[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 58 (Thursday, May 11, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D456-D457]
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: Committee ordered favorably reported 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.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Richard Court Houseworth, of Arizona, to 
be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, and Nuria I. Fernandez, of Illinois, to be Federal Transit 
Administrator, Department of Transportation, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Houseworth 
was introduced by Senator Kyl and former Senator DeConcini, and Mr. 
Fernandez was introduced by Senator Sarbanes.
PIPELINE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation reauthorizing funds for programs of 
the Pipeline Safety Act, focusing on the natural gas and hazardous 
liquid pipeline transportation industry safety, federal regulation 
adequacy, and additional safeguards, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Murray; Representatives Metcalf and Inslee; Kelley S. Coyner, 
Administrator, Research and Special Programs Administration, and 
Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, both of the Department of 
Transportation; John A. Hammerschmidt, Member, National Transportation 
Safety Board; William J. Haener, CMS Gas Transmission and Storage, 
Dearborn, Michigan, on behalf of the Interstate Natural Gas Association 
of America; Phillip D. Wright, Williams Energy Services, Tulsa, 
Oklahoma, on behalf of the Association of Oil Pipe Lines and the 
American Petroleum Institute; Charles R. Kenow, Minnesota Department of 
Public Safety, St. Paul, on behalf of the National Association of 
Pipeline Safety Representatives; Richard Reiten, Northwest Natural, 
Portland, Oregon, on behalf of the American Gas Association; James M. 
Pates, City of Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia, on behalf of 
the National Pipeline Reform Coalition; and Mayor Mark Asmundson, Frank 
King, Mary King, Marlene Robinson, Bruce Brabec, and Katherine Dalen, 
all of Bellingham, Washington.
NATIONAL PARKS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND RECREATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 
1367, to amend the Act which established the Saint-Gaudens Historic 
Site, in the State of New Hampshire, by modifying the boundary, S. 
1617, to promote preservation and public awareness of the history of 
the Underground Railroad by providing financial assistance, to the 
Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, S. 1670, to revise the boundary of 
Fort Matanzas National Monument, S. 2020, to adjust the boundary of the 
Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi, S. 2478, to require the Secretary 
of the Interior to conduct a theme study on the peopling of America, 
and S.

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2485, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance in 
planning and constructing a regional heritage center in Calais, Maine, 
after receiving testimony from Senators Cochran, DeWine, and Collins; 
Denis P. Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department of 
the Interior; Nancy Foner, State University of New York, Purchase, on 
behalf of the American Anthropological Association; and Arnoldo Ramos, 
Council of Latino Agencies, and Dorothy I. Height, National Council of 
Negro Women, on behalf of the National Underground Railroad Freedom 
Center, both of Washington, D.C.
COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION PLAN
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on S. 2437, to approve the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan by 
providing for the conservation and development of water and related 
resources, and authorizing the Secretary of the Army to construct 
various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United 
States, after receiving testimony from Joseph W. Westphal, Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Gary S. Guzy, General Counsel, 
Environmental Protection Agency; Mary Doyle, Acting Assistant Secretary 
of the Interior for Water and Science; Florida Governor Jeb Bush, 
Tallahassee; Patricia Power, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Hollywood, 
Florida; Dexter Lehtinen, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, 
Miami, on behalf of the Governor's Commission on the Everglades and the 
South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force; Michael Collins, South 
Florida Water Management District, Islamorada; Ken Keck, Florida Citrus 
Mutual, Lakeland; David E. Guggenheim, Conservancy of Southwest 
Florida, Naples, on behalf of the Everglades Coalition.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, to be Ambassador 
to Australia, John R. Dinger, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Mongolia, 
Douglas Alan Hartwick, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Susan S. Jacobs, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to Solomon Islands, and as 
Ambassador to the Republic of Vanuatu, and Michael J. Senko, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation 
as Ambassador to the Republic of Kiribati, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Gnehm was introduced by 
Senators Enzi and Hollings.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Kent J. Dawson, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Nevada, Nicholas G. Garaufis, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, Phyllis J. 
Hamilton, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District 
of California, Roger L. Hunt, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Nevada, Gerard E. Lynch, to be a United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of New York, Donnie R. Marshall, of 
Texas, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement, Department of Justice, 
Audrey G. Fleissig, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Missouri, Steven S. Reed, to be United States Attorney for 
the Western District of Kentucky, Donald W. Horton, of Maryland, to be 
United States Marshal for the District of Columbia, E. Douglas 
Hamilton, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of 
Kentucky, and Jose Antonio Perez, to be United States Marshal for the 
Central District of California.
  Also, Committee approved a resolution for issuance of a document 
subpoena to the Department of Justice regarding Loral Hughes pursuant 
to Rule 26.