[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 117 (Wednesday, September 27, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D979-D983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Research, Nutrition, and General Legislation concluded hearings to 
examine the Department of Agriculture financial management issues, 
focusing on challenges in achieving financial accountability and 
complying with key financial management laws and regulations, after 
receiving testimony from Sally Thompson, Chief Financial Officer, and 
Roger C. Viadero, Inspector General, both of the Department of 
Agriculture; Linda M. Calbom, Director, Accounting and Information 
Management Division, General Accounting Office; Thomas A. Schatz, 
Citizens Against Government Waste, Washington, D.C.; and Maurice P. 
McTigue, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia.
MILITARY READINESS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the status of United States military readiness and its ability to 
execute our national military strategy, after receiving testimony from 
Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gen. Eric 
K. Shinseki, USA, Chief of Staff, United States Army; Adm. Vernon E. 
Clark, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. James L. Jones, Jr., USMC, 
Commandant of the Marine Corps; and Gen. Michael E. Ryan, USAF, Chief 
of Staff, United States Air Force.
MARKETING VIOLENCE TO CHILDREN
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the Federal Trade Commission report which examines 
the marketing of violence in movies, television, music, and video games 
to children, and recommendations to curtail their exposure, including 
entertainment industry self-regulation, the need for legislative 
oversight, enforcement of rating guidelines, and parental involvement 
and responsibility, after receiving testimony from Rob Friedman, 
Paramount Pictures' Motion Picture Group, and Jim Gianopulos, Fox 
Filmed Entertainment, both of Los Angeles, California; Mel Harris, Sony 
Pictures Entertainment, Culver City, California; Alan Horn, Warner 
Bros., Burbank, California; Robert Iger, Walt Disney Company, New York, 
New York; Chris McGurk, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (MGM), Santa Monica, 
California; and Walter Parkes, DreamWorks SKG, and Stacey

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Snider, Universal Pictures, both of Universal City, California.
AUTHORIZATION--CLEAN AIR ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, 
Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety concluded hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Clean Air 
Act, after receiving testimony from Mayor Richard P. Homrighausen, 
Dover, Ohio; Karen Studders, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. 
Paul; Jeffrey A. Saitas, Texas Natural Resource Conservation 
Commission, Austin; Dennis Hemmer, Wyoming Department of Environmental 
Quality, Cheyenne; John E. Terrill, Jr., Oklahoma Department of 
Environmental Quality, and Zach D. Taylor, Association of Central 
Oklahoma Governments, both of Oklahoma City; Kenneth A. Colburn, New 
Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Concord; Ron Methier, 
Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Atlanta; and Marcia 
Willhite, Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, Lincoln, 
Nebraska.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee order favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 2621, to continue the current prohibition of military cooperation 
with the armed forces of the Republic of Indonesia until the President 
determines and certifies to the Congress that certain conditions are 
being met, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 4002, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise and 
improve provisions relating to famine prevention and freedom from 
hunger, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 3072, to assist in the enhancement of the development of expansion 
of international economic assistance programs that utilize cooperatives 
and credit unions;
  S. 3076, to establish an undergraduate grant program of the 
Department of State to assist students of limited financial means from 
the United States to pursue studies abroad;
  S. Res. 343, expressing the sense of the Senate that the 
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement should recognize and 
admit to full membership Israel's Magen David Adom Society with its 
emblem, the Red Shield of David;
  The nominations of Barry Edward Carter, of the District of Columbia, 
to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, Brian Dean Curran, of Florida, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti, Rust Macpherson Deming, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia, Howard Franklin 
Jeter, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of 
Nigeria, Ronald D. Godard, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Co-
operative Republic of Guyana, Douglas Alan Hartwick, of Washington, to 
be Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Margrethe 
Lundsager, of Virginia, to be United States Alternate Executive 
Director of the International Monetary Fund, Robert Mays Lyford, of 
Arkansas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation, Lawrence George Rossin, of California, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, Michael J. Senko, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands, and Ambassador to the Republic of Kiribati, and certain 
Foreign Service Officer promotion lists; and
  The Treaty with Ukraine on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal 
Matters (Treaty Doc. 106-16), with 1 understanding, 1 declaration, 2 
provisos; Treaty with France on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal 
Matters (Treaty Doc. 106-17), with 1 understanding, 1 declaration, 2 
provisos; Treaty with Greece on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal 
Matters (Treaty Doc. 106-18), with 1 understanding, 1 declaration, 2 
provisos; Treaty with Egypt on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal 
Matters (Treaty Doc. 106-19), with 1 understanding, 1 declaration, 2 
provisos; Treaty with Romania on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal 
Matters (Treaty Doc. 106-20), with 1 understanding, 1 declaration, 2 
