105th Congress
Unprinted Senate Hearings by Committee
January 1997 - December 1998
Unprinted as of December 7, 2001
** Hearings held by Appropriations
* 19970319 APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE: Subcommittee
On Defense held closed hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1998 for defense intel-
ligence programs, ...
* 19980319 INTELLIGENCE: Subcommittee on Defense held closed
hearings to review certain intelligence matters,...
* 19980519 NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY: Subcommittee on Energy and Water
Development concluded hearings to examine the state
of advanced nuclear technologies, focusing on the
disposal of spent nuclear fuel from nuclear power
reactors, the future strategic direction for nuclear
energy and nuclear regulation, and the development of
the Gas Turbine-Modular Helium Reactor,...
** Hearings held by Armed Services
* 19970211 BOSNIA: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the situation in Bosnia and the status of
United States military forces participating in the
Stabilization Force...
* 19980305 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY: Committee concluded hearings
to examine the role of the Department of Defense in
countering the transnational threats of the 21st
century, including terrorism, narco-trafficking, and
weapons of mass destruction, ...
* 19980923 NORTH KOREA: Committee concluded closed hearings to
examine North Korea's ballistic missile and weapons
of mass destruction programs,...
** Hearings held by Budget
* 19971021 EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION: Committee held hearings to
examine the economic and monetary union in Europe and
its implications for the United States economy, ...
* 19980224 SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM: Committee's Task Force on
Social Security concluded hearings to discuss the
Administration's plans to safeguard Social Security
in the context of the Federal budget,...
* 19980226 EXPORT PROMOTION: Committee's International Affairs
Task Force concluded hearings to examine the success
of the National Trade Strategy from the perspective
of international affairs funding,...
* 19980604 FEDERAL SPENDING ON INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS: Inter-
national Affairs Task Force concluded hearings to
examine United States Government resources supporting
American foreign policy goals and interests that fall
outside the international affairs budget category,...
** Hearings held by Commerce
* 19980715 ELECTRONIC COMMERCE: Committee concluded hearings on
S. 2107, to enhance electronic commerce by promoting
the reliability and integrity of commercial
transactions through establishing authentication
standards for electronic communications,...
* 19980922 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Linwood Holton, of Virginia, and Amy M.
Rosen, of New Jersey, each to be a Member of the
Reform Board (AMTRAK),...
** Hearings held by Energy
* 19970225 FOREST LAND MANAGEMENT: Subcommittee on Forests and
and the Bureau of Land Management with the authority
and ability to manage their lands in accordance with
the principles of multiple use and sustained yield,
...
* 19970226 PUBLIC LAND MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP: APPEALS AND
LITIGATION: Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land
Management met to receive testimony on the impact of
the proposed Public Land Management Responsibility and
Accountability Restoration Act on the administrative
and judicial appeals of land management decisions of
the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management
...
Hearings also held on 3/5, 3/6/97
* 19970306 ELECTRIC UTILITIES DEREGULATION: Committee held
oversight hearings to discuss proposals to advance the
goals of deregulation and competition in the electric
power industry, ...
Hearings also held on 3/13, 3/20/97
* 19970508 ELECTRIC UTILITIES DEREGULATION: Committee met to
further discuss proposals to advance the goals of
deregulation and competition in the electric power
industry, focusing on the effects of competition on
fuel use and types of fuel generation, ...
Hearings also held on 5/22, 6/12, 6/24/97
* 19970522 COMMUNITY BASED FORESTRY: Subcommittee on Forests and
Public Land Management met to discuss the emerging
process of community-based forestry, or finding
community-based solutions to conflict resolution
in public land management, ...
** Hearings held by Environment
* 19980730 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Romulo L. Diaz, Jr., of the District
of Columbia, to be Assistant Administrator for
Administration and Resources Management, and J.
Charles Fox, of Maryland, to be Assistant
Administrator for Water, both of the Environmental
Protection Agency,...
* 19980910 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Terrence L. Bracy, of Virginia, to be
a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K.
Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National
Environmental Policy, and Norine E. Noonan, of
Florida, to be Assistant Administrator for Research
and Development of the Environmental Protection
Agency,...
* 19981001 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Greta Joy Dicus, of Arkansas, and
Jeffrey S. Merrifield, of New Hampshire, each to be
a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,...
* 19981007 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Isadore Rosenthal, of Pennsylvania,
and Andrea Kidd Taylor, of Michigan, each to be a
Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation
Board, and William Clifford Smith, of Louisiana, to be
a Member of the Mississippi River Commission,...
* 19981008 NOMINATIONS: ..., committee concluded hearings on
the nomination of Mr. [Robert W.] Perciasepe, [of
Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator for Air and
Radiation of the Environmental Protection Agency]...
** Hearings held by Finance
* 19970213 ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET: Committee continued hearings
to examine the Administration's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 1998, focusing on spending
proposals relating to Medicare, Medicaid and welfare,
...
** Hearings held by Foreign Relations
* 19970213 NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Pete Peterson, of Florida, to be
Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, ...
* 19970306 USIA 1998 BUDGET: Subcommittee on International
Operations concluded hearings on the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 1998 for
the United States Information Agency and international
broadcasting, ...
