[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 69 (Wednesday, June 7, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D548-D550]
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 Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 1474, providing conveyance of the Palmetto Bend project to the 
State of Texas, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1612, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
irrigation project property to certain irrigation and reclamation 
districts in the State of Nebraska, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute;
  S. 1894, to provide for the conveyance of certain land to Park 
County, Wyoming, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1950, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 to ensure the 
orderly development of coal, coalbed methane, natural gas, and oil in 
the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 729, to ensure that Congress and the public have the right to 
participate in the declaration of national monuments on federal land;
  S. 2239, to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to provide cost 
sharing for the endangered fish recovery implementation programs for 
the Upper Colorado River and San Juan River basins, with an amendment;
  S. 1438, to establish the National Law Enforcement Museum on Federal 
land in the District of Columbia, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  H.R. 2879, to provide for the placement at the Lincoln Memorial of a 
plaque commemorating the speech of Martin Luther King, Jr., known as 
the ``I Have A Dream'' speech, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  S. 2343, to amend the National Historic Preservation Act for the 
purposes of establishing a national historic lighthouse preservation 
program, with amendments;
  S. 2352, to designate portions of the Wekiva River and associated 
tributaries as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
System, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 1749, to designate Wilson Creek in Avery and Caldwell Counties, 
North Carolina, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
System;

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  H.R. 3201, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of designating the Carter G. Woodson Home 
in the District of Columbia as a National Historic Site;
  S. 1367, to amend the Act which established the Saint-Gaudens 
Historic Site, in the State of New Hampshire, by modifying the 
boundary, with an amendment;
  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, with amendments;
  S. 2485, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to provide 
assistance in planning and constructing a regional heritage center in 
Calais, Maine, with an amendment;
  H.R. 940, to establish the Lackawanna Heritage Valley American 
Heritage Area, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 2932, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
of the Golden Spike/Crossroads of the West National Heritage Area Study 
Area and to establish the Crossroads of the West Historic District in 
the State of Utah;
  S. 1998, to establish the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area, with 
an amendment;
  S. 2247, to establish the Wheeling National Heritage Area in the 
State of West Virginia, with amendments;
  S. 2421, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
of the suitability and feasibility of establishing an Upper Housatonic 
Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut and Massachusetts;
  S. 2511, to establish the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National 
Heritage Area in the State of Alaska, with amendments;
  S. 2439, to authorize the appropriation of funds for the construction 
of the Southeastern Alaska Intertie system;
  S. 610, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in 
Washakie County and Big Horn County, Wyoming, to the Westside 
Irrigation District, Wyoming, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  S. 2425, to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to participate in the 
planning, design, and construction of the Bend Feed Canal Pipeline 
Project, Oregon, with an amendment.
PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management concluded hearings on S. 2300, to amend the 
Mineral Leasing Act to increase the maximum acreage of Federal leases 
for coal that may be held by an entity in any one State, S. 2069, to 
permit the conveyance of certain land in Powell, Wyoming, and S. 1331, 
to give Lincoln County, Nevada, the right to purchase at fair market 
value certain public land in the county, after receiving testimony from 
Representative Gibbons; Pete Culp, Assistant Director, Minerals and 
Realty, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Tom 
Sansonetti, Holland and Hart, Cheyenne, Wyoming, on behalf of the 
National Mining Association; Greg Schaefer, Arch Coal, Inc., Wright, 
Wyoming; Dan Frehner, Lincoln County Commission, Pioche, Nevada; and 
Vaughn Higbee, Lincoln County School District, Panaca, Nevada.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 2677, to restrict assistance until certain conditions are 
satisfied and to support democratic and economic transition in 
Zimbabwe;
  S. 2682, to authorize the Broadcasting Board of Governors to make 
available to the Institute for Media Development certain materials of 
the Voice of America;
  S. 2460, to authorize the payment of rewards to individuals 
furnishing information relating to persons subject to indictment for 
serious violations of international humanitarian law in Rwanda;
  S. Res. 303, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 
treatment by the Russian Federation of Andrei Babitsky, a Russian 
