[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 23, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D511-D512]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
STRATEGIC NUCLEAR FORCE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings on United States strategic nuclear force requirements, after 
receiving testimony from Walter B. Slocombe, Under Secretary of Defense 
for Policy; Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of 
Staff; Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, USA, Chief of Staff, United States Army;

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Adm. Jay L. Johnson, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. James L. 
Jones, Jr., USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps; Gen. Michael E. Ryan, 
USAF, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force; and Adm. Richard W. 
Mies, USN, Commander in Chief, United States Strategic Command.
HUD HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Transportation concluded hearings to examine the 
consolidation of HUD's homeless assistance programs, focusing on the 
requirements and administration of the Emergency Shelter Grants 
program, the Supportive Housing program, the Shelter Plus Care program, 
and the Section 8 Single-Room Occupancy program and the potential need 
for program consolidation, after receiving testimony from Stanley J. 
Czerwinski, Associate Director, Housing and Community Development 
Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, 
General Accounting Office; Fred Karnas, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development for Special Needs Programs; Barbara 
Richardson, Rockford Department of Community Development, Rockford, 
Illinois, on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the National 
League of Cities, and the National Association of Counties; William C. 
Shelton, Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development, 
Richmond, on behalf of the Council of State Community Development 
Agencies; John Parvensky, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, Denver; 
Richard H. Godfrey, Jr., Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance 
Corporation, Providence, on behalf of the National Council of State 
Housing Agencies; and Nan P. Roman, National Alliance to End 
Homelessness, Washington, D.C.
HYDROELECTRIC LICENSING PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded hearings on S. 740, to amend the Federal Power Act to 
improve the hydroelectric licensing process by granting the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission statutory authority to better coordinate 
participation by other agencies and entities, after receiving testimony 
from David J. Hayes, Deputy Secretary of the Interior; James J. 
Hoecker, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of 
Energy; Dennis C. Lewis, Petersburg Municipal Power and Light, 
Petersburg, Alaska; Andrew Fahlund, American Rivers, Washington, D.C., 
on behalf of the Hydropower Reform Coalition; Terry Hudgens, 
PacifiCorp, and Randy Settler, Yakama Nation, on behalf of the Columbia 
River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, both of Portland, Oregon; Lionel 
Topaz, Grant County Public Utility District, Ephrata, Washington; and 
Kevin Snape, Clean Air Conservancy, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure concluded hearings to examine 
programs related to the proposed Water Resources Development Act of 
2000, include the Puget Sound Restoration Project, the Port of New York 
and New Jersey Project, the Ohio River Project, Brownfields 
revitalization, and the National Shore Protection Act of 1996, after 
receiving testimony from Joseph W. Westphal, Assistant Secretary of the 
Army for Civil Works; Mayor Dannel Malloy, Stamford, Connecticut, on 
behalf of the National Association of Local Government Environmental 
Professionals; Doug Sutherland, Pierce County Executive's Office, 
Tacoma, Washington; Lillian Borrone, Port Authority of New York and New 
Jersey, New York, New York; R. Barry Palmer, Association for the 
Development of Inland Navigation in America's Ohio Valley, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania; and Howard D. Marlowe, American Coastal Coalition, 
Washington, D.C.
IMF AND WORLD BANK REFORM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on 
International Monetary Fund and World Bank reform issues, focusing on 
the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission report, 
after receiving testimony from Allan H. Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon 
University and the American Enterprise Institute, Charles W. Calomiris, 
Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs and the 
American Enterprise Institute, and Jerome I. Levinson, American 
University Washington College of Law, all of Washington, D.C., all on 
behalf of the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission.
IRS RESTRUCTURING
Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings on Internal 
Revenue Service restructuring issues, focusing on IRS efforts to reduce 
the taxpayer burden of the small business community, receiving 
testimony from Charles O. Rossotti, Commissioner, Internal Revenue 
Service, Department of the Treasury; Cornelia M. Ashby, Associate 
Director, Tax Policy and Administration Issues, General Government 
Division, General Accounting Office; and Sandra A. Abalos, Abalos and 
Associates, Phoenix, Arizona, and Roy M. Quick, Jr., Quick Tax and 
Accounting Service, St. Louis, Missouri, both on behalf of the IRS 
Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.