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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D511-D512 on May 23, 2000.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
STRATEGIC NUCLEAR FORCE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings on United States strategic nuclear force requirements, after receiving testimony from Walter B. Slocombe, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, USA, Chief of Staff, United States Army; Adm. Jay L. Johnson, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. James L. Jones, Jr., USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps; Gen. Michael E. Ryan, USAF, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force; and Adm. Richard W. Mies, USN, Commander in Chief, United States Strategic Command.
HUD HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation concluded hearings to examine the consolidation of HUD's homeless assistance programs, focusing on the requirements and administration of the Emergency Shelter Grants program, the Supportive Housing program, the Shelter Plus Care program, and the Section 8 Single-Room Occupancy program and the potential need for program consolidation, after receiving testimony from Stanley J. Czerwinski, Associate Director, Housing and Community Development Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Fred Karnas, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Special Needs Programs; Barbara Richardson, Rockford Department of Community Development, Rockford, Illinois, on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the National League of Cities, and the National Association of Counties; William C. Shelton, Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development, Richmond, on behalf of the Council of State Community Development Agencies; John Parvensky, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, Denver; Richard H. Godfrey, Jr., Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Finance Corporation, Providence, on behalf of the National Council of State Housing Agencies; and Nan P. Roman, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Washington, D.C.
HYDROELECTRIC LICENSING PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power concluded hearings on S. 740, to amend the Federal Power Act to improve the hydroelectric licensing process by granting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission statutory authority to better coordinate participation by other agencies and entities, after receiving testimony from David J. Hayes, Deputy Secretary of the Interior; James J. Hoecker, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy; Dennis C. Lewis, Petersburg Municipal Power and Light, Petersburg, Alaska; Andrew Fahlund, American Rivers, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Hydropower Reform Coalition; Terry Hudgens, PacifiCorp, and Randy Settler, Yakama Nation, on behalf of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, both of Portland, Oregon; Lionel Topaz, Grant County Public Utility District, Ephrata, Washington; and Kevin Snape, Clean Air Conservancy, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure concluded hearings to examine programs related to the proposed Water Resources Development Act of 2000, include the Puget Sound Restoration Project, the Port of New York and New Jersey Project, the Ohio River Project, Brownfields revitalization, and the National Shore Protection Act of 1996, after receiving testimony from Joseph W. Westphal, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Mayor Dannel Malloy, Stamford, Connecticut, on behalf of the National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals; Doug Sutherland, Pierce County Executive's Office, Tacoma, Washington; Lillian Borrone, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York, New York; R. Barry Palmer, Association for the Development of Inland Navigation in America's Ohio Valley, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Howard D. Marlowe, American Coastal Coalition, Washington, D.C.
IMF AND WORLD BANK REFORM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on International Monetary Fund and World Bank reform issues, focusing on the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission report, after receiving testimony from Allan H. Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon University and the American Enterprise Institute, Charles W. Calomiris, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs and the American Enterprise Institute, and Jerome I. Levinson, American University Washington College of Law, all of Washington, D.C., all on behalf of the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission.
IRS RESTRUCTURING
Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings on Internal Revenue Service restructuring issues, focusing on IRS efforts to reduce the taxpayer burden of the small business community, receiving testimony from Charles O. Rossotti, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury; Cornelia M. Ashby, Associate Director, Tax Policy and Administration Issues, General Government Division, General Accounting Office; and Sandra A. Abalos, Abalos and Associates, Phoenix, Arizona, and Roy M. Quick, Jr., Quick Tax and Accounting Service, St. Louis, Missouri, both on behalf of the IRS Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
