representative, United 
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Thomas A. Dine, Radio Free 
Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc., and Peter Bouckaert, Human Rights Watch, 
all of Washington, DC.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of N. Cinnamon Dornsife, of the District of Columbia, to be 
United States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of 
Ambassador, and Earl Anthony Wayne, of Maryland, to be Assistant 
Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs.
CUBA'S GOVERNMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
impact of Cuba's oppressive government on its citizens and the current 
plight of Elian Gonzalez, after receiving testimony from Mel R. 
Martinez, Orange County, Florida; Alina Fernandez, Spain; Juan Carlos 
Formell, Queens, New York; Marisleysis Gonzalez, and Manual Gonzalez, 
both of Miami, Florida; Walter Benda, Children's Rights Council, Max 
Meadows, Virginia; and K.A. Paul, Global Peace Initiative, Houston, 
Texas.
CONTRACTUAL MANDATORY BINDING ARBITRATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight 
and the Courts concluded hearings to examine contractual mandatory 
binding arbitration issues, after receiving testimony from Richard D. 
Holcomb, Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, Richmond; Gene N. 
Fondren, Texas Automobile Dealers Association, Austin, on behalf of the 
Automotive Trade Association Executives; Jill Lajdziak, Saturn 
Corporation, Troy, Michigan; Jill MacDonald, Alliance of Automobile 
Manufacturers, Patricia Sturdevant, National Association of Consumer 
Advocates, Eric Mogilnicki, American Bankers Association and Consumer 
Bankers Association, and Lawrence Lorber, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, all 
of Washington, DC; Lewis Maltby, National Workrights Institute, Inc., 
Princeton, New Jersey; and William Shack, Henderson, Nevada.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee met and 
began markup of S. 2, to extend programs and activities under the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, but did not complete 
action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.