[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 79 (Wednesday, June 21, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D636-D638]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMODITY FUTURES MODERNIZATION ACT
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
joint hearings with Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on 
S. 2697, to reauthorize and amend the Commodity Exchange Act to promote 
legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in 
markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives, after receiving 
testimony from Lawrence H. Summers, Secretary of the Treasury; Alan 
Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Arthur 
Levitt, Chairman, United States Securities and Exchange Commission; and 
William J. Rainer, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine recent security failures at the Los Alamos National 
Laboratory, after receiving testimony from William B. Richardson, 
Secretary, T.J. Glauthier, Deputy Secretary, John C. Browne, Director, 
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Edward J. Curran, Director, Office of 
Counterintelligence, and Gen. Eugene E. Habiger, USAF (Ret.), Director, 
Office of Security and Emergency Operations, all of the Department of 
Energy.
UNITED AIRLINES-US AIRWAYS MERGER
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings to examine the proposed United Airlines and US Airways merger, 
focusing on its effect on competition in the airline industry, and the 
likelihood it would trigger further industry consolidation, receiving 
testimony from Senator Collins; James E. Goodwin, United Airlines, 
Chicago, Illinois; Stephen M. Wolf, US Airways Group, Inc., Arlington, 
Virginia; Robert L. Johnson, DC Air, Washington, D.C.; and Joseph 
Leonard, AirTran Airways, Inc., Orlando, Florida.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported S. 2071, to benefit electricity consumers by promoting the 
reliability of the bulk-power system, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
WATER AND POWER
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded hearings on S. 1848, to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and 
construction of the Denver Water Reuse project, S. 1761, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, to 
conserve and enhance the water supplies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, 
S. 2301, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Lakehaven 
water reclamation project for the reclamation and reuse of water, S.

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2400, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain water 
distribution facilities to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy 
District, S. 2499, to extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Pennsylvania, 
and S. 2594, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract 
with the Mancos Water Conservancy District to use the Mancos Project 
facilities for impounding, storage, diverting, and carriage of 
nonproject water for the purpose of irrigation, domestic, municipal, 
industrial, after receiving testimony from Representative Hinojosa; 
Eluid L. Martinez, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of 
the Interior; Wayne Halbert, Harlingen Irrigation District, Harlingen, 
Texas, on behalf of the Texas Irrigation Council; Sonia Kaniger, 
Cameron County Irrigation District #2, San Bonita, Texas; Beverly J. 
Tweddle, Lakehaven Utility District, Federal Way, Washington; Mary 
Hoddinott, Denver Water Board, Denver, Colorado; Eric Wilkinson, 
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, Loveland; and Gary 
Kennedy, Mancos Water Conservancy District, Mancos, Colorado.
MINE WASTE REMEDIATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife, and Drinking Water concluded hearings on S. 1787, to amend 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to improve water quality on 
abandoned or inactive mined land, and the related recommendations of 
the Western Governors' Association, after receiving testimony from J. 
Charles Fox, Assistant Administrator for Water, Environmental 
Protection Agency; South Dakota Governor William J. Janklow, Pierre, on 
behalf of the Western Governors' Association; Katherine Kelly, Idaho 
Department of Environmental Quality, and Jack Lyman, Idaho Mining 
Association, both of Boise; William B. Goodhard, Echo Bay Mines, 
Englewood, Colorado, on behalf of the National Mining Association; Sara 
Kendall, Western Organization of Resource Councils, Washington, D.C.; 
and David Gerard, Political Economy Research Center, Bozeman, Montana.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of John Edward Herbst, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Uzbekistan; Carlos Pascual, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Ambassador to Ukraine; Lawrence George Rossin, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia; and Ross L. Wilson, of Maryland, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
improvements to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, 
after receiving testimony from Senators Durbin and Thomas; former 
Senator Dole; David R. Loesch, Assistant Director in Charge, Criminal 
Justice Information Services Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice; Stuart Smith, Utah Department of Public Safety, 
Bureau of Criminal Identification, Salt Lake City; Max Schlueter, 
Vermont Department of Public Safety, Crime Information Center, 
Waterbury; and Robin Ball, Sharp Shooting Indoor Range, Spokane, 
Washington.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight 
and the Courts concluded oversight hearings to examine certain issues 
relating to the 1996 campaign finance investigation, receiving 
testimony from Lee J. Radek, Chief, Public Integrity Section, Robert S. 
Litt, former Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General, Steven A. 
Mansfield, former Assistant United States Attorney, and Robert Conrad, 
Head of Campaign Finance Task Force, all of the Department of Justice; 
and Darryl Wold, Chairman, and Danny L. McDonald, Vice-Chairman, both 
of the Federal Election Commission.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded joint closed 
hearings with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on 
intelligence matters, after receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
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