Volume 145, No. 135 covering the 1st 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 D1105-D1106 on Oct. 7, 1999.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded hearings to review public policy related to agricultural biotechnology, focusing on domestic approval process, benefits of biotechnology and an emphasis on challenges facing farmers to segregation of product, after receiving testimony from Representative Kucinich; Bruce Alberts, President, National Academy of Sciences; James H. Maryanski, Biotechnology Coordinator, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Sally L. McCammon, Science Advisor, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture; Janet L. Andersen, Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection Agency; Mark Silbergeld, Consumers Union, Michael Philips, Biotechnology Industry Organization, Jeffrey Barach, National Food Processors Association, and Gary Kushner, Grocery Manufacturers of America, all of Washington, D.C.; Tim Hume, Walsh, Colorado, on behalf of the National Corn Growers Association; Marc Curtis, Leland, Mississippi, on behalf of the American Soybean Association; L. Dan Thompson, Minnesota Corn Processors, Marshall, on behalf of the Corn Refiners Association; and Robert Smigelski, The Anderson, Inc., Maumee, Ohio, on behalf of the National Grain and Feed Association.
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (Treaty Doc. 105-28), focusing on the ability of the Stockpile Stewardship Program to adequately verify the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent, after receiving testimony from Bill Richardson, Secretary, C. Paul Robinson, Director, Sandia National Laboratories, C. Bruce Tarter, Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and John C. Browne, Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory, all of the Department of Energy; Robert R. Barker, former Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy; John Foster, former Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and former Director, Defense Research and Engineering; Kathleen C. Bailey, former Assistant Director for Nuclear and Weapons Control, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; Adm. Henry G. Chiles, Jr., USN (Ret.), former Commander-in-Chief, United States Strategic Command; and Sidney D. Drell, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford, California.
BARTLESVILLE LAND CONVEYANCE/MATERIALS CORRIDOR PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, Production and Regulation concluded hearings on S. 1183, to direct the Secretary of Energy to convey to the city of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, the former site of the NIPER facility of the Department of Energy, and S. 397, to authorize the Secretary of Energy to establish a multiagency program in support of the Materials Corridor Partnership Initiative to promote energy efficient, environmentally sound economic development along the border with Mexico through the research, development, and use of new materials, after receiving testimony from Robert S. Kripowicz, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, and David L. Goldwyn, Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, both of the Department of Energy; Pam Dunlap, Bartlesville Area Chamber of Commerce, James Fram, Bartlesville Development Corporation, and Richard Gertsen, City of Bartlesville, all of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Paul C. Maxwell, University of Texas, El Paso; Richard D. Jimenez, Applied Sciences Laboratory, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Van Romero, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro.
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on S. 968, to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to State agencies with responsibility for water source development, for the purposes of maximizing the available water supply and protecting the environment through the development of alternative water sources, S. 914, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require that discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers conform to the Combined Sewer Overflow Control Policy of the Environmental Protection Agency, and S. 1699, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds, after receiving testimony from J. Charles Fox, Assistant Administrator for Water, Environmental Protection Agency; Mayor Raymond J. Wieczorek, Manchester, New Hampshire, on behalf the CSO Partnership; Gerald E. Dorfman, Dorfman Construction Company, Inc., Woodland Hills, California, on behalf of the National Utility Contractors Association; Greg Mason, Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority, Atlanta, on behalf of the Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities; Tom Kamppinen, Michigan Department of Environmental Protection, Lansing, on behalf of the Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators; and E.D. Vergara, Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville.
WTO AGRICULTURAL NEGOTIATIONS
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade held hearings to examine the United States agricultural negotiating objectives for the Seattle World Trade Ministerial Conference, receiving testimony from David L. Aaron, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; James Murphy, Assistant United States Trade Representative for Agricultural Affairs; August Schumacher, Jr., Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services; Jon Caspers, Swaledale, Iowa, on behalf of the National Pork Producers Council; and Allen F. Johnson, National Oilseed Processors Association, Janet A. Nuzum, International Dairy Foods Association, and Lyn Withey, International Paper Company, on behalf of the American Forest and Paper Association, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to review the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (Treaty Doc. 105-28), after receiving testimony from Senators Warner, Shelby, Levin, and Kerrey; Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State; Caspar W. Weinberger, former Secretary of Defense; Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C., former U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations; Stephen J. Ledogar, former Chief Negotiator of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and Richard L. Garwin, Council on Foreign Relations, both of New York, New York; Ronald F. Lehman, Palo Alto, California, former Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; and Troy E. Wade, Nevada Alliance for Defense, Energy, and Business, Las Vegas.
POST OFFICE FACILITIES
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings on S. 556, to amend title 39, United States Code, to establish guidelines for the relocation, closing, consolidation, or construction of post offices, after receiving testimony from Senators Jeffords and Baucus; Rudolph K. Umscheid, Vice President, Facilities, United States Postal Service; Howard S. Foust, National Association of Postmasters of the United States Retired, Alexandria, Virginia; Richard Moe, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, D.C.; and Edward J. Derwinski, National League of Postmasters, Alexandria, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. Res. 179, designating October 15, 1999, as ``National Mammography Day''; and
The nominations of Ronald M. Gould, of Washington, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Anna J. Brown, to be United States District Judge for the District of Oregon, Florence-Marie Cooper, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, Richard K. Eaton, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, Ellen Segal Huvelle, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, and Charles A. Pannell, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.
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