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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D831-D832 on July 20, 1999.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S.-KOSOVO POLICY AND OPERATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the United States policy and military operations regarding Kosovo, focusing on Operation Allied Force and NATO's actions, after receiving testimony from William S. Cohen, Secretary of Defense; and Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
NATIONAL MONUMENTS DECLARATIONS PARTICIPATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management concluded hearings on S. 729, to ensure that Congress and the public have the right to participate in the declaration of national monuments on Federal land, after receiving testimony from Representative Cannon; George Frampton, Acting Chair, Council on Environmental Quality; Idaho State Representative Charles D. Cuddy, Orofino; John F. Shepherd, Holland and Hart, Denver, Colorado; William P. Horn, Birch, Horton, Bittner, and Cherot, former Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and Marcia F. Argust, National Parks and Conservation Association, both of Washington, D.C.; and Louise Liston, Garfield County, Escalante, Utah.
HABITAT CONSERVATION PLANS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Drinking Water held hearings to examine the extent and quality of the science of the Endangered Species Act's habitat conservation plans, receiving testimony from Peter Kareiva, Senior Ecologist, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Stuart Pimm, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and Dennis D. Murphy, University of Nevada, Reno.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee began markup of the proposed Taxpayer Refund Act of 1999, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of A. Peter Burleigh, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Palau, Robert S. Gelbard, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, M. Osman Siddique, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Nauru, Ambassador to the Kingdom of Tonga, and Ambassador to Tuvalu, and Sylvia Gaye Stanfield, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Gelbard was introduced by Senators Coverdell and Biden, and Mr. Siddique was introduced by Senator Warner.
U.N. INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Operations held closed hearings on issues relating to the United Nations International Criminal Court, receiving testimony from David J. Scheffer, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
SWEEPSTAKES COMPANIES DECEPTIVE MAILINGS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations concluded hearings to examine deceptive mailings and the need for legislation to curb the deceptive practices used in the sweepstakes, skill contests and government look-alike mailings, after receiving testimony from Glynna Christian Parde, Chief Investigator and Senior Counsel, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; Kenneth J. Hunter, Chief Postal Inspector, and Robert G. DeMuro, Postal Inspector Attorney, both of the United States Postal Inspection Service; Anthony Kasday, Neopolitan Consultants, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada; and David Dobin, Lone Star Promotions, Inc., Merrick, New York.
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, focusing on improving use of funds, after receiving testimony from Robert A. Sampieri, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Phoenix, Arizona; Nina Shokraii Rees, Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Mike Watson, Arkansas Policy Foundation, Little Rock; and Betty Preston, Missouri State Board of Education, Chillicothe, on behalf of the National Association of State Boards of Education.
PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine prescription drug benefits provided by health maintenance organizations
(HMO) that participate in the Medicare+Choice program, focusing on a report that examines how Medicare HMOs manage drug formularies to control drug expenditures and the implications for beneficiaries, after receiving testimony from William J. Scanlon, Director, Health Financing and Public Health Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division, General Accounting Office; Elizabeth Helms, TMJ Society, Sacramento, California, on behalf of the Citizens for the Right to Know; Richard Jones, UnitedHealthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Mary Jane Lathrop, Antelope, California.
