[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 74 (Wednesday, June 14, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D594-D597]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
RURAL AREA INTERNET ACCESS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications concluded hearings on S. 2454, to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to authorize low-power television stations 
to provide digital data services to subscribers, focusing on wireless 
high speed Internet access for rural areas, after receiving testimony 
from Roy J. Stewart, Chief, Mass Media Bureau, Federal Communications 
Commission; Larry Morton, Equity Broadcasting Corporation, Little Rock, 
Arkansas, on behalf of the Community Broadcasters Association; James J. 
Popham, Association of Local Television Stations, Inc., Washington, 
D.C.; and Dean M. Mosely, U.S. Interactive/AccelerNet, Houston, Texas.
ETHANOL
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, 
Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety concluded hearings on 
the environmental benefits and impacts of ethanol under the Clean Air 
Act, after receiving testimony from Senators Grassley, Harkin, and 
Durbin; Gordon Proctor, Ohio Department of Transportation, Columbus; 
Daniel S. Greenbaum, Health Effects Institute, Cambridge Massachusetts; 
A. Blakeman Early, on behalf of the American Lung Association, and Bob 
Slaughter, on behalf of the National Petrochemical and Refiners 
Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Michael S. Graboski, Colorado 
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and High Altitude Engine Research, Colorado School of Mines, Lakewood, 
on behalf of the National Corn Grower's Association; Jack Huggins, 
Williams Bio-Energy, The Williams Companies, Pekin, Illinois; Jason S. 
Grumet, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, Boston, 
Massachusetts; and Stephen Gatto, BC International Corporation, Dedham, 
Massachusetts.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 662, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide 
medical assistance for certain women screened and found to have breast 
or cervical cancer under a federally funded screening program, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  H.R. 3916, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 
excise tax on telephone and other communication services, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
LEBANON
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
Asian Affairs concluded hearings to examine issues relating to the 
future of democracy for the people of Lebanon, including the country's 
continued occupation by Syria, the recent Israeli withdrawal, and 
efforts toward disarmament of terrorist groups like Hezbollah, after 
receiving testimony from Edward S. Walker, Assistant Secretary of State 
for Near Eastern Affairs; Daniel Pipes, Middle East Quarterly, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Col. Charbel Barakat, South Lebanon 
Army, Ain Ebel, Lebanon.
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL PROSECUTION PROTECTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
issues relating to the need for protection of American servicemen and 
officials from the threat of international prosecution by the 
International Criminal Court, and a related measure, S. 2726, to 
protect United States military personnel and other elected and 
appointed officials of the United States Government against criminal 
prosecution by an international criminal court to which the United 
States is not a party, after receiving testimony from Caspar W. 
Weinberger, Forbes, Inc., Washington, D.C., former Secretary of 
Defense; Jeremy Rabkin, Cornell University Department of Government, 
Ithaca, New York; and Ruth Wedgwood, Yale University, New Haven, 
Connecticut, on behalf of the Project on International Organizations 
and Law.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 2705, to provide for the training of individuals, during a 
Presidential transition, who the President intends to appoint to 
certain key positions, to provide for a study and report on improving 
the financial disclosure process for certain Presidential nominees;
  S. 2712, to amend chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code, to 
authorize the consolidation of certain financial and performance 
management reports required of Federal agencies;
  S. 2420, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the 
establishment of a program under which long-term care insurance is made 
available to Federal employees, members of the uniformed services, and 
civilian and military retirees, with an amendment;
  H.R. 208, to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow for the 
contribution of certain rollover distributions to accounts in the 
Thrift Savings Plan, to eliminate certain waiting-period requirements 
for participating in the Thrift Savings Plan, with an amendment;
  S. 2386, to extend the Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act;
  S. 1564, to protect the budget of the Federal courts, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1846, to redesignate the Federal building located at 10301 South 
Compton Avenue, in Los Angeles, California, and known as the Watts 
Finance Office, as the ``Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building'';
  S. 1847, to redesignate the Federal building located at 701 South 
Santa Fe Avenue in Compton, California, and known as the Compton Main 
Post Office, as the ``Mervyn Malcolm Dymally Post Office Building'';
  S. 1884, to designate the building of the United States Postal 
