[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 80 (Thursday, June 22, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D645-D646]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported H.R. 
4578, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
UNITED AIRLINES-US AIRWAYS MERGER
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the state of airline competition and the Department 
of Transportation's role in reviewing airline mergers and acquisitions, 
focusing on the proposed United Airlines and US Airways merger, and its 
effect on competition in the airline industry, and the likelihood it 
would trigger further industry consolidation, after receiving testimony 
from Nancy E. McFadden, General Counsel, Department of Transportation; 
and Albert A. Foer, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the American 
Antitrust Institute.
NATIONAL PARKS/NATIONAL MONUMENTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 
1643, to authorize the addition of certain parcels to the Effigy Mounds 
National Monument, Iowa, and S. 2547, to provide for the establishment 
of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and the Great Sand Dunes National 
Preserve in the State of Colorado, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Grassley and Allard; Representative McInnis; Stephen Saunders, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Department of 
the Interior; Colorado State Senator Gigi Dennis, Denver; Mark Burget, 
Boulder, Colorado, on behalf of the Nature Conservancy; Ray Wright, Rio 
Grande Water Conservation District, Alamosa, Colorado; J. Michael 
Baumann, Foundation for North American Wild Sheep, Arvada, Colorado; 
Mark C. Ackelson, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Des Moines; and 
Richard C. Young, Young Family Foundation, Waterloo, Iowa.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Rust Macpherson Deming, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Tunisia, Mary Ann Peters, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Janet A. Sanderson, 
of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Democratic and Popular Republic of 
Algeria, and E. Ashley Wills, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the 
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently 
and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of 
Maldives, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
FOREIGN SERVICE PROMOTION PROCESS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations concluded hearings to examine issues related to the role of 
security in the Department of State foreign service promotion process, 
including ambassadorial nominees, security incidents in controlled 
access areas, security awareness training, and raising security 
consciousness, after receiving testimony from Marc Grossman, Director 
General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources, and 
David G. Carpenter, Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security and 
Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State on Security Issues, both of 
the Department of State; and Marshall P. Adair, American Foreign 
Service Association, and Fern Finley, American Federation of Government 
Employees (Local #1534), both of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Thomas L. Garthwaite, of Pennsylvania, to be Under 
Secretary of Veteran Affairs for Health; and Robert M. Walker, of West 
Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial 
Affairs, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf. Mr. Walker was introduced by Senator Cleland.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1148, to provide for the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the Santee Sioux 
Tribe of Nebraska certain benefits of the Missouri River Basin Pick-
Sloan project, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1658, to authorize the construction of a Reconciliation Place in 
Fort Pierre, South Dakota, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and

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  S. 2719, to provide for business development and trade promotion for 
Native Americans.
INDIAN TRUST RESOLUTION CORPORATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on proposed 
legislation to reform the management of Indian trust funds and trust 
resources by the Federal Government, after receiving testimony from 
Gregg Bourland, Albuquerque, New Mexico, on behalf of the Intertribal 
Monitoring Association; Jeffrey M. Bucher, Lillick and Charles Law 
Offices; Costa Mesa, California; and Dan Press, Van Ness, Feldman Law 
Offices, Washington, D.C.