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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D406-D407 on April 20, 1999.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Defense, focusing on the science and technology program and the future years defense program, after receiving testimony from Jacques S. Gansler, Under Secretary for Acquisition and Technology, and Delores Etter, Deputy Under Secretary for Science and Technology, both of the Department of Defense; Paul J. Hoeper, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, Development and Acquisition; H. Lee Buchanan III, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition; Lt. Gen. Gregory S. Martin, USAF, Principal Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition; and Frank L. Fernandez, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
CONSERVATION/RESOURCES/PUBLIC LAND AND RECREATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings on S. 25, to provide Coastal Impact Assistance to State and local governments, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978, the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act, 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; S. 446, to provide for the permanent protection of the resources of the United States in the year 2000 and beyond; and S. 532, to provide increased funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund and Urban Parks and Recreation Recovery Programs, to resume the funding of the State grants program of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to provide for the acquisition and development of conservation and recreation facilities and programs in urban areas, receiving testimony from Mayor Victor Ashe, Knoxville, Tennessee, on behalf of the Conference of Mayors; Terrell Davis, Denver Broncos, Denver, Colorado, on behalf of the Pop-Warner Little Scholars and Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association; Bernadette Castro, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Albany; Dianne A. Curry, Dallas Park and Recreation Board, Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the National Recreation and Park Association; Hank Steinbrecher, United States Soccer, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the U.S. Soccer Federation and the U.S. Soccer Foundation; Chuck Cushman, American Land Rights Association, Battle Ground, Washington; Alan Front, Trust for Public Land, San Francisco, California; Bruce Vincent, People for the USA, Libby, Montana, on behalf of the Alliance for America; Theodore R. Roosevelt, IV, Lehman Brothers, New York, New York; Jane Hague, Metropolitan King County Council, Seattle, Washington, on behalf of the National Association of Counties; Robert J. Smith, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.; and Judith E. Bittner, Alaska State Department of Natural Resources, Anchorage, on behalf of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers.
Hearings continue on Tuesday, April 27.
BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings on the United States vulnerability to ballistic missile attack, receiving testimony from James R. Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense; William Schneider, Jr., former Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology; and James R. Lilley, former U.S. Ambassador to China.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
WAR IN KOSOVO
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings on issues relating to the war in Kosovo, focusing on United States and NATO policy, receiving testimony from Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Stephen H. Glickman and Eric T. Washington, each to be an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and Hiram E. Puig Lugo, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, after the nominees, who were introduced by District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
FLAG PROTECTION AMENDMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on S.J. Res. 14, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States, after receiving testimony from Richard D. Parker, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Maj. Gen. Patrick H. Brady, USA (Ret.), Sumner, Washington, on behalf of the Citizens Flag Alliance, Inc.; Gary E. May, University of Southern Indiana, Newburgh; Maribeth Seely, Sandystone-Walpack School, Branchville, New Jersey; Nathan D. Wilson, West Virginia Council of Churches, Charleston; and Lt. Gen. Edward Baca, USA (Ret.), Albuquerque, New Mexico, former Chief, National Guard Bureau.
Hearings continue on Wednesday, April 28.
DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Youth Violence, with the Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, concluded joint hearings on domestic preparedness in the next generation, after receiving testimony from Barabara Y. Martinez, Deputy Director, National Domestic Preparedness Office, and Andy Mitchell, Deputy Director, Office for State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support, Office of Justice Programs, both of the Department of Justice; James M. Hughes, Director, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Services; Charles L. Cragin, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs; Richard A. Dyer, Lee's Summit Fire Department, Lee's Summit, Missouri, on behalf of the International Association of Fire Chiefs; Patrick J. Sullivan, Jr., Arapahoe County Sheriff's Department, Littleton, Colorado, on behalf of the National Sheriff's Association; and Richard L. Alcorta, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems, Baltimore, and Joseph F. Waeckerle, Leawood, Kansas, both on behalf of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
VETERANS CONTINGENCY PLAN
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the Department of Veterans Affairs contingency plans for the year 2000, after receiving testimony from Hershel W. Gober, Deputy Secretary, Harold Gracey, Acting Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, Ernesto Castro, Y2K Program Manager, James Burress, Deputy Chief Research and Development Officer, Thomas Garthwaite, Deputy Under Secretary for Health, and Leonard Bourget, Y2K Program Manager, Veterans Health Administration, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Thomas Shope, Special Assistant to the Director for Science and Technology, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Joel C. Willemssen, Director, Civil Agencies Information Systems, Accounting and Information Management Division, General Accounting Office; Constance Craig, Chief Information Officer/
Assistant Commissioner for Information Resources, Financial Management Service, Department of the Treasury; Kenneth Buckley, Assistant Director, Division of Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems, Federal Reserve System; and Nicholas F. Barranca, Vice President, Operations Planning, United States Postal Service.
NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVE PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the implementation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (P.L. 101-601), after receiving testimony from Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Hunt, Phoenix, Arizona; Rosita Worl, Sealaska Heritage Foundation, Juneau, Alaska; Tex G. Hall, Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, New Town, North Dakota, on behalf of the Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen's Association; Armand Minthorn, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, Oregon; Robert P. Gough, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Rosebud, South Dakota, on behalf of the estate of Tasunke Witko; Ernie Stevens, Jr, National Congress of American Indians, and Keith W. Kintigh, Society for American Archaeology, both of Washington, D.C.; and W. Donald Duckworth, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, on behalf of the American Association of Museums.
