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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D975-D977 on Sept. 15, 1998.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of James M. Bodner, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and Vice Adm. Dennis C. Blair, USN, for appointment to the grade of Admiral, and to be Commander-in-Chief of United States Pacific Command, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Robert Clarke Brown, of Ohio, John Paul Hammerschmidt, of Arkansas, and Norman Y. Mineta, of California, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Eugene A. Conti, Jr., of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Policy, and Peter J. Basso, Jr., of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Budget and Programs, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Brown was introduced by Senator Warner and Representative Sherrod Brown, Mr. Hammerschmidt was introduced by Senators Warner and Hutchinson, Mr. Mineta was introduced by Senators Warner and Boxer, Mr. Conti was introduced by Senator Sarbanes and Representative Price, and Mr. Basso was introduced by Senator Sarbanes.
COASTWISE TRADE LAWS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings on S. 2390, to permit ships built in foreign countries to engage in coastwise in the transport of certain products, receiving testimony from Clyde J. Hart, Jr., Administrator, Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation; Donald R. Quartel, Jones Act Reform Coalition, Dean Kleckner, American Farm Bureau Federation, Thomas A. Danjczek, Steel Manufacturers Association, and Cynthia L. Brown, American Shipbuilding Association, all of Washington, D.C.; William B. Saunders, Murphy Family Farms, Rose Hill, North Carolina; Donald T. Bollinger, Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., Lockport, Louisiana, on behalf of the National Shipyard Association; Thomas A. Allegretti, American Waterways Operators, Arlington, Virginia; and James R. Barker, Interlake Steamship Company/Mormac Marine Group, Inc., Stamford, Connecticut, on behalf of the Maritime Cabotage Task Force.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
TREATIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the Extradition Treaty between the United States and the Argentine Republic, signed at Buenos Aires on June 10, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 105-18), Extradition Treaty between the United States and Barbados, signed at Bridgetown on February 28, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105-20), Extradition Treaty between the United States and France, signed at Paris on April 23, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105-13), Extradition Treaty between the United States and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, signed at Washington on October 1, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105-10), Extradition Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Poland, signed at Washington on July 10, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105-14), Extradition Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Zimbabwe, signed at Harare on July 25, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 105-33), Extradition Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Austria, signed at Washington on January 8, 1998 (Treaty Doc. 105-50), Extradition Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Cyprus, signed at Washington on June 17, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105-16), Extradition Treaty between the United States and the Republic of India, signed at Washington on June 25, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 105-30), Protocol to the Extradition Treaty between the United States and the United Mexican States of May 4, 1978, signed at Washington on November 13, 1997
(Treaty Doc. 105-46), Third Supplementary Extradition Treaty between the United States and the Kingdom of Spain, signed at Madrid on March 12, 1996
(Treaty Doc. 105-15), Extradition Treaty between the United States and Trinidad and Tobago, signed at Port of Spain on March 4, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105-21), Extradition Treaty between the United States and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (Treaty Doc. 105-19), Treaty between the United States and Australia on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Washington on April 30, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 105-27), Treaty between the United States and the Federative Republic of Brazil on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Brasilia on October 14, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 105-
42), Agreement between the United States and Hong Kong on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, with Annex, signed in Hong Kong on April 15, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 105-6), Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Latvia on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Washington on June 13, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 105-34), Treaty between the United States and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Washington on March 13, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 105-
11), Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Poland on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Washington on July 10, 1996
(Treaty Doc. 105-12), Treaty between the United States and Barbados on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Bridgetown on February 28, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105-23), Treaty between the United States and the Czech Republic on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Washington on February 4, 1998 (Treaty Doc. 105-47), Treaty between the United States and the State of Israel on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Tel Aviv on January 26, 1998, and a related exchange of notes (Treaty Doc. 105-40), Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Lithuania on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Washington on January 16, 1998 (Treaty Doc. 105-41), Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Venezuela on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Caracas on October 12, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 105-
38), Treaty between the United States and Trinidad and Tobago on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Port of Spain on March 4, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105-22), Treaty between the United States and Saint Kitts and Nevis on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Basseterre on September 18, 1997, and a related exchange of notes (Treaty Doc. 105-37), Treaty between the United States and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, and a related Protocol, signed at Kingstown on January 8, 1998 (Treaty Doc. 105-44), Treaties between the United States and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (Treaty Doc. 105-24), Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Estonia on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Washington on April 2, 1998
(Treaty Doc. 105-52), and the Agreement between the United States and Hong Kong for the Transfer of Sentenced Persons signed at Hong Kong on April 15, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 105-7), after receiving testimony from Jamison Selby-Borek, Deputy Legal Adviser, Department of State; and Mark M. Richard, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice.
RUSSIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs concluded hearings to examine policy options for the United States with regard to the current economic and political situation in Russia, after receiving testimony from Stephen Sestanovich, Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for the New Independent States; Richard Pipes and Marshall I. Goldman, both of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Thomas Graham, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C.
TELECOMMUNICATION CONSOLIDATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition concluded hearings to examine the impact of consolidation within the telecommunications industry, focusing on the proposed merger between Bell Atlantic and GTE, after receiving testimony from William T. Esrey, Sprint Corporation, Westwood, Kansas; Gene Kimmelman, Consumers Union, Washington, D.C.; Charles R. Lee, GTE Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut; Clark E. McLeod, McLeodUSA, Incorporated, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and Ivan G. Seidenberg, Bell Atlantic Corporation, New York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
H.R. 3412, to amend and make technical corrections in title III of the Small Business Investment Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
H.R. 3853, to encourage businesses to adopt drug-free workplace programs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
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