[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 98 (Tuesday, July 25, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D815-D817]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AVIATION DELAYS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded 
oversight hearings on the growth and causes of airline flight delays and 
cancellations, and airline efforts to improve customer service, after 
receiving testimony from Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, and Jane F. 
Garvey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, both of the 
Department of Transportation; and Edward Kragh, Newark, New Jersey, on 
behalf of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
status of the United States National Missile Defense (NMD) program, focusing 
on the threat posed by long-range ballistic missile deployment, NMD 
development and deployment effort, cost of the system, and its impact on 
international security, including arms control, after receiving testimony 
from William S. Cohen, Secretary of Defense.
FIREFIGHTER INVESTMENT AND RESPONSE ENHANCEMENT ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on S. 1941, to amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 
1974 to authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
provide assistance to fire departments and fire prevention organizations for 
the purpose of protecting the public and firefighting personnel against fire 
and fire-related hazards, after receiving testimony from Senators Dodd and 
DeWine; Representatives Pascrell and Curt Weldon; Luther L. Fincher, Jr., 
Charlotte, North Carolina, on behalf of the International Association of 
Fire Chiefs; E. James Monihan, Lewes, Delaware, on behalf of the National 
Volunteer Fire Council; Billy Shields, Professional Fire Fighters of 
Arizona, Phoenix, on behalf of the International Association of Fire 
Fighters; and James H. Whitworth, Miami Township Fire and Emergency Medical 
Service, Milford, Ohio.
PILOT SHORTAGES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation 
concluded hearings on the impact of pilot shortages on air service to 
smaller and rural markets, and certain related provisions of S. 1855, to 
establish age limitations for airmen, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Murkowski and Inhofe; L. Nicholas Lacey, Director, Flight Standards 
Service, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation; 
Duane E. Woerth, Air Line Pilots Association, International, Herndon, 
Virginia; Paul Emens, Pilots Against Age Discrimination, Annapolis, 
Maryland; Deborah C. McElroy, Regional Airline Association, Washington, 
D.C.; and Linda Barker, Business Aviation Services, Sioux Falls, South 
Dakota, on behalf of National Air Transportation Association.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported H.R. 701, to provide Outer Continental Shelf Impact Assistance to 
State and local governments, to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
Act of 1965, the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978, and the 
Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (commonly referred to as the 
Pittman-Robertson Act) to establish a fund to meet the outdoor conservation 
and recreation needs of the American people, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
WATER PROJECTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power 
concluded hearings on S. 2877, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a feasibility study on water optimization in the Burnt River basin, 
Malheur River basin, Owyhee River basin, and Powder River basin, Oregon, S. 
2881, to update an existing Bureau of Reclamation program by amending the 
Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956, to establish a partnership program 
in the Bureau of Reclamation for small reclamation projects, and S. 2882, to 
authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to conduct certain feasibility studies 
to augment water supplies for the Klamath Project, Oregon and California, 
after receiving testimony from Larry Todd, Acting Director of Operations, 
and Robert T. Anderson, Counselor to the Secretary of the Interior, both of 
the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; Peter Carlson, Will 
and Carlson, Inc., on behalf of the Oregon Water Resources Congress, and 
James R. Waltman, Wilderness Society, both of Washington, D.C.; and Roger 
Nicholson, Resource Conservancy, Inc., Fort Klamath, Oregon.
LOW ACTIVITY RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on 
issues relating to the disposal of low activity radioactive waste, focusing 
on the respective roles that state and federal agencies have played in 
regulating low activity waste and whether the standards used present an 
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risk to human health and the environment, after receiving testimony from 
Joseph W. Westphal, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), 
Department of Defense; Carl J. Paperiello, Deputy Executive Director for 
Materials, Research and State Programs, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 
Michael Shapiro, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, Environmental Protection Agency; L. Max Scott, 
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; and David E. Adelman, Natural 
Resources Defense Council, and Scott Slesinger, Environmental Technology 
Council, and Anthony J. Thompson, Shaw Pittman, on behalf of the Uranium 
Recovery Industry, all of Washington, D.C.
ENERGY/FUEL/LAND USE TAXATION
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight concluded 
hearings to examine certain Federal income tax provisions that may effect 
energy and fuel use, provisions of Federal income, estate, and gift tax law 
that may effect land use conservation and preservation, and proposals to 
lower United States dependency on foreign oil used in transportation fuels 
(including tax incentives to promote the use of alternative fuel vehicles 
and to increase domestic oil production), after receiving testimony from 
Jonathan Talisman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax 
Policy; Mayor H. Brent Coles, Boise, Idaho, on behalf of the United States 
Conference of Mayors; Virginia S. Gorday, Portman Holdings, Atlanta, 
Georgia, on behalf of the Real Estate Roundtable; Samuel R. Staley, Reason 
Public Policy Institute, Los Angeles, California; Alan Front, Trust for 
Public Land, and Elizabeth Thompson, Environmental Defense, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Guy F. Donaldson, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, Camp Hill, on 
behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation; Austin Cleaves, Nature 
Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia; and Jerry Townsend, Highwood, Montana, on 
behalf of the Montana Land Reliance.