journalist working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, with an 
amendment;
  S. Con. Res. 117, commending the Republic of Slovenia for its 
partnership with the United States and NATO, and expressing the sense 
of Congress that Slovenia's accession to NATO would enhance NATO's 
security;
  S. Con. Res. 118, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the execution 
of Polish captives by Soviet authorities in April and May 1940;
  H. Con. Res. 304, expressing the condemnation of the continued 
egregious violations of human rights in the Republic of Belarus, the 
lack of progress toward the establishment of democracy and the rule of 
law in Belarus, calling on President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's regime to 
engage in negotiations with the representatives of the opposition and 
to restore the constitutional rights of the Belarussian people, and 
calling on the Russian Federation to respect the sovereignty of 
Belarus;

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  H. Con. Res. 251, commending the Republic of Croatia for the conduct 
of its parliamentary and presidential elections, with an amendment;
  Inter-American Convention Against Corruptions (``the Convention''), 
adopted and opened for signature at the Specialized Conference of the 
Organization of American States (OAS) at Caracas, Venezuela, on March 
29, 1996. The Convention was signed by the United States on June 27, 
1996, at the twenty-seventh regular session of the OAS General Assembly 
meeting in Panama City, Panama (Treaty Doc.105-39); and
  The nominations of John R. Dinger, of Florida, to be Ambassador to 
Mongolia; Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, to be Ambassador to 
Australia; David N. Greenlee, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Paraguay; Marc Grossman, of Virginia, to be Director 
General of the Foreign Service; Donna Jean Hrinak, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Venezuela; 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; Daniel A. Johnson, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname; Edward E. 
Kaufman, of Delaware, to be a Member of the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors; Rose M. Likins, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of El Salvador; Alberto J. Mora, of Florida, to be a Member of 
the Broadcasting Board of Governors; John Martin O'Keefe, of Virginia, 
to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic; Anne Woods Patterson, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia; W. Robert 
Pearson, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey; V. 
Manuel Rocha, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Bolivia; John F. Tefft, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Lithuania; James Donald Walsh, of California, to be Ambassador to 
Argentina; and certain Foreign Service Officer promotion lists.
SATELLITE EXPORT CONTROLS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic 
Policy, Export and Trade Promotion concluded oversight hearings to 
examine progress made in improving the system of satellite export 
controls since the Congress transferred responsibility for licensing 
commercial satellites from the Commerce Department to the State 
Department, after receiving testimony from John D. Holum, Senior 
Adviser for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, Department 
of State; William A. Reinsch, Under Secretary of Commerce for Export 
Administration; James M. Bodner, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of 
Defense for Policy; and Clayton Mowry, Satellite Industry Association, 
Alexandria, Virginia.
ANESTHESIA SERVICES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, 
and Competition concluded hearings to examine the standards and rules 
that guide the delivery of anesthesia services to Medicare patients, 
and proposed legislation to require the Secretary of the Health and 
Human Services Department to conduct a ``comparative outcomes'' study 
on the impact of physician supervision on the mortality and adverse 
outcome rates of Medicare patients to the provision of anesthesia 
services, after receiving testimony from Michael D. Fallacaro, Virginia 
Commonwealth University, School of Allied Health Professions, Medical 
College of Virginia Campus, Richmond, and Jan Stewart, Seattle, 
Washington, both on behalf of the American Association of Nurse 
Anesthetists; Ellison C. Pierce, Jr., Anesthesia Patient Safety 
Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts; and Jeffrey H. Silber, Center for 
Outcomes Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
COLORADO UTE INDIAN WATER SETTLEMENT ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded joint hearings with 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Water and 
Power on S. 2508, to amend the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights 
Settlement Act of 1988 to provide for a final settlement of the claims 
of the Colorado Ute Indian Tribes, after receiving testimony from David 
J. Hayes, Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Kent Holsinger, Assistant 
Director, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, and Wendy Weiss, 
Colorado Office of the Attorney General, both of Denver; Thomas C. 
Turney, New Mexico Office of the State Engineer, Santa Fe; Ernest 
House, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of Colorado, Towaoc; John Baker, Jr., 
Souther Ute Indian Tribe, Ignacio, Colorado; Robert Wiygul, Denver, 
Colorado, on behalf of the Sierra Club, Four Corners Action Coalition, 
Taxpayers for the Animas River and Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund; and 
Jill Lancelot, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Washington, D.C.