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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D561-D562 on June 8, 2000.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance concluded hearings to examine the operations of the World Bank and the need for reform of the Bank and development programs, after receiving testimony from Allan H. Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon University Graduate School of Industrial Administration, and James B. Burnham, Duquesne University Donahue Graduate School of Business, both of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; C. Fred Bergsten, Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C.; and Adam Lerrick, International Financial Institution Advisory Commission, Barrytown, New York.
PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management concluded hearings on H.R. 359, to clarify the intent of Congress in Public Law 93-632 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to continue to provide for the maintenance and operation of 18 concrete dams and weirs that were located in the Emigrant Wilderness at the time the wilderness area was designated in that Public Law, H.R. 468, to establish the Saint Helena Island National Scenic Area, H.R. 1680, to provide for the conveyance of Forest Service property in Kern County, California, in exchange for county lands suitable for inclusion in Sequoia National Forest, S. 1817, to validate a conveyance of certain lands located in Carlton County, Minnesota, and to provide for the compensation of certain original heirs, S. 1972, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the town of Dolores, Colorado, the current site of the Joe Rowell Park, and S. 2111, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey for fair market value 1.06 acres of land in the San Bernardino National Forest, California, to KATY 101.3 FM, a California corporation, after receiving testimony from Senator Allard; Representative Kildee; Jack Craven, Director of Lands, United States Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Willie Davis, KATY 101.3 FM, Englewood, California; Marianne Mate, Park Planning Committee, Dolores, Colorado; Michael A. Francis, Wilderness Society, Washington, D.C.; and Steve Brougher, Wilderness Watch, Central Sierra Chapter, Sonora, California.
NATIONAL PARKS OMNIBUS MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded oversight hearings to review the final rules and regulations issued by the National Park Service relating to Title IV of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 concerning the solicitation, awards, and administration of concession contracts use in units of the National Park System, and to determine the extent to which the final rule complies with the intent of the concessions law, after receiving testimony from Denis Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
KOSOVO
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs concluded hearings to examine the current situation in Kosovo one year after the NATO air campaign expelled Yugoslav President Milosevic's security forces from the area, and the progress being made to reinvigorate the society and foster democracy, after receiving testimony from James W. Pardew, Jr. Principal Deputy Adviser to the President and Secretary of State on Democracy in the Balkans; and Morton I. Abramowitz, International Crisis Group, former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, Paul R. Williams, American University Washington College of Law, and Janusz Bugajski, Center for Strategic and International Studies, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 2406, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide permanent authority for entry into the United States of certain religious workers.
Also, Committee approved resolutions for issuance of subpoenas to Attorney General Reno for documents related to Elian Gonzalez, and for the personal appearance of Stephen Mansfield on June 13, 2000, pursuant to Rule 26.
GENDER-BASED WAGE DISCRIMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded hearings to examine the Bureau of Labor Statistics report which provides a full picture of the gender-based wage gap, the reasons for these gaps and the impact this discrimination has on women and families, and the effectiveness of current laws and proposed legislative solutions, and S. 74, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, after receiving testimony from Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistic, Department of Labor; June O'Neill, City University of New York Baruch College Center for the Study of Business and Government, New York, New York; and Heidi I. Hartmann, George Washington University, on behalf of the Institute for Women's Policy Research, Anita U. Hattiangadi, Employment Policy Foundation, Gail S. Shaffer, Business and Professional Women/USA, Barbara Berish Brown, Paul, Hasting, Janofsky and Walker, and Judith C. Appelbaum, National Women's Law Center, all of Washington, D.C.
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORISM
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded hearings on the conclusions and recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorism regarding intelligence information collection, technology and institutional practices needed to disseminate information effectively, cyber terrorism, and the role of the intelligence community to protect the United States against terrorism, after receiving testimony from Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, III, Chairman, Maurice Sonnenberg, Vice Chairman, R. James Woolsey, Commissioner, Jane Harman, Commissioner, and Juliette N. Kayyem, Commissioner, all of the National Commission on Terrorism.
