[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 42 (Thursday, April 6, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D324-D325]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
INTERSTATE SHIPMENT OF STATE-INSPECTED MEAT
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine certain issues relating to the interstate shipment 
of State-inspected meat and poultry, and S. 1988, to reform the State 
inspection of meat and poultry in the United States, after receiving 
testimony from Richard Rominger, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; Fred 
L. Dailey, Ohio Department of Agriculture, Reynoldsburg, on behalf of 
the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture; Michael 
Eickman, Eickman's Processing Co., Inc., Seward, Illinois, on behalf of 
the American Association of Meat Processors and the Illinois 
Association of Meat Processors; Jolene Heikens, Triple T Country Meats, 
Wellsburg, Iowa, on behalf of the American Association of Meat 
Processors and the Iowa Meat Processors Association; Harry Pearson, 
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation, Indianapolis, on behalf of the American 
Farm Bureau Federation; Richard T. Nielson, Utah Cattlemen's 
Association, Salt Lake City, on behalf of the National Cattlemen's Beef 
Association; Carol Tucker Foreman, Consumer Federation of America, 
Washington, D.C.; and J. Patrick Boyle, American Meat Institute, 
Arlington, Virginia.
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations 
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 
for the Department of the Treasury's international programs, after 
receiving testimony from Lawrence H. Summers, Secretary of the 
Treasury.
APPROPRIATIONS--OFFICE OF DRUG CONTROL POLICY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General 
Government concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2001 for the Office of National Drug Control Policy, after 
receiving testimony from Barry R. McCaffrey, Director, Office of 
National Drug Control Policy.
APPROPRIATIONS--VETERANS AFFAIRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings

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on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, after receiving testimony from Togo D. West, Jr., 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
DOD SECURITY CLEARANCE PROCEDURE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
procedures and standards for the granting of security clearances at the 
Department of Defense for military, civilian and contractor personnel, 
focusing on the General Accounting Office's October 1999 DOD Personnel 
report, the reinstatement of investigator David Kerno at the Defense 
Security Service, and the reinvestigation of Commander Jack Daly, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Harkin; Carol R. Schuster, Associate 
Director, National Security Preparedness Issues, National Security and 
International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office; and Donald 
Mancuso, Deputy Inspector General, Lt. Gen. Charles J. Cunningham, Jr., 
USAF (Ret.), Director, Defense Security Service, Harold J. Kwalwasser, 
Deputy General Counsel for Legal Counsel, and J. William Leonard, 
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Security and Information 
Operations, all of the Department of Defense.
AVIATION SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held oversight hearings to examine issues dealing with 
aviation security, focusing on the Federal Aviation Administration's 
efforts to implement and improve security in air traffic control 
computer systems and airport passenger screening checkpoints, receiving 
testimony from Cathal Flynn, Associate Administrator for Civil Aviation 
Security, Federal Aviation Administration, and Alexis M. Stefani, 
Assistant Inspector General for Auditing, both of the Department of 
Transportation; Gerald L. Dillingham, Associate Director, 
Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development 
Division, General Accounting Office; and Richard J. Doubrava, Air 
Transport Association of America, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
FOREST SERVICE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management concluded oversight hearings to examine the 
Forest Service fiscal year 2000 revision of its 1997 strategic plan to 
provide for cleaner water, better habitat, healthier forests, and 
community stability and development, after receiving testimony from 
Randle G. Phillips, Deputy Chief, Programs and Legislation, Forest 
Service, Department of Agriculture.
WTO CHINA ACCESSION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to examine extending 
Permanent Normal Trade Relations status to China and its accession to 
the World Trade Organization, focusing on its impact on American 
employment, export prospects of American farmers, trade and investment 
opportunities, and the impact on reform in China, after receiving 
testimony from former Representative Sam M. Gibbons, Gibbons and 
Company, Nicholas R. Lardy, Brookings Institution, Ira S. Shapiro, 
Long, Aldridge and Norman, former U.S. Trade Representative/ Ambassador 
and Chief Negotiator for Japan and Canada, and Douglas Lowenstein, 
Interactive Digital Software Association, all of Washington, D.C.; 
Robert D. Hormats, Goldman Sachs International, New York, New York; and 
Dermot J. Hayes, Iowa State University Departments of Economics and 
Finance, Ames.
U.S.-CHINA TRADE RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic 
Policy, Export and Trade Promotion and Subcommittee on East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs held joint hearings to examine issues relating to the 
granting of permanent normal trade relations to China, and its impact 
on the United States high technology sector, receiving testimony from 
Stuart E. Eizenstat, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; Frank C. 
Carlucci, Nortel Networks, Washington, D.C.; and Richard Younts, 
Motorola, Inc., Austin, Texas.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight 
concluded oversight hearings to examine the operations of the Federal 
Bureau of Prisons, focusing on inmate population growth, after 
receiving testimony from Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, Director, Federal Bureau 
of Prisons, and Glenn A. Fine, Director, Special Investigations and 
Review Unit, Office of the Inspector General, both of the Department of 
Justice; and Richard M. Stana, Associate Director for Administration of 
Justice Issues, General Government Division, General Accounting Office.
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.