[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 70 (Thursday, June 8, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D561-D562]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Trade and Finance concluded hearings to examine the 
operations of the World Bank and the need for reform of the Bank and 
development programs, after receiving testimony from Allan H. Meltzer, 
Carnegie Mellon University Graduate School of Industrial 
Administration, and James B. Burnham, Duquesne University Donahue 
Graduate School of Business, both of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; C. Fred 
Bergsten, Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C.; and 
Adam Lerrick, International Financial Institution Advisory Commission, 
Barrytown, New York.
PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management concluded hearings on H.R. 359, to clarify the 
intent of Congress in Public Law 93-632 to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture to continue to provide for the maintenance and operation of 
18 concrete dams and weirs that were located in the Emigrant Wilderness 
at the time the wilderness area was designated in that Public Law, H.R. 
468, to establish the Saint Helena Island National Scenic Area, H.R. 
1680, to provide for the conveyance of Forest Service property in Kern 
County, California, in exchange for county lands suitable for inclusion 
in Sequoia National Forest, S. 1817, to validate a conveyance of 
certain lands located in Carlton County, Minnesota, and to provide for 
the compensation of certain original heirs, S. 1972, to direct the 
Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the town of Dolores, Colorado, 
the current site of the Joe Rowell Park, and S. 2111, to direct the 
Secretary of Agriculture to convey for fair market value 1.06 acres of 
land in the San Bernardino National Forest, California, to KATY 101.3 
FM, a California corporation, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Allard; Representative Kildee; Jack Craven, Director of Lands, United 
States Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Willie Davis, KATY 
101.3 FM, Englewood, California; Marianne Mate, Park Planning 
Committee, Dolores, Colorado; Michael A. Francis, Wilderness Society, 
Washington, D.C.; and Steve Brougher, Wilderness Watch, Central Sierra 
Chapter, Sonora, California.
NATIONAL PARKS OMNIBUS MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded oversight 
hearings to review the final rules and regulations issued by the 
National Park Service relating to Title IV of the National Parks 
Omnibus Management Act of 1998 concerning the solicitation, awards, and 
administration of concession contracts use in units of the National 
Park System, and to determine the extent to which the final rule 
complies with the intent of the concessions law, after receiving 
testimony from Denis Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior.
KOSOVO
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs 
concluded hearings to examine the current situation in Kosovo one year 
after the NATO air campaign expelled Yugoslav President Milosevic's 
security forces from the area, and the progress being made to 
reinvigorate the society and foster democracy, after receiving 
testimony from James W. Pardew, Jr. Principal Deputy Adviser to the 
President and Secretary of State on Democracy in the Balkans; and 
Morton I. Abramowitz, International Crisis Group, former Assistant 
Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, Paul R. Williams, 
American University Washington College of Law, and Janusz Bugajski, 
Center for Strategic and International Studies, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
2406, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide permanent 
authority for entry into the United States of certain religious 
workers.
  Also, Committee approved resolutions for issuance of subpoenas to 
Attorney General Reno for documents related to Elian Gonzalez, and for 
the personal appearance of Stephen Mansfield on June 13, 2000, pursuant 
to Rule 26.
GENDER-BASED WAGE DISCRIMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine the Bureau of Labor Statistics report 
which provides a full picture of the gender-based wage gap, the reasons 
for these gaps and the impact this discrimination has on women and 
families, and the effectiveness of current

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laws and proposed legislative solutions, and S. 74, to amend the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to 
victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, 
after receiving testimony from Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner, 
Bureau of Labor Statistic, Department of Labor; June O'Neill, City 
University of New York Baruch College Center for the Study of Business 
and Government, New York, New York; and Heidi I. Hartmann, George 
Washington University, on behalf of the Institute for Women's Policy 
Research, Anita U. Hattiangadi, Employment Policy Foundation, Gail S. 
Shaffer, Business and Professional Women/USA, Barbara Berish Brown, 
Paul, Hasting, Janofsky and Walker, and Judith C. Appelbaum, National 
Women's Law Center, all of Washington, D.C.
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORISM
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded hearings on the 
conclusions and recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorism 
regarding intelligence information collection, technology and 
institutional practices needed to disseminate information effectively, 
cyber terrorism, and the role of the intelligence community to protect 
the United States against terrorism, after receiving testimony from 
Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, III, Chairman, Maurice Sonnenberg, Vice 
Chairman, R. James Woolsey, Commissioner, Jane Harman, Commissioner, 
and Juliette N. Kayyem, Commissioner, all of the National Commission on 
Terrorism.