* 19970318 CHINA: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
concluded hearings to examine the future of China,
focusing on the effect the death of Deng Xiaoping will
have on Chinese domestic and foreign policies, ...
* 19970408 RUSSIA-NATO: Subcommittee on European Affairs
concluded closed hearings to examine the Russia-Nato
relationship after the Helsinki Summit, ...
* 19970410 HONG KONG: Committee concluded hearings to examine
United States law enforcement interests in Hong Kong,
...
Also, committee concluded hearings to examine the
outlook for Hong Kong following its planned reversion
to China, focusing on the future of freedom,
democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Hong
Kong, ...
* 19970415 U.S.-JAPAN BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP: Subcommittee on
East Asian and Pacific Affairs concluded hearings to
examine the United States' bilateral relationship
with Japan, ...
* 19970418 NOMINATION: On Friday, April 18, committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Thomas R. Pickering, of
New Jersey, to be Under Secretary of State for
Political Affairs, ...
* 19970424 HONG KONG: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific
Affairs concluded hearings to examine United States
interests and policies toward Hong Kong, ...
* 19970501 NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Stuart E. Eizenstat, of Maryland, to be
Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and
Agricultural Affairs, ...
* 19970522 CHINA MFN STATUS: Subcommittee on East Asian and
Pacific Affairs held hearings on East Asian and
Pacific Affairs to examine whether the renewal of
China's most favored nation status is an appropriate
tool for the United States to use in trying to shape
the Chinese government's international and domestic
policy, ...
* 19970603 U.S.-HONG KONG AGREEMENT: Committee concluded
hearings on the Agreement Between the Government of
the United States of America and the Government of
Hong Kong for the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders
signed at Hong Kong on December 20, 1996 (Treaty Doc.
105-3), ...
* 19970619 GLOBAL CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS: Subcommittee on Inter-
national Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion
concluded hearings to examine global climate change
issues, including S. Res. 98, expressing the sense
of the Senate regarding the conditions for the United
States becoming a signatory to any international
agreement on greenhouse gas emissions under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of
1992, and the United States negotiating position
during the multi-national conference to be held in
December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan, ...
* 19970626 GLOBAL CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS: Subcommittee on Inter-
national Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion
resumed hearings to examine current international
negotiations intended to curb global greenhouse gas
emissions, focusing on United States economic and
science considerations, ...
* 19970708 CONGO: Subcommittee on African Affairs held hearings
to examine United States policy and the prospects for
a stable democracy with regard to recent developments
within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ...
* 19970708 NORTH KOREA: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific
Affairs concluded hearings on the future stability
of North Korea, ...
* 19970710 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Ralph Frank, of Washington, to be
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Nepal, John C. Holzman,
of Hawaii, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic
of Bangladesh, and Karl Frederick Inderfurth, of North
Carolina, to be Assistant Secretary of State for South
Asian Affairs, ...
* 19970715 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of A. Peter Burleigh, of California, to be
the Deputy Representative of the United States to the
United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambas-
sador, David J. Scheffer, of Virginia, to be Ambas-
sador at Large for War Crimes Issues, Richard Sklar,
of California, to be Representative of the United
States to the United Nations for U.N. Management and
Reform, with the rank of Ambassador, Linda Jane
Zack Tarr-Whelan, of Virginia, for the rank of
Ambassador during her tenure of service as United
States Representative to the Commission on the Status
of Women of the Economic and Social Council of the
United Nations, James Franklin Collins, of Illinois,
to be Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Marc
Grossman, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of
State for European and Canadian Affairs, John
Christian Kornblum, of Michigan, to be Ambassador
to the Federal Republic of Germany, Stephen R.
Sestanovich, of the District of Columbia, as Ambas-
sador at Large and Special Adviser to the Secretary of
State for the New Independent States, and Gordon D.
Giffin, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to Canada, ...
* 19970722 CENTRAL ASIA: Committee concluded hearings to examine
United States foreign policy in the independent states
of the Caucasus and Central Asia, ...
* 19970722 NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Stanley O. Roth, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and
Pacific Affairs, ...
* 19970724 NOMINATIONS: 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, ...
* 19970725 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Maura Harty, of Florida, to be Ambas-
sador to the Republic of Paraguay, and James F. Mack,
of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Co-operative
Republic of Guyana, ...
* 19970729 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Philip Lader, of South Carolina, to be
Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, Felix George Rohatyn, of New York,
to be Ambassador to France, Keith C. Smith, of
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Lithuania, Richard Dale Kauzlarich, of Virginia, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
James W. Pardew Jr., of Virginia, for the Rank of
Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S.
Special Representative for Military Stabilization in
the Balkans, Anne Marie Sigmund, of the District of
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, and
Daniel V. Speckhard, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to
the Republic of Belarus, ...
* 19970904 CAMBODIA: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific
Affairs concluded hearings to examine the current
political situation in Cambodia and the policy taken
by the United States in response to Hun Sen's seizure
of power in Cambodia, ...
* 19970904 NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Peter L. Scher, of the District of
Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure
of service as Special Trade Negotiator, ...