Service located at 5 Cedar Street in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, as the 
``Thomas J. Brown Post Office Building'';
  S. 2043, to designate the United States Post Office building located 
at 3101 West Sunflower Avenue in Santa Ana, California, as the ``Hector 
G. Godinez Post Office Building'';
  S. 2234, to designate certain facilities of the United States Postal 
Service;
  H.R. 642, to redesignate the Federal building located at 701 South 
Santa Fe Avenue in Compton, California, and known as the Compton Main 
Post Office, as the ``Mervyn Malcolm Dymally Post Office Building'';

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  H.R. 643, to redesignate the Federal building located at 10301 South 
Compton Avenue, in Los Angeles, California, and known as the Watts 
Finance Office, as the ``Augustus F. Hawkins Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 1666, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service at 200 East Pinckney Street in Madison, Florida, as the 
``Captain Colin P. Kelly, Jr. Post Office'';
  H.R. 2307, to designate the building of the United States Postal 
Service located at 5 Cedar Street in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, as the 
``Thomas J. Brown Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2357, to designate the United States Post Office located at 3675 
Warrensville Center Road in Shaker Heights, Ohio, as the ``Louise 
Stokes Post Office'';
  H.R. 2460, to designate the United States Post Office located at 125 
Border Avenue West in Wiggins, Mississippi, as the ``Jay Hanna `Dizzy' 
Dean Post Office'';
  H.R. 2591, to designate the United States Post Office located at 713 
Elm Street in Wakefield, Kansas, as the ``William H. Avery Post 
Office'';
  H.R. 2952, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 100 Orchard Park Drive in Greenville, South 
Carolina, as the ``Keith D. Oglesby Station'';
  H.R. 3018, to designate certain facilities of the United States 
Postal Service in South Carolina;
  H.R. 3699, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 8409 Lee Highway in Merrifield, Virginia, as the 
``Joel T. Broyhill Postal Building'';
  H.R. 3701, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3118 Washington Boulevard in Arlington, Virginia, as 
the ``Joseph L. Fisher Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 4241, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1818 Milton Avenue in Janesville, Wisconsin, as the 
``Les Aspin Post Office Building''; and
  The nominations of Amy L. Comstock, of Maryland, to be Director of 
the Office of Government Ethics; Alan Craig Kessler, of Pennsylvania, 
to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service; Carol Waller 
Pope, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority; and Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, Thomas J. Motley, and 
John McAdam Mott, of the District of Columbia, each to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
US AIRWAYS/UNITED MERGER
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, 
and Competition concluded hearings to examine the proposed United 
Airlines and US Airways merger and the impact it may have on the 
airline industry, after receiving testimony from Senators Helms, 
Wellstone, Santorum, and Edwards; James E. Goodwin, United Airlines, 
Chicago, Illinois; Stephen M. Wolf, US Airways Group, Inc., Arlington, 
Virginia; Robert L. Johnson, DC Air, and Mark N. Cooper, Consumer 
Federation of America, both of Washington, D.C.; David Neeleman, 
JetBlue Airways Corporation, Kew Gardens, New York; and Alfred Kahn, 
Cornell University Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S.1586, to reduce the fractionated ownership of Indian Lands, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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;
  S. 2351, to provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of 
the Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian tribe of Utah, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 277, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the policy of 
Indian self-determination; and
  H.R. 3051, to direct the Secretary of the Interior, the Bureau of 
Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study on the Jicarilla Apache 
Reservation in the State of New Mexico.
NATIVE AMERICAN AGRICULTURE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND EXPORT 
ENHANCEMENT ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2282, 
to encourage the efficient use of existing resources and assets related 
to Indian agricultural research, development and exports within the 
United States Department of Agriculture, after receiving testimony from 
Richard Rominger, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; Malcolm B. Bowekaty, 
Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico; Ardell Ruiz, Gila River Indian Community, 
Sacaton, Arizona; and Fred Small, Lame Deer, Montana, on behalf of the 
Montana Wyoming Indian Agriculture Council.
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded joint hearings 
with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to examine the loss 
of national security information at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, 
after receiving testimony from T.J. Glauthier, Deputy Secretary, John 
Browne, Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Edward Curran,

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Director, Office of Counterintelligence, and Eugene Habiger, Director, 
Office of Security and Emergency Operations, all of the Department of 
Energy.
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.