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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D772-D773 on July 1, 1999.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MILITARY OPERATIONS IN KOSOVO
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on issues relating to military operations in Kosovo, after receiving testimony from Gen. Wesley K. Clark, USA, Commander in Chief, European Command, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe.
LOW-INCOME HOUSING AVAILABILITY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation concluded hearings on S. 1318, to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to States to supplement State and local assistance for the preservation and promotion of affordable housing opportunities for low-income families, and S. 1319, to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to renew project-based contracts for assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 at up to market rent levels, in order to preserve these projects as affordable low-income housing, after receiving testimony from Senators Grams, Kerry, Bond, and Jeffords; Representatives Lazio and Frank; and William C. Apgar, Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing/
Federal Housing Commissioner.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of David L. Goldwyn, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs, and James B. Lewis, of New Mexico, to be Director of the Office Of Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy.
SANCTIONS IN U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings on the role of sanctions in United States national security policy, receiving testimony from Stuart E. Eizenstat, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
U.S. POLICY ON HONG KONG
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs concluded hearings to examine United States policy towards Hong Kong, after receiving testimony from Stanley O. Roth, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Margaret Ng Negoi-yee, Representative for the Legal Functional Constituency, Legislative Council, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China; Stephen J. Yates, Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; and Jerome A. Cohen, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York.
EGG SAFETY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to examine the federal food safety system, focusing on the safety of eggs and egg products, after receiving testimony from Lawrence J. Dyckman, Director, Food and Agriculture Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Morris E. Potter, Director, Food Safety Initiatives, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Margaret Glavin, Associate Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture; Michael F. Jacobson, Center for Science in the Public Interest, and Jill A. Snowdon, Egg Nutrition Center, both of Washington, D.C.; Keith Mussman, Mussman's Back Acres, Grant Park, Illinois, on behalf of the United Egg Producers; and Harold DeVries, Jr., Mallquist Butter and Egg Company, Rockford, Illinois.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 467, to restate and improve section 7A of the Clayton Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1257, to amend statutory damages provisions of title 17, United States Code;
S. 1258, to authorize funds for the payment of salaries and expenses of the Patent and Trademark Office;
S. 1259, to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 relating to dilution of famous marks;
S. 1260, to make technical corrections in title 17, United States Code, and other laws, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. Res. 59, designating both July 2, 1999, and July 2, 2000, as
``National Literacy Day''; and
The nominations of Marsha L. Berzon, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Robert A. Katzmann, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, and T. John Ward, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas.
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Employment, Safety and Training concluded oversight hearings on the implementation of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, after receiving testimony from Senator DeWine; Raymond L. Bramucci, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training; Steven M. Gold, Vermont Department of Employment and Training, Montpelier; Terry W. Hudson, Houston Works, Houston, Texas; Earl Wilson, Minnesota Department of Economic Security, St. Paul; and Roberts T. Jones, National Alliance of Business, Washington, D.C.
AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1290, to amend title 36 of the United States Code to establish the American Indian Education Foundation, after receiving testimony from Representatives Kildee and Patrick Kennedy; Michael J. Anderson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; John W. Cheek, National Indian Education Association, Alexandria, Virginia; Roger Bordeaux, Association of Community Tribal Schools, Inc., Sisseton, South Dakota; Gerald Monette, Turtle Mountain Community College, Belcourt, North Dakota, on behalf of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium; Kathryn Benally, Navajo Area School Board Association, Window Rock, Arizona.
