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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D816-D818 on July 24, 1997.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill (S. 1061) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of John J. Hamre, of South Dakota, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense.
Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the aforementioned nomination, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Daschle and McCain, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Securities concluded oversight hearings to examine the impact of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 on the effectiveness of federal securities laws and on investor protection, after receiving testimony from Arthur Levitt, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission; Keith Paul Bishop, California Department of Corporations, Sacramento; Joseph A. Grundfest, Stanford University Law School, Stanford, California; Joseph Polizzotto, Lehman Brothers Inc., on behalf of the Securities Industry Association, and Richard I. Miller, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, both of Washington, D.C.; Kenneth S. Janke, Sr., National Association of Investors Corporation, Madison Heights, Michigan; Leonard B. Simon, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, San Diego, California, on behalf of the National Association of Securities and Commercial Law Attorneys; Brian Dovey, Domain Associates, Princeton, New Jersey, on behalf of the National Venture Capital Association; and Robert C. Hinckley, Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, California, on behalf of the American Electronics Association.
NASA/NSF MANAGEMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings to examine management and program challenges of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation, after receiving testimony from Daniel S. Goldin, Administrator, and Roberta L. Gross, Inspector General, both of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Joseph Bordogna, Acting Deputy Director, and Philip L. Sunshine, Deputy Inspector General, both of the National Science Foundation; and Susan D. Kladiva, Acting Associate Director, Energy, Resources, and Science Issues, Resources, Community and Economic Development Division, and Thomas J. Schultz, Associate Director, Defense Acquisitions Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division, both of the General Accounting Office.
FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management concluded hearings on S. 1028 and H.R. 858, bills to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a pilot project on designated lands within the Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National Forests in the State of California to demonstrate the effectiveness of the resource management activities proposed by the Quincy Library Group and to amend current land and resource management plans for these national forests, after receiving testimony from Senator Feinstein; Representative Herger; Ronald E. Stewart, Acting Associate Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Debbie Sease, Sierra Club, Washington, D.C.; Felice Pace, California Ancient Forest Alliance, Etna, California; and Plumas County Supervisor Bill Coates, Michael B. Jackson, Quincy Library Group, both of Quincy, California, Thomas C. Nelson, Sierra Pacific Industries, Redding, California, and Frank T. Stewart, Collins Pine Company, Chester, California, all on behalf of the Quincy Library Group.
NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded hearings to examine the process by which the National Park Service determines the suitability and feasibility of new areas to be added to the National Park System and the criteria used to determine national significance, after receiving testimony from Denis P. Galvin, Acting Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Roger Kennedy, Alexandria, Virginia, former Director, National Park Service; James M. Ridenour, Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands/Indiana University, Bloomington, former Director, National Park Service; Deanne Adams, Association of National Park Rangers, Seattle, Washington; and William J. Chandler, National Parks and Conservation Association, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
The nomination of Jamie Rappaport Clark, of Maryland, to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
S. 399, to amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to establish the United States Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution to conduct environmental conflict resolution training, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1000, to designate the United States courthouse at 500 State Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, as the ``Robert J. Dole United States Courthouse''; and
S. 1043, to designate the United States courthouse under construction at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Clark Avenue in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the ``Lloyd D. George United States Courthouse''.
AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety resumed oversight hearings to examine the Environmental Protection Agency implementation of proposed revisions to the national ambient air quality standards for ozone and particulate matters, receiving testimony from Mary D. Nichols, Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of David R. Andrews, of California, to be Legal Adviser, Bonnie R. Cohen, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Management, Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, James P. Rubin, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, and Wendy Ruth Sherman, of Maryland, to be Counselor, with the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service, all of the Department of State, and George R. Munoz, of Illinois, to be President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, United States International Development Cooperation Agency, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Andrews was introduced by Senator Feinstein, Mr. Gnehm was introduced by Senator Enzi, and Representative Chambliss, Mr. Rubin was introduced by Senator Biden, Ms. Sherman was introduced by Senators Sarbanes and Mikulski, and Mr. Munoz was introduced by Senators Durbin and Moseley-Braun.
CAMPAIGN FINANCING INVESTIGATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee continued hearings to examine certain matters with regard to the committee's special investigation on campaign financing, receiving testimony from Haley R. Barbour, Washington, D.C., former Chairman, Republican National Committee; and Fred Volcansek, The Woodlands, Texas.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 10, to reduce violent crime, promote accountability by juvenile criminals, and punish and deter violent gang crime, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Calvin D. Buchanan, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, Thomas E. Scott, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Richard Thomas White, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States.
DEFENSE CONSOLIDATION: ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition concluded hearings to examine the state of competition in the defense industry, the Administration's policy on defense mergers, and the antitrust implications of defense industry consolidation, after receiving testimony from Joel I. Klein, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; John B. Goodman, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Affairs and Installations; and Robert Pitofsky, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission.
HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on proposals authorizing funds for Title IV student aid programs and access to postsecondary education of the Higher Education Act, including S. 1036, to revise section 435 of the Higher Education Act to allow for the Young Americans Bank and similar small, non-profit organizations to provide additional funds for educational programming, after receiving testimony from Senator Allard; Donald M. Stewart, College Board, New York, New York; Joel V. Harrell, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; Bryan J. Hannegan, National Association of Graduate-Professional Students, Wilmette, Illinois; Stanley O. Ikenberry, American Council on Education, and Omer E. Waddles, Career College Association, both of Washington, D.C.; and Philip R. Day, Jr., Daytona Beach Community College, Daytona Beach, Florida.
AUTHORIZATION--NIH
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Public Health and Safety resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the National Institutes of Health, focusing on the coordination of research conducted in multiple NIH institutes, receiving testimony from Senators McCain and Wellstone; Wendy Baldwin, Deputy Director for Extramural Research, Duane F. Alexander, Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Steven E. Hyman, Director, National Institute of Mental Health, and Zack W. Hall, Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, all of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Winfred M. Phillips, University of Florida, Gainesville, on behalf of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering; B. Leonard Holman, Brigham and Women's Hospital, on behalf of the Academy of Radiology Research, and Philip A. Pizzo, Children's Hospital, both of Boston, Massachusetts; Russell W. Chesney, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis; and C. Warren Olanow, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
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 Tuesday, July 29.
