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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D879-D881 on July 28, 1999.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MONETARY POLICY REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the Monetary Policy Report to Congress pursuant to the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978, after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
S. 244, to authorize the construction of the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System and to authorize assistance to the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, for the planning and construction of the water supply system, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1330, to give the city of Mesquite, Nevada, the right to purchase at fair market value certain parcels of public land in the city; and
S. 1329, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to Nye County, Nevada.
WATER BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power concluded hearings on S. 624, to authorize construction of the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System in the State of Montana, S. 1211, to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to authorize additional measures to carry out the control of salinity upstream of Imperial Dam in a cost-effective manner, S. 1275, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to produce and sell products and to sell publications relating to the Hoover Dam, and to deposit revenues generated from the sales into the Colorado River Dam fund, S. 1236, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for commencement of the construction of the Arrowrock Dam Hydroelectric Project in the State of Idaho, S. 1377, to amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act regarding the use of funds for water development for the Bonneville Unit, and S. 986, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Griffith Project to the Southern Nevada Water Authority, after receiving testimony from Senators Reid and Baucus; Steve Richardson, Chief of Staff, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; John E. Tubbs, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Helena; Spike Bighorn, Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, Poplar, Montana; Rick Knick, Dry Prairie Rural Water, Culberston, Montana; Jack A. Barnett, Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum, Bountiful, Utah; and Patricia Mulroy, Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
An original bill to prevent the further proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons; and to authorize appropriations for the provision of security assistance to certain foreign countries;
S. 720, to promote the development of a government in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) based on democratic principles and the rule of law, and that respects internationally recognized human rights, to assist the victims of Serbian oppression, to apply measures against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. Res. 166, relating to the recent elections in the Republic of Indonesia, with an amendment;
S. Con. Res. 48, relating to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum; and
The nominations of J. Brady Anderson, of South Carolina, to be Administrator of the Agency for International Development, A. Peter Burleigh, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Palau, J. Richard Fredericks, of California, to be Ambassador to Switzerland, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein, Robert S. Gelbard, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, Barbara J. Griffiths, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, Evelyn Simonowitz Lieberman, of New York, to be Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, Richard Monroe Miles, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, Michael A. Sheehan, of New Jersey, to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large, M. Osman Siddique, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Nauru, Ambassador to the Kingdom of Tonga, and Ambassador to Tuvalu, Carl Spielvogel, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, Sylvia Gaye Stanfield, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, William B. Taylor, Jr., of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Coordinator of U.S. Assistance for the New Independent States, and a Foreign Service Officer Promotion list received in the Senate on July 1, 1999.
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion held hearings on activities of the Agency for International Development to limit pollution, improve energy efficiency and preserve the world's resources, focusing on the impact of global climate change on international economic development and ecological balance, receiving testimony from Harriet Babbitt, Acting Administrator, United States Agency for International Development.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
COMBATING METHAMPHETAMINE PROLIFERATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on combating the problem of methamphetamine manufacturing and trafficking proliferation in the United States, and S. 1428, to amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act relating to the manufacture, traffic, import, and export of amphetamine and methamphetamine, after receiving testimony from Senator Harkin; Donnie R. Marshall, Acting Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Paul M. Warner, United States Attorney for the District of Utah, both of the Department of Justice; Katina Kypridakes, California Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement, Sacramento; Ron Doerge, Newton County Sheriff's Department and Jail, Neosho, Missouri, on behalf of the Southwest Missouri Drug Task Force; and John Vasica, Sandy, Utah.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. Con. Res. 28, urging the Congress and the President to increase funding for the Pell Grant Program and existing Campus-Based Aid Programs, with an amendment;
S. 976, to amend title V of the Public Health Service Act to focus the authority of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration on community-based services children and adolescents, to enhance flexibility and accountability, to establish programs for youth treatment, and to respond to crises, especially those related to children and violence, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
S. 632, to provide assistance for poison prevention and to stabilize the funding of regional poison control centers; and
The nominations of James Roger Angel, of Arizona, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, Jerry D. Florence, of California, to be a Member of the National Museum Services Board, Christopher C. Gallagher, of New Hampshire, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service, Jack E. Hightower, of Texas, to be a Member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, A. E. Dick Howard, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, and Richard M. McGahey, of the District of Columbia, and Edward B. Montgomery, of Maryland, each to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION OPERATIONS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the operations of the Smithsonian Institution, after receiving testimony from I. Michael Heyman, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution.
TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNANCE
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 979, to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide for further self-governance by Indian tribes, after receiving testimony from Michel E. Lincoln, Deputy Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services; Stephanie Rainwater-
Sande, Ketchikan Indian Corporation, Ketchikan, Alaska; Henry Cagey, Lummi Indian Business Council, Bellingham, Washington; and Buford L. Rolin, National Indian Health Board, Denver, Colorado.
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