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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D996-D998 on Sept. 17, 1998.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to examine United States policy regarding the transfer of satellite and missile technology to China, focusing on United States space infrastructure, receiving testimony from Representative Weldon; John D. Holum, Acting Under Secretary of State for International Security Affairs; Franklin C. Miller, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Threat Reduction; William A. Reinsch, Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration; Katherine V. Schinasi, Associate Director, Defense Acquisitions Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office; and Paul Wolfowitz, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies/Johns Hopkins University, Paul Freedenberg, Baker
& Botts, and Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Gregory H. Friedman, of Colorado, to be Inspector General, and T. J. Glauthier, of California, to be Deputy Secretary, both of the Department of Energy, and Charles G. Groat, of Texas, to be Director of the United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Groat was introduced by Senator Breaux.
PARKS/HISTORIC SITES/RECREATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 1175, to reauthorize the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission for 10 additional years, S. 1641, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study alternatives for establishing a national historic trail to commemorate and interpret the history of women's rights in the United States, S. 1960, to allow the National Park Service to acquire certain land for addition to the Wilderness Battlefield, as previously authorized by law, by purchase or exchange as well as by donation, S. 2086, to revise the boundaries of the George Washington Birthplace National Monument, S. 2133, to designate former United States Route 66 as ``America's Main Street'' and authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance, S. 2239, to revise the boundary of Fort Matanzas National Monument, S. 2240, to establish the Adams National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, S. 2241, to provide for the acquisition of lands formerly occupied by the Franklin D. Roosevelt family at Hyde Park, New York, and for other purposes, S. 2246, to amend the Act which established the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by modifying the boundary, S. 2247, to permit the payment of medical expenses incurred by the U.S. Park Police in the performance of duty to be made directly by the National Park Service, S. 2248, to allow for waiver and indemnification in mutual law enforcement agreements between the National Park Service and a state or political subdivision, when required by state law, S. 2285, to establish a commission, in honor of the 150th Anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention, to further protect sites of importance in the historic efforts to secure equal rights for women, S. 2297, to provide for the distribution of certain publications in units of the National Park System under a sales agreement between the Secretary of the Interior and a private contractor, S. 2309, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement for the construction and operation of the Gateway Visitor Center at Independence National Historical Park, S. 2401, to authorize the addition of the Paoli Battlefield site in Malvern, Pennsylvania, to Valley Forge National Historical Park, H.R. 2411, to provide for a land exchange involving the Cape Cod National Seashore and to extend the authority for the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission, after receiving testimony from Destry Jarvis, Assistant Director, External Affairs, National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
FEDERAL BUILDINGS POLICY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the proposed General Services Administration's Capital Investment and Leasing Program request for fiscal year 1999, the proposed Judicial Conference of the United States courthouse construction request for fiscal year 1999, and S. 2481, to improve the process of constructing, altering, and acquiring public buildings, after receiving testimony from Robert A. Peck, Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration; Judge Norman H. Stahl, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, on behalf of the Judicial Conference of the United States; A. Peter Burleigh, Acting United States Representative to the United Nations, on behalf of the United States Mission to the United Nations; Judge Michael A. Ponsor, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts; and Judge B. Avant Edenfield, United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
STATE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Operations concluded joint hearings with the Committee on the Budget's International Affairs Task Force to examine management and budget operations of the Department of State, after receiving testimony from Bonnie R. Cohen, Under Secretary for Management, David G. Carpenter, Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security, and Patrick Kennedy, Assistant Secretary for Administration, all of the Department of State; Benjamin F. Nelson, Director, International Relations and Trade Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office; and Nicholas A. Rey, former United States Ambassador to the Republic of Poland.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Kenneth Prewitt, of New York, to be Director of the Census, Department of Commerce, and Robert M. Walker, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Prewitt was introduced by Senator Moynihan, and Mr. Walker was introduced by Senator Byrd.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
The nominations of Robert Bruce King, of West Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, William B. Traxler, Jr., of South Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Richard M. Berman, Alvin K. Hellerstein, Colleen McMahon, and William H. Pauley, III, each to be a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, H. Dean Buttram, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, Donovan W. Frank, to be United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, Inge Prytz Johnson, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, Thomas J. Whelan, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, Robert Bruce Green, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Scott Richard Lassar, to be United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and James A. Tassone, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Florida;
H.R. 3303, to authorize funds for the Department of Justice, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2392, to encourage the disclosure and exchange of information about computer processing problems and related matters in connection with the transition to the Year 2000, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1727, to authorize the comprehensive independent study of the effects on trademark and intellectual property rights holders of adding new generic top-level domains and related dispute resolution procedures, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1637, to expedite State review of criminal records of applicants for bail enforcement officer employment, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 3494, to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to violent sex crimes against children, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
S. Res. 256, to refer S. 2274 entitled ``A bill for the relief of Richard M. Barlow of Santa Fe, New Mexico'' to the chief judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a report thereon.
ADVANCES IN TEACHING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings to examine the extent of learning disabilities and implications for developing and enhancing teacher training opportunities, after receiving testimony from M. Susan Burns, Study Director, Committee on the Prevention of Reading Difficulties in Young Children, National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences; MacLean Gander, Landmark College, Putney, Vermont; Sally L. Smith, Lab School of Washington, Washington, D.C.; and Kettner Grizwold, Kensington, Maryland.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: On Wednesday, September 16, committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee will meet again on Wednesday, September 23.
YEAR 2000 READINESS: PENSIONS AND MUTUAL FUNDS
Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem: Committee concluded hearings to examine the Year 2000 readiness of the securities industry, focusing on pensions and mutual funds, after receiving testimony from Laura S. Unger, Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Alan D. Lebowitz, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Program Operations/Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration; Matthew P. Fink, Investment Company Institute, Washington, D.C.; Donald Kittell, Securities Industry Association, and James A. Wolf, Corporate Management Information Systems, on behalf of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and College Retirement Equities Fund, both of New York, New York; Eugene F. Maloney, Federated Investors, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Vincent P. Brown, California Public Employees' Retirement System, Sacramento; Bert E. McConnell, Fidelity Investments, and John R. Towers, State Street Corporation, both of Boston, Massachusetts; Thomas M. Rowland, Capital Group Companies, Inc., Los Angeles, California; and Michael A. Waterford, DST Systems, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri.
