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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D723-D725 on June 24, 1999.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRICULTURAL TRADE POLICY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry: Committee concluded hearings to examine United States agricultural trade goals and related objectives of the forthcoming round of global trade negotiations, after receiving testimony from Charlene Barshefsky, United States Trade Representative; and Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably the following bills:
An original bill (S. 1282) making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000;
An original bill (S. 1283) making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000; and
An original bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000.
EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Export Administration Act, after receiving testimony from Craig Elwell, Specialist in Macroeconomics, Government and Finance Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Stephen Bryen, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration; John W. Douglass, Aerospace Industries Association, and Richard T. Cupitt, University of Georgia/Center for International Trade and Security, both of Washington, D.C.; Kyle H. Seymour, Cincinnati Machine/UNOVA Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, on behalf of the Association for Manufacturing Technology; Andrew Whisenhunt, Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation, Little Rock, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation; and Karen Murphy, Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, California, on behalf of the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International.
PROPOSED BP AMOCO/ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY MERGER
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine the implications of the proposed acquisition of the Atlantic Richfield Company by BP Amoco, PLC, after receiving testimony from Jay Hakes, Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; Alaska State Senator Bruce Botelho, Juneau; Andrew E. Aubertine, Oregon Department of Justice, Salem; Alaska State Senator Drue Pearce, and Bill Allen, VECO Corporation, both of Anchorage, Alaska; Mike R. Bowlin, Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, California; Richard L. Olver, BP Amoco, London, United Kingdom; John H. Lichtblau, Petroleum Industry Research Foundation, Inc., New York, New York; Robert E. Ebel, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.; Dale R. Lindsey, Harbor Enterprises, Inc., Petersburg, Alaska, on behalf of the Petersburg Energy; and James W. Winters, United Energy, Inc., Portland, Oregon.
NOX EMISSION REDUCTION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety concluded hearings on the Environmental Protection Agency's NOX/State Implementation Plan Call under the Clean Air Act, to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides in order to decrease the transport of ozone across state boundaries, after receiving testimony from Maine State Senator Sharon A. Treat, Gardiner; F. Wayne Hill, Gwinnett County Board of Commission, Lawrenceville, Georgia; Mayor Thomas Nye, Hamilton, Ohio; Russell J. Harding, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Lansing; and Jane Stahl, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Hartford.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill to extend the allowance of Medicare-eligible military retirees to receive Medicare-covered services under the Department of Defense health plan until December 31, 2001, and to authorize a fee-for-service model under the subvention demonstration for military retirees.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Richard C. Holbrooke, of New York, to be the Representative of the United States to the United Nations with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the Representative of the United States in the Security Council of the United Nations, after the nominee further testified and answered questions on his own behalf.
SATELLITE EXPORT CONTROL/DOMESTIC PRODUCTION AND LAUNCH CAPABILITIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion concluded hearings to examine U.S. satellite export control policy and the domestic production/launch capability, after receiving testimony from Eric D. Newsom, Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs; William A. Reinsch, Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration; Franklin C. Miller, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Threat Reduction; Thomas A. Corcoran, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland; and Thomas W. Watts, Merrill Lynch, New York, New York.
DC COLLEGE ACCESS ACT/HIGHER EDUCATION FOR DC STUDENTS ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings on H.R. 974, to establish a program to afford high school graduates from the District of Columbia the benefits of in-State tuition at State colleges and universities outside the District of Columbia, and S. 856, to provide greater options for District of Columbia students in higher education, after receiving testimony from Senator Jeffords; Representative Thomas Davis; District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton; Maureen A. McLaughlin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education for Policy, Planning, and Innovation, Office of Post-Secondary Education; and Mayor Anthony A. Williams, Lucio A. Noto, Mobil Corporation, on behalf of the District of Columbia College Access Program, Julius F. Nimmons, Jr., University of the District of Columbia, and Patricia A. McGuire, Consortium of Universities of the Metropolitan Washington Area, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
H.R. 441, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the requirements for the admission of nonimmigrant nurses who will practice in health professional shortage areas;
S. 768, to establish court-martial jurisdiction over civilians serving with the Armed Forces during contingency operations, and to establish Federal jurisdiction over crimes committed outside the United States by former members of the Armed Forces and civilians accompanying the Armed Forces outside the United States, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Keith P. Ellison, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Gary Allen Feess, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, W. Allen Pepper, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi, Karen E. Schreier, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Dakota, and Stefan R. Underhill, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee will meet again on Thursday, July 1.