FATHERHOOD INITIATIVES
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy 
concluded hearings to examine the importance of non-custodial fathers in the 
lives of their children, and various fatherhood initiatives that encompass 
public and private efforts to help non-custodial fathers meet both financial 
and parenting responsibilities to their children, after receiving testimony 
from Senators Domenici, Kohl, and Bayh; Florida State Representative Evelyn 
Lynn, Daytona Beach, on behalf of the National Conference of State 
Legislatures; and Charles A. Ballard, Institute for Responsible Fatherhood 
and Family Revitalization, Jeffery M. Johnson, National Center for Strategic 
Nonprofit Planning and Community Leadership, and David L. Levy, Children's 
Rights Council, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Richard A. Boucher, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of 
State for Public Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator 
Sarbanes, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
LATIN AMERICA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace 
Corps, Narcotics and Terrorism concluded hearings to examine environmental 
protection from rapid economic and population growth, and unsustainable 
land-use practices in the Latin America and Caribbean region, and the role 
of USAID and multilateral development banks in addressing environmental 
degradation in that area, after receiving testimony from Carl H. Leonard, 
Deputy Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, Agency for 
International Development; Joseph E. Eichenberger, Director, Office of 
Multilateral Development Banks, Department of the Treasury; Alexander F. 
Watson, Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia; and Billie R. DeWalt, 
University of Pittsburgh Center for Latin American Studies, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania.
PUBLIC SAFETY COOPERATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee held hearings 
on S. 1016, to provide collective bargaining for rights for public safety 
officers employed by States or their political subdivisions, receiving 
testimony from David M. Smith, Solicitor, Federal Labor Relations Authority; 
Frederick H. Nesbitt, International Association of Fire Fighters, R. 
Theodore Clark, Jr., Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather, and Geraldson, on behalf 
of the National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors, National 
Association of Counties, National Public Employer Labor Relations 
Association, and International Personnel Management Association, and Gilbert 
G. Gallegos, Fraternal Order of Police, all of Washington, D.C.; and Gerald 
Flynn, International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Alexandria, Virginia.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings to 
examine issues related to the implementation of the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (P.L. 101-601) by the Department of the 
Interior, including assessment of the progress made during the last 10 years 
and what remains to be done, timely publishing of repatriation notices, 
assessment of civil penalties, and adherence to policy, after receiving 
testimony from Katherine H. Stevenson, Associate Director, Cultural Resource 
Stewardship and Partnerships, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior; Armand Minthorn, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 
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St. Mary's City, St. Mary's City, Maryland, both on behalf of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Review Committee; Rebecca 
Tsosie, Arizona State University College of Law, Tempe; Jefferson Keel, 
Chickasaw Nation, Ada, Oklahoma; Pemina Yellow Bird, Three Affiliated Tribes 
of the Fort Berthold Reservation, New Town, North Dakota; Alan Downer, 
Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona; Rosita Worl, University of Alaska 
Southeast, Juneau, on behalf of the Sealaska Heritage Foundation, Sealaska 
Corporation, and Alaska Federation of Natives; Robert P. Gough, Rosebud, 
South Dakota, on behalf of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe; Suzan Shown Harjo, 
Morning Star Institute, W. Richard West, National Museum of the American 
Indian, on behalf of the American Association of Museums, and Keith W. 
Kintigh, Society for American Archaeology, all of Washington, D.C.; and W. 
Donald Duckworth, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations 
of Michael J. Reagan, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Illinois, and Mary H. Murguia, James A. Teilborg, and Susan 
Ritchie Bolton, each to be a United States District Judge for the District 
of Arizona, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf. Mr. Reagan was introduced by Senator Durbin, and Ms. Murguia, Mr. 
Teilborg, and Ms. Bolton were introduced by Senator Kyl and Representative 
Pastor.
NARCOTIC ECSTASY THREAT
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded hearings to examine the domestic threat of addiction to the 
narcotic known as Ecstasy, and related provisions of S. 2612, to combat 
Ecstasy trafficking, distribution, and abuse in the United States, after 
receiving testimony from Donald R. Vereen, Jr., Deputy Director, Office of 
National Drug Control Policy; Rand Beers, Assistant Secretary of State for 
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Raymond W. Kelly, 
Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; Richard A. 
Fiano, Chief of Operations, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of 
Justice; Steven S. Martin, University of Delaware Center for Drug and 
Alcohol Studies, Newark; and Amy Ross, Arlington, Virginia.
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