Volume 146, No. 52 covering the 2nd Session of the 106th Congress (1999 - 2000) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D408-D409 on May 2, 2000.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities approved for full committee consideration those provisions, which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel approved for full committee consideration those provisions, which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the Department of Defense.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support approved for full committee consideration those provisions, which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for military activities of the Department of Defense.
SUCCESSFUL STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded oversight hearings on State environmental success stories and environmental protection program improvements, focusing on the EPA's relationship with States, enforcement, funding, inspections, administration, land recycling and brownfields, data management, non-
point source runoff, technology, and the ECOS/EPA Regulatory Innovation Agreement, after receiving testimony from W. Michael McCabe, Acting Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Peter F. Guerrero, Director, Environmental Protection Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; R. Lewis Shaw, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, and Robert W. Varney, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Concord, both on behalf of the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS); James M. Seif, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Harrisburg; Brent C. Bradford, Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Salt Lake City; Lynn Scarlett, Reason Public Policy Institute, Los Angeles, California; and Erik D. Olson, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Jason S. Grumet, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, both of Washington, D.C.
INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on Inter-
American Convention Against Corruptions (''the Convention''), adopted and opened for signature at the Specialized Conference of the Organization of American States (OAS) at Caracas, Venezuela, on March 29, 1996. The Convention was signed by the United States on June 27, 1996, at the twenty-seventh regular session of the OAS General Assembly meeting in Panama City, Panama (Treaty Doc. 105-39), after receiving testimony from Alan Larson, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs; and Ambassador William T. Pryce, Council of the Americas, Nancy Zucker Boswell, Transparency International USA, and Lucinda A. Low, Inter-American Bar Association, on behalf of the American Bar Association, all of Washington, D.C.
FEDERAL EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to examine the effectiveness of Federal employee incentive programs in achieving high employee performance, focusing on recruitment and retention, monetary incentives, work scheduling, leave flexibility, awards, motivation, and issues relating to information technology, after receiving testimony from Roberta L. Gross, Inspector General, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Henry Romero, Associate Director, Workforce Compensation and Performance, Office of Personnel Management; Michael Brostek, Associate Director, Federal Management and Workforce Issues, General Government Division, General Accounting Office; and Colleen M. Kelley, National Treasury Employees Union, Washington, D.C.
LA BELLA MEMORANDUM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts held hearings to examine Department of Justice activities about alleged improprieties during the 1996 Presidential campaign cycle, focusing on the LaBella Memorandum, receiving testimony from Charles LaBella, former Chief, Department of Justice Campaign Finance Task Force.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
AIRLINE COMPETITION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition concluded hearings to examine issues dealing with the state of competition in the deregulated airline industry and the application of related antitrust laws, after receiving testimony from Alfred E. Kahn, Cornell University Department of Economics, Ithaca, New York; Steven A. Morrison, Northeastern University Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts; Donald J. Carty, American Airlines, Inc., Dallas, Texas; Robert R. Ferguson III, Midway Airlines Corporation, Morrisville, North Carolina; and Bill La Macchia, Jr., Sun Country Airlines, Mendota Heights, Minnesota.
WATER RIGHTS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on provisions of S. 2350, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to certain water rights to Duchesne City, Utah, and S. 2351, to provide for the settlement of the water rights claims of the Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian tribe of Utah, after receiving testimony from Senator Bennett; David J. Hayes, Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Mayor Kim Hamlin, Duchesne, Utah; Craig Smith, Nielsen and Senior, and Darin Bird, Utah Department of Natural Resources, both of Salt Lake City, Utah; Mayor Daniel D. McArthur, and Ron Thompson, Washington County Water Conservancy District, both of St. George, Utah; and Glenn Rogers, Shivwits Band of Paiute Indians of Utah, Santa Clara.
SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the vulnerability of the Social Security Representative Payee Program, focusing on solutions to prevent and detect representative payee abuses, after receiving testimony from Susan M. Daniels, Deputy Commissioner, Disability and Income Security Programs, and James G. Huse, Jr., Inspector General, both of the Social Security Administration; Betty Byrd, Martinsburg, West Virginia; and Theresa King, an incarcerated witness.
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