[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 57 (Wednesday, May 10, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D448-D449]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education approved for full committee consideration an 
original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001.
NATIONAL FOREST PLANNING REGULATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management concluded oversight hearings on the United 
States Forest Service's proposed revisions to the regulations governing 
National Forest Planning, after receiving testimony from James R. 
Lyons, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and 
Environment; James P. Perry, Arlington, Virginia, former Associate 
General Counsel of Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture; and 
Steve Holmer, American Lands Alliance, and Steven P. Quarles, American 
Forest and Paper Association, both of Washington, DC.
UNITED NATIONS REFORM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations concluded hearings to examine the status of reforms to 
improve the United Nations, focusing on restructuring leadership and 
operations, developing a performance-based human capital system, and 
introducing results-oriented programming and budgeting processes, after 
receiving testimony from C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary of State 
for International Organization Affairs; and Harold J. Johnson, 
Associate Director, International Relations and Trade Issues, National 
Security and International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Brian Dean Curran, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Haiti, David N. Greenlee, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Paraguay, Ronald D. Godard, of Texas, to be Ambassador 
to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Donna Jean Hrinak, of Virginia, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Venezuela, Daniel A. Johnson, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, Rose M. Likins, 
of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, Anne 
Woods Patterson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Colombia, V. Manuel Rocha, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Bolivia, and James Donald Walsh, of California, to be 
Ambassador to Argentina, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, Thomas J. Motley, and John 
McAdam Mott, each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Ms. Blackburne-Rigsby was introduced by 
Senator Schumer, and Mr. Motley and Mr. Mott were introduced by 
District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Allen R. Snyder, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, James J. Brady, to be 
United States District Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana, and 
Mary A. McLaughlin, Berle M. Schiller, Richard Barclay Surrick, and 
Petrese B. Tucker, each to be a United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf. Nominee Snyder was introduced 
by Senator Warner, nominee Brady was introduced by Senator Breaux, and 
nominees McLaughlin, Schiller, Surrick,

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and Tucker were introduced by Senators Specter and Santorum.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  H.R. 1953, to authorize leases for terms not to exceed 99 years on 
land held in trust for the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians and 
the Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians of the Guidiville Indian Rancheria; 
and
  S. 2102, to provide to the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe a permanent land 
base within its aboriginal homeland, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute.
INDIAN HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 2526, to 
amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend such 
Act, receiving testimony from Taylor McKenzie, Navajo Nation, Window 
Rock, Arizona; Julia Davis, Nez Perce Tribe, Portland, Oregon, on 
behalf of the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board and the 
National Indian Health Board; Yvette Roubideaux, University of Arizona 
College of Public Health, Tucson, on behalf of the Association of 
American Indian Physicians; Barbara Dahlen, University of North Dakota 
College of Nursing, Grand Forks, on behalf of the Recruitment and 
Retention of American Indians into Nursing; Gerald Danforth, Oneida 
Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, Oneida; and Douglas Eby, Southcentral 
Foundation, Anchorage, Alaska.
  Hearings continue on Wednesday, July 26.
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.