provisos; Inter-American Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal 
Matters with Related Optional Protocol (Treaty Doc. 105-25), with 3 
understandings, 1 declaration, 1 proviso; Treaty with Nigeria on Mutual 
Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (Treaty Doc. 102-26), with 1 
understanding, 1 declaration, 2 provisos; Treaty with Cyprus on Mutual 
Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (Treaty Doc. 106-35), with 1 
understanding, 1 declaration, 2 provisos; Treaty with South Africa on 
Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (Treaty Doc. 106-36), with 
1 understanding, 1 declaration, 2 provisos; Extradition Treaty with 
Paraguay (Treaty Doc. 106-4), with 1 understanding, 1 declaration, 1 
proviso; Extradition Treaty With South Africa (Treaty Doc. 106-24), 
with 1 understanding, 1 declaration, 1 proviso; Extradition Treaty with 
Sri Lanka (Treaty Doc. 106-34), with 1 understanding, 1 declaration, 1 
proviso; Extradition Treaty with Belize (Treaty Doc. 106-38), with 1 
understanding, 1 declaration, 1 proviso; Treaty with Belize for the 
Return of Stolen Vehicles (Treaty Doc. 105-54), with 1 declaration, 1 
proviso; Treaty with Guatemala for the Return of Stolen, Robbed, 
Embezzled or Appropriated Vehicles and Aircraft (Treaty Doc. 105-58), 
with 1 declaration, 1 proviso; Treaty with Dominican Republic for

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the Return of Stolen or Embezzled Vehicles (Treaty Doc. 106-7), with 1 
declaration, 1 proviso; Treaty with Costa Rica on Return of Vehicles 
and Aircraft (Treaty Doc. 106-40), with 1 declaration, 1 proviso; 
Treaty with Panama on Return of Vehicles and Aircraft (Treaty Doc. 106-
44), with 1 declaration, 1 proviso; Inter-American Convention on 
Serving Criminal Sentences Abroad (Treaty Doc. 104-35), with 4 
conditions; Protocol Amending the 1950 Consular Convention with Ireland 
(Treaty Doc. 106-43), with 1 declaration, 1 proviso; Investment Treaty 
with Uzbekistan (Treaty Doc. 104-25), with 1 declaration, 1 proviso; 
Investment Treaty with Bahrain (Treaty Doc. 106-25), with 1 
declaration, 1 proviso; Investment Treaty with Bolivia (Treaty Doc. 
106-26), with 1 declaration, 1 proviso; Investment Treaty with Honduras 
(Treaty Doc. 106-27), with 1 declaration, 1 proviso; Investment Treaty 
with El Salvador (Treaty Doc. 106-28), with 1 declaration, 1 proviso; 
Investment Treaty with Croatia (Treaty Doc. 106-29), with 1 
declaration, 1 proviso; Investment Treaty with Jordan (Treaty Doc. 106-
30), with 1 declaration, 1 proviso; Investment Treaty with Mozambique 
(Treaty Doc. 106-31), with 1 declaration, 1 proviso; Investment Treaty 
with Lithuania (Treaty Doc. 106-42), 1 understanding, 1 declaration, 1 
proviso; Protocol Amending Investment Treaty with Panama (Treaty Doc. 
106-46), Investment Treaty with Azerbaijan (Treaty Doc. 106-47), with 1 
declaration, 1 proviso; Treaty with Mexico on Delimitation of 
Continental Shelf (Treaty Doc. 106-39), with 1 declaration, 1 proviso; 
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries 
Experiencing Serious Drought, Particularly in Africa, with Annexes 
(Treaty Doc. 104-29), 5 understandings, 3 declarations, 2 provisos; and 
International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) (Treaty Doc. 106-23), 
3 understandings, 1 declaration, 2 provisos.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 2686, to amend chapter 36 of title 39, United States Code, to 
modify rates relating to reduced rate mail matter;
  H.R. 3069, to authorize the Administrator of General Services to 
provide for redevelopment of the Southeast Federal Center in the 
District of Columbia, with an amendment;
  S. 870, to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to 
increase the efficiency and accountability of Offices of Inspector 
General within Federal departments, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute;
  An original bill, to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978, (5 
U.S.C. App.) to establish police powers for certain Inspector General 
agents engaged in official duties and provide an oversight mechanism 
for the exercise of those powers;
  S. 3030, to amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for 
executive agencies to conduct annual recovery audits and recovery 
activities;
  H.R. 4110, to amend title 44, United States Code, to authorize 
appropriations for the National Historical Publications and Records 
Commission for fiscal years 2002 through 2005;
  S. 1688, to amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, relating 
to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, to enable the Federal 
Government to enroll an employee and the family of the employee in the 
program when a State court orders the employee to provide health 
insurance coverage for a child of the employee, but the employee fails 
to provide the coverage;
  H.R. 3995, to establish procedures governing the responsibilities of 
court-appointed receivers who administer departments, offices, and 
agencies of the District of Columbia government;
  S. 3062, to modify the date on which the Mayor of the District of 
Columbia submits a performance accountability plan to Congress;
  S. 2303, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 14900 Southwest 30th Street in Miramar City, 
Florida, as the ``Vicki Coceano Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 3985, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 14900 Southwest 30th Street in Miramar City, 
Florida, as the ``Vicki Coceano Post Office Building'';
  S. 2620, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2000 Vassar Street in Reno, Nevada, as the ``Barbara 
F. Vucanovich Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 4169, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2000 Vassar Street in Reno, Nevada, as the ``Barbara 
F. Vucanovich Post Office Building'';
  S. 2629, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 114 Ridge Street in Lenoir, North Carolina, as the 
``James T. Broyhill Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 4534, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 114 Ridge Street in Lenoir, North Carolina, as the 
``James T. Broyhill Post Office Building'';
  S. 2804, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 424 South Michigan Street in South Bend, Indiana, as 
the ``John Brademas Post Office'';

