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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D737-D739 on July 9, 1998.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. EXPORT CONTROL
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine the role of the Department of Defense in implementing United States policy on export controls and nonproliferation, after receiving testimony from Stephen D. Bryen, former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Trade and Security Policy; Gary Milhollin, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control; and Mitchel B. Wallerstein, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counterproliferation Policy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
The nominations of William Clyburn, Jr., of South Carolina, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation, Deborah K. Kilmer, of Idaho, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Neal F. Lane, of Oklahoma, to be Director, and Rosina M. Bierbaum, of Virginia, to be an Associate Director, both of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Clyde J. Hart, Jr., of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the Maritime Administration, Rear Adm. Timothy W. Josiah, for appointment as Chief of Staff, United States Coast Guard, and to the grade of Vice Admiral, and a United States Coast Guard promotion list received by the Senate on June 17, 1998;
S. 2124, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation, with an amendment;
S. 1736, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel BETTY JANE;
S. 2096, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel FOILCAT, with an amendment;
S. 2139, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel YESTERDAYS DREAM;
S. 1480, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 through 2000 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to conduct research, monitoring, education and management activities for the eradication and control of harmful algal blooms, including blooms of Pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
H.R. 3824, amending the Fastener Quality Act to exempt from its coverage certain fasteners approved by the Federal Aviation Administration for use in aircraft, with an amendment.
Also, committee began markup of proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Federal Aviation Administration, S. 268, to promote air safety and restore or preserve natural quiet in national parks by establishing minimum flight altitudes and prohibiting overflights below such minimum altitudes in any national park, and S. 1353, to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide assistance and slots with respect to air carrier service between high density airports and airports that do not receive sufficient air service, and to improve jet aircraft service to underserved markets, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Tuesday, July 14, 1998.
NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE/NATIONAL PARKS/HAWAII LAND ACQUISITION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 2232, to establish the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site in the State of Arkansas, S. 2106 and H.R. 2283, bills to expand the boundaries of Arches National Park, Utah, to include portions of certain drainages that are under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and to include a portion of Fish Seep Draw currently owned by the State of Utah, S. 2129, to eliminate restrictions on the acquisition of certain land contiguous to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and S. 1333, to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to allow national park units that cannot charge an entrance or admission fee to retain other fees and charges, after receiving testimony from William Shaddox, Acting Associate Director for Professional Services, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Everett Tucker, III, Central High Museum, Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas; Ernest Green, Lehman Brothers, Washington, D.C.; and Tom Robinson, Grand Canyon Trust, Flagstaff, Arizona.
ESTUARY CONSERVATION/COASTAL POLLUTION REDUCTION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1222, to catalyze restoration of estuary habitat through more efficient financing of projects and enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal restoration programs, S. 1321, to authorize funds to permit grants for the national estuary program to be used for the development and implementation of a comprehensive conservation and management plan, and H.R. 2207, to require the owner or operator of the Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, publicly owned treatment works, in order to be eligible to apply for a waiver of secondary treatment requirements, to transmit to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency the results of a study of the marine environment of coastal areas in the Mayaguez area to determine the feasibility of constructing a deep ocean outfall for the treatment works, and to authorize funds through fiscal year 1998 for the National Estuary Program, after receiving testimony from Senators Faircloth, Breaux, and Torricelli; Robert H. Wayland, III, Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, Office of Water, Environmental Protection Agency; Michael L. Davis, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; H. Curtis Spalding, Save the Bay, Providence, Rhode Island; JoAnn M. Burkholder, North Carolina State University, Raleigh; J. Walter Milon, University of Florida, Gainesville; Ted Morton, American Oceans Campaign, Washington, D.C.; Xavier Romeu, Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration, San Juan; and Juan C. Martinez-Cruzado, Mayaguezanos for Health and Environment, Inc., Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
U.S.-CHINA TRADE RELATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the Administration's proposed renewal of normal trade relations with China, receiving testimony from Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State; Charlene Barshefsky, United States Trade Representative; Zbigniew Brzezinski, Center for Strategic and International Studies, former National Security Advisor, Brent Scowcroft, Scowcroft Group, on behalf of the Forum for International Policy, former National Security Advisor, and Mike Jendrzejczyk, Human Rights Watch, all of Washington, D.C.; Ernest S. Micek, Cargill, Incorporated, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Appeal of Conscience Foundation, New York, New York; Frederick W. Smith, FDX Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee; and Warren W. Smith, Alexandria, Virginia.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
SAFETY OF FOOD IMPORTS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations resumed hearings to examine the adequacy of procedures and systems used by the Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service and the Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration to oversee the safety of food imported into the United States, focusing on the outbreak of Cyclospora associated with fresh raspberries imported into the United States from Central America, receiving testimony from Stephen M. Ostroff, Associate Director for Epidemiologic Science, and Barbara L. Herwaldt, Medical Officer, Division of Parasitic Diseases, both of the National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services; Stephanie A. Smith, Investigator, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Governmental Affairs; and Jeffrey A. Foran, International Life Science Institute, Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 512, to amend chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, relating to identity fraud, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
S. 2143, to amend chapter 45 of title 28, United States Code, to authorize the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice to accept voluntary services, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Also, committee began consideration of S. 1645, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions, and the nomination of Kim McLean Wardlaw, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Thursday, July 16.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Beth Nolan, of New York, to be Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Moynihan and District of Columbia Delegate Norton, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
