[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 46 (Wednesday, April 12, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D359-D361]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of 
Defense, focusing on missile defense programs, after receiving 
testimony from Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director, Office of 
External Affairs, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, Department of 
Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2001 for Independent Agencies, after receiving testimony in behalf 
of funds for their respective activities from Harris Wofford, Chief 
Executive Officer, and Luise S. Jordan, Inspector General, both of the 
Corporation for National and Community Service; Ellen Lazar, Director, 
and Maurice Jones, Deputy Director for Policy and Programs, both of the 
Community Development Financial Institutions; and Andrea Kidd Taylor, 
Board Member, Chemical Safety and Hazardous Investigations Board. 
Testimony was also received from Karyn L. Molnar, KPMG, Washington, 
D.C., on behalf of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
INSURANCE AGENT LICENSING REFORMS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities concluded oversight hearings on multi-state insurance agent 
licensing reforms and the creation of the National Association of 
Registered Agents and Brokers, after receiving testimony from Terri M. 
Vaughan, Des Moines, Iowa, on behalf of the National Association of 
Insurance Commissioners; Clare Farragher, New Jersey General Assembly, 
Trenton, on behalf of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators; 
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Gleason, Jr., Gleason Agency, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the 
Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers; and Ronald A. Smith, Smith, 
Sawyer, and Smith, Inc., Rochester, Indiana, on behalf of the 
Independent Insurance Agents of America.
INTERNET TAXATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on S. 2255, to amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to extend 
the moratorium through calendar year 2006, after receiving testimony 
from Representative Cox; Utah Governor Michael Leavitt, Salt Lake City, 
on behalf of the National Governors' Association and the Advisory 
Commission on Electronic Commerce; John Berthoud, National Taxpayers 
Union, Alexandria, Virginia; Donald Bruce, University of Tennessee 
Center for Business and Economic Research, Knoxville; David Bullington, 
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas; Burr Morse, Morse Farm 
Sugar Works, Montpelier, Vermont; and Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard 
University Law School Berkman Center for Internet and Society, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
COLUMBIA RIVER HYDROPOWER OPERATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded oversight hearings to examine federal actions affecting 
hydropower operations on the Columbia River system, after receiving 
testimony from Brig. Gen. Carl A. Strock, USA, Division Engineer, 
Northwestern Division, Army Corps of Engineers; Stephen J. Wright, 
Senior Vice President, Corporate, Bonneville Power Administration, 
Department of Energy; William Stelle, Jr., Regional Administrator, 
National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Region, National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; and J. William 
McDonald, Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region, Bureau of 
Reclamation, Department of the Interior.
RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs held 
hearings to examine issues dealing with the Russian presidential 
elections, receiving testimony from Steven R. Sestanovich, Ambassador 
at Large and Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for the New 
Independent States; and Zbigniew Brzezinski, Center for Strategic and 
International Studies, former National Security Advisor, and Thomas E. 
Graham, Jr. and Michael A. McFaul, both of the Carnegie Endowment for 
International Peace, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
CASPIAN SEA ENERGY RESOURCES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic 
Policy, Export and Trade Promotion concluded hearings on the status of 
infrastructure projects for Caspian Sea energy resources, focusing on 
offshore drilling, natural gas reserves, the Turkish market, and oil 
reserve development, after receiving testimony from John S. Wolf, 
Special Adviser to the President and Secretary of State for Caspian 
Basin Energy Diplomacy; David L. Goldwyn, Assistant Secretary of Energy 
for International Affairs; Ralph Alexander, BP Amoco Corporation, 
London, England; and J. Robinson West, Petroleum Finance Company, and 
Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, both 
of Washington, D.C.
WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT AND MULTILATERAL EXPORT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine the Wassenaar arrangement, a multilateral export control regime 
for conventional arms and sensitive dual-use goods and technologies, 
and the future of multilateral export controls, after receiving 
testimony from John D. Holum, Senior Adviser for Arms Control and 
International Security, Department of State; William A. Reinsch, Under 
Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration; and Stephen J. Hadley, 
former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security 
Policy, Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., Center for Security Policy, and Henry D. 
Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, all of Washington, 
D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  H.J. Res. 86, recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Korean War and 
the service by members of the Armed Forces during such war;
  H. Con. Res. 269, commending the Library of Congress and its staff 
for 200 years of outstanding service to the Congress and the Nation and 
encouraging the American public to participate in bicentennial 
activities; and
  The nominations of Richard C. Tallman, of Washington, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit; John Antoon II, to be 
United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida; 
Marianne O. Battani, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Michigan; David M. Lawson, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan; and Mark Reid Tucker, to be 
United States Marshal for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

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ALLEGED CHINESE ESPIONAGE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight 
and the Courts resumed hearings on alleged Chinese espionage issues, 
focusing on the plea-bargain agreement reached in the case of Peter 
Lee, receiving testimony from John C. Keeney, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Attorney General, Michael Liebman, Line Attorney, and John 
Dion, Acting Chief, Internal Security Section, all of the Criminal 
Division, Department of Justice.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 2311, to revise and extend the Ryan White CARE Act programs under 
title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, to improve access to 
health care and the quality of health care under such programs, and to 
provide for the development of increased capacity to provide health 
care and related support services to individuals and families with HIV 
disease, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2366, to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend 
provisions relating to the Organ Procurement Transplantation Network 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Mel Carnahan and Scott O. Wright, both of 
Missouri, each to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S 
Truman Scholarship Foundation, Nathan O. Hatch, of Indiana, to be a 
Member of the National Council on the Humanities, Edward B. Montgomery, 
of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor, and Marc Racicot, of 
Montana, and Alan D. Solomont, of Massachusetts, each to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community 
Service.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings on 
campaign finance reform proposals, focusing on compelled political 
speech, First Amendment protection, and federal labor law 
interpretations, after receiving testimony from Laurence E. Gold, AFL-
CIO, Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen, and David S. Fortney, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Leo Troy, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey; 
Kenneth F. Boehm, National Legal and Policy Center, McLean, Virginia; 
and Robert P. Hunter, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Midland, 
Michigan.
INDIAN AFFAIRS MANAGEMENT REFORM
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on 
the report of the National Academy of Public Administration on the 
Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs management 
reform, after receiving testimony from Royce Hanson, Panel Chair and 
Academy Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration; Kevin Gover, 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; W. Ron Allen, 
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Sequim, Washington, on behalf of the 
National Congress of American Indians; Eddie F. Brown, Washington 
University George Warren Brown School of Social Work/Kathryn M. Buder 
Center for American Indian Studies, St. Louis, Missouri; and John L. 
O'Donnell, Jr., Law Offices of John L. O'Donnell, Los Angeles, 
California.