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  S. 2893, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 757 Warren Road in Ithaca, New York, as the 
``Matthew F. McHugh Post Office'';
  H.R. 3030, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 757 Warren Road in Ithaca, New York, as the 
``Matthew F. McHugh Post Office'';
  S. 2895, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3030 Meredith Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska, as the 
``Reverend J.C. Wade Post Office'';
  H.R. 4615, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3030 Meredith Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska, as the 
``Reverend J.C. Wade Post Office'';
  H.R. 2302, to designate the building of the United States Postal 
Service located at 307 Main Street in Johnson City, New York, as the 
``James W. McCabe, Sr. Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 3454, to designate the United States post office located at 451 
College Street in Macon, Georgia, as the ``Henry McNeal Turner Post 
Office'';
  H.R. 3909, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 4601 South Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago, 
Illinois, as the ``Henry W. McGee Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 4157, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 600 Lincoln Avenue in Pasadena, California, as the 
``Matthew `Mack' Robinson Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 4447, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 919 West 34th Street in Baltimore, Maryland, as the 
``Samuel H. Lacy, Sr. Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 4448, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3500 Dolfield Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the 
``Judge Robert Bernard Watts, Sr. Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 4449, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1908 North Ellamont Street in Baltimore, Maryland, 
as the ``Dr. Flossie McClain Dedmond Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 4484, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 500 North Washington Street in Rockville, Maryland, 
as the ``Everett Alvarez, Jr. Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 4517, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 24 Tsienneto Road in Derry, New Hampshire, as the 
``Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 4554, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1602 Frankford Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 
as the ``Joseph F. Smith Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 4658, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 301 Green Street in Fayetteville, North Carolina, as 
the ``J.L. Dawkins Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 4884, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 200 West 2nd Street in Royal Oak, Michigan, as the 
``William S. Broomfield Post Office Building''; and
  The nominations of Gerald Fisher, and John Ramsey Johnson, both of 
the District of Columbia, each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior 
Court of the District of Columbia, and George A. Omas, of Mississippi, 
to be a Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission.
WEN HO LEE INVESTIGATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight 
and the Courts resumed oversight hearings to examine certain decisions 
that were made in the investigation and prosecution of the Wen Ho Lee 
case, receiving testimony from Edward Curran, Security Chief, 
Department of Energy; Larry Parkinson, General Counsel, Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, and James Robinson, Assistant Attorney General, 
Criminal Division, both of the Department of Justice; and Norman C. 
Bay, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico.
  Hearings continue on Tuesday, October 3, 2000.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  S. 1840, to provide for the transfer of public lands to certain 
California Indian Tribes;
  S. 2665, to establish a streamlined process to enable the Navajo 
Nation to lease trust lands without having to obtain the approval of 
the Secretary of the Interior of individual leases, except leases for 
exploration, development, or extraction of any mineral resources, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2917, to settle the land claims of the Pueblo of Santo Domingo, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 4643, to provide for the settlement of issues and claims related 
to the trust lands of the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians;
  S. 2688, to amend the Native American Languages Act to provide for 
the support of Native American Language Survival Schools, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2580, to provide for the issuance of bonds to provide funding for 
the construction of schools of the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the 
Department of the Interior, with an amendment in the nature of a 
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  S. 3031, to make certain technical corrections in laws relating to 
Native Americans, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2920, to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2526, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise 
and extend such Act with amendments; and
  H.R. 1460, to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and 
Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to decrease the 
requisite blood quantum required for membership in the Ysleta del Sur 
Pueblo tribe, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT CONSOLIDATED FUNDING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2052, 
to establish a demonstration project to authorize the integration and 
coordination of Federal funding dedicated to community, business, and 
the economic development of Native American communities, after 
receiving testimony from Michael J. Anderson, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Peter Desswood, Kayenta 
Township Commission, Window Rock, Arizona, on behalf of the Navajo 
Nation; and Joseph P. Kalt, Harvard University Kennedy School of 
Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on behalf of the Harvard Project 
on American Indian Economic Development.
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.