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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D548-D550 on June 7, 2000.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1474, providing conveyance of the Palmetto Bend project to the State of Texas, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1612, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain irrigation project property to certain irrigation and reclamation districts in the State of Nebraska, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1894, to provide for the conveyance of certain land to Park County, Wyoming, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1950, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 to ensure the orderly development of coal, coalbed methane, natural gas, and oil in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 729, to ensure that Congress and the public have the right to participate in the declaration of national monuments on federal land;
S. 2239, to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to provide cost sharing for the endangered fish recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado River and San Juan River basins, with an amendment;
S. 1438, to establish the National Law Enforcement Museum on Federal land in the District of Columbia, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 2879, to provide for the placement at the Lincoln Memorial of a plaque commemorating the speech of Martin Luther King, Jr., known as the ``I Have A Dream'' speech, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
S. 2343, to amend the National Historic Preservation Act for the purposes of establishing a national historic lighthouse preservation program, with amendments;
S. 2352, to designate portions of the Wekiva River and associated tributaries as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 1749, to designate Wilson Creek in Avery and Caldwell Counties, North Carolina, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System;
H.R. 3201, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Carter G. Woodson Home in the District of Columbia as a National Historic Site;
S. 1367, to amend the Act which established the Saint-Gaudens Historic Site, in the State of New Hampshire, by modifying the boundary, with an amendment;
S. 1670, to revise the boundary of Fort Matanzas National Monument;
S. 2020, to adjust the boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi;
S. 2478, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a theme study on the peopling of America, with amendments;
S. 2485, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance in planning and constructing a regional heritage center in Calais, Maine, with an amendment;
H.R. 940, to establish the Lackawanna Heritage Valley American Heritage Area, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 2932, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the Golden Spike/Crossroads of the West National Heritage Area Study Area and to establish the Crossroads of the West Historic District in the State of Utah;
S. 1998, to establish the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area, with an amendment;
S. 2247, to establish the Wheeling National Heritage Area in the State of West Virginia, with amendments;
S. 2421, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the suitability and feasibility of establishing an Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut and Massachusetts;
S. 2511, to establish the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area in the State of Alaska, with amendments;
S. 2439, to authorize the appropriation of funds for the construction of the Southeastern Alaska Intertie system;
S. 610, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in Washakie County and Big Horn County, Wyoming, to the Westside Irrigation District, Wyoming, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
S. 2425, to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to participate in the planning, design, and construction of the Bend Feed Canal Pipeline Project, Oregon, with an amendment.
PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management concluded hearings on S. 2300, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to increase the maximum acreage of Federal leases for coal that may be held by an entity in any one State, S. 2069, to permit the conveyance of certain land in Powell, Wyoming, and S. 1331, to give Lincoln County, Nevada, the right to purchase at fair market value certain public land in the county, after receiving testimony from Representative Gibbons; Pete Culp, Assistant Director, Minerals and Realty, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Tom Sansonetti, Holland and Hart, Cheyenne, Wyoming, on behalf of the National Mining Association; Greg Schaefer, Arch Coal, Inc., Wright, Wyoming; Dan Frehner, Lincoln County Commission, Pioche, Nevada; and Vaughn Higbee, Lincoln County School District, Panaca, Nevada.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 2677, to restrict assistance until certain conditions are satisfied and to support democratic and economic transition in Zimbabwe;
S. 2682, to authorize the Broadcasting Board of Governors to make available to the Institute for Media Development certain materials of the Voice of America;
S. 2460, to authorize the payment of rewards to individuals furnishing information relating to persons subject to indictment for serious violations of international humanitarian law in Rwanda;
S. Res. 303, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the treatment by the Russian Federation of Andrei Babitsky, a Russian journalist working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, with an amendment;
S. Con. Res. 117, commending the Republic of Slovenia for its partnership with the United States and NATO, and expressing the sense of Congress that Slovenia's accession to NATO would enhance NATO's security;
S. Con. Res. 118, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the execution of Polish captives by Soviet authorities in April and May 1940;
H. Con. Res. 304, expressing the condemnation of the continued egregious violations of human rights in the Republic of Belarus, the lack of progress toward the establishment of democracy and the rule of law in Belarus, calling on President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's regime to engage in negotiations with the representatives of the opposition and to restore the constitutional rights of the Belarussian people, and calling on the Russian Federation to respect the sovereignty of Belarus;
H. Con. Res. 251, commending the Republic of Croatia for the conduct of its parliamentary and presidential elections, with an amendment;
Inter-American Convention Against Corruptions (``the Convention''), adopted and opened for signature at the Specialized Conference of the Organization of American States (OAS) at Caracas, Venezuela, on March 29, 1996. The Convention was signed by the United States on June 27, 1996, at the twenty-seventh regular session of the OAS General Assembly meeting in Panama City, Panama (Treaty Doc.105-39); and
The nominations of John R. Dinger, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Mongolia; Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, to be Ambassador to Australia; David N. Greenlee, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay; Marc Grossman, of Virginia, to be Director General of the Foreign Service; Donna Jean Hrinak, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Venezuela; Susan S. Jacobs, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Papua New Guinea and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to Solomon Islands, and as Ambassador to the Republic of Vanuatu; Daniel A. Johnson, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname; Edward E. Kaufman, of Delaware, to be a Member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors; Rose M. Likins, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador; Alberto J. Mora, of Florida, to be a Member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors; John Martin O'Keefe, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic; Anne Woods Patterson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia; W. Robert Pearson, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey; V. Manuel Rocha, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bolivia; John F. Tefft, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania; James Donald Walsh, of California, to be Ambassador to Argentina; and certain Foreign Service Officer promotion lists.
SATELLITE EXPORT CONTROLS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion concluded oversight hearings to examine progress made in improving the system of satellite export controls since the Congress transferred responsibility for licensing commercial satellites from the Commerce Department to the State Department, after receiving testimony from John D. Holum, Senior Adviser for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, Department of State; William A. Reinsch, Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration; James M. Bodner, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; and Clayton Mowry, Satellite Industry Association, Alexandria, Virginia.
ANESTHESIA SERVICES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition concluded hearings to examine the standards and rules that guide the delivery of anesthesia services to Medicare patients, and proposed legislation to require the Secretary of the Health and Human Services Department to conduct a ``comparative outcomes'' study on the impact of physician supervision on the mortality and adverse outcome rates of Medicare patients to the provision of anesthesia services, after receiving testimony from Michael D. Fallacaro, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Allied Health Professions, Medical College of Virginia Campus, Richmond, and Jan Stewart, Seattle, Washington, both on behalf of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists; Ellison C. Pierce, Jr., Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts; and Jeffrey H. Silber, Center for Outcomes Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
COLORADO UTE INDIAN WATER SETTLEMENT ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded joint hearings with Committee on Energy and Natural Resources' Subcommittee on Water and Power on S. 2508, to amend the Colorado Ute Indian Water Rights Settlement Act of 1988 to provide for a final settlement of the claims of the Colorado Ute Indian Tribes, after receiving testimony from David J. Hayes, Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Kent Holsinger, Assistant Director, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, and Wendy Weiss, Colorado Office of the Attorney General, both of Denver; Thomas C. Turney, New Mexico Office of the State Engineer, Santa Fe; Ernest House, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe of Colorado, Towaoc; John Baker, Jr., Souther Ute Indian Tribe, Ignacio, Colorado; Robert Wiygul, Denver, Colorado, on behalf of the Sierra Club, Four Corners Action Coalition, Taxpayers for the Animas River and Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund; and Jill Lancelot, Taxpayers for Common Sense, Washington, D.C.