* 19970910 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Thomas J. Dodd, of the District of
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa
Rica, Donna Jean Hrinak, of Virginia, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of Bolivia, Edward E. Shumaker III, of
New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Trinidad and Tobago, and Curtis Warren Kamman, of the
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Colombia, ...
* 19970911 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Susan E. Rice, of the District of
Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for
African Affairs, Brian Dean Curran, of Florida, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique, Timberlake
Foster, of California, to be Ambassador to the Islamic
Republic of Mauritania, Tom McDonald, of Ohio, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, Nancy Jo
Powell, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Uganda, and Amelia Ellen Shippy, of Washington, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi, ...
* 19970917 CHINA POLICY ACT: Committee held hearings on S. 1164,
to state a policy of the United States that engages
the People's Republic of China in areas of mutual
interest, promotes human rights, religious freedom,
and democracy in China and enhances the national
security interests of the United States with respect
to China, ...
* 19970917 INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION TREATY: Commit-
tee concluded hearings on the Constitution and Con-
vention of the International Telecommunication Union
(ITU), with Annexes, signed at Geneva on December 22,
1992, and amendments to the Constitution and Conven-
tion, signed at Kyoto on October 14, 1994, together
with declarations and reservations by the United
States as contained in the Final Acts (Treaty Doc.
104-34), ...
* 19970918 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Wyche Fowler, Jr., of Georgia, to be
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Martin S.
Indyk, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant
Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara
K. Bodine, of California, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Yemen, Robin Lynn Raphel, of Washington,
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia, and
Johnny Young, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the
State of Bahrain, ...
* 19970923 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Corinne Claiborne Boggs, of Louisiana,
to be Ambassador to the Holy See, R. Nicholas Burns,
of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Greece, Thomas M.
Foglietta, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Italy,
and Mark Robert Parris, of Virginia, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of Turkey, ...
* 19970924 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Thomas S. Foley, of Washington, to be
Ambassador to Japan, Alphonse F. La Porta, of New
York, to be Ambassador to Mongolia, and Stephen W.
Bosworth, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Korea, ...
* 19970925 TREATIES: Committee concluded hearings on the Treaty
of Maritime Boundaries between the United States and
the United Mexican States, signed at Mexico City, May
4, 1978 (Treaty Doc. 96-6), the Protocol Between the
United States and Canada Amending the 1916 Convention
for the Protection of Migratory Birds in Canada and
the United States, with a related exchange of notes,
signed at Washington on December 14, 1995 (Treaty Doc.
104-28), the Protocol Between the Government of the
United States and the Government of the United Mexican
States Amending the Convention for the Protection of
Migratory Birds and Game Mammals, signed at Mexico
City on May 5, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 105-26), ...
* 19971001 ALGERIA: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs concluded hearings to examine the current
situation in Algeria, including recent human rights
violations, ...
* 19971009 U.N. CLIMATE CHANGE TREATY: Subcommittee on Inter-
national Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion
held hearings to examine the legally binding obliga-
tions and impact on the United States economy of the
United Nations proposed climate change treaty which
will be negotiated in December 1997 in Kyoto, Japan,
...
* 19971021 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Steven J. Green, of Florida, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore, Lange
Schermerhorn, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Djibouti, Brenda Schoonover, of Maryland,
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Togo, and William
H. Twaddell, of D1111Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to
the Federal Republic of Nigeria, ...
* 19971022 AFGHANISTAN: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs concluded hearings to examine the
current situation with regard to the ongoing war in
Afghanistan and its implications for the United
States, ...
* 19971023 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Daniel Fried, of the District of
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Poland,
Peter Francis Tufo, of New York, to be Ambassador to
the Republic of Hungary, Alexander R. Vershbow, of the
District of Columbia, to be United States Permanent
Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of
Ambassador, Thomas J. Miller, of Virginia, for the
rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as
Special Coordinator for Cyprus, David Timothy Johnson,
of Georgia, for the rank of Ambassador during his
tenure of service as Head of the United States
Delegation to the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, Kathryn Walt Hall, of Texas, to
be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria, and James
Carew Rosapepe, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to
Romania, ...
* 19971024 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Carolyn Curiel, of Indiana, to be
Ambassador to Belize, Victor Marrero, of New York, to
be the Permanent Representative of the United States
to the Organization of American States, with the rank
of Ambassador, Christopher C. Ashby, of Connecticut,
to be Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,
Timothy Michael Carney, of Washington, to be Ambas-
sador to the Republic of Haiti, and Stanley Louis
McLelland, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Jamaica, ...
* 19971028 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Richard Frank Celeste, of Ohio, to be
Ambassador to India, Shaun Edward Donnelly, of
Indiana, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently and
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the
Republic of Maldives, Edward M. Gabriel, of the
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom
of Morocco, Cameron R. Hume, of New York, to be Ambas-
sador to the Democratic and Popular Republic of
Algeria, Daniel Charles Kurtzer, of Maryland, to be
Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, James A.
Larocco, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the State of
Kuwait, and Edward S. Walker, Jr., of Maryland, to be
Ambassador to Israel. ...
* 19971029 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of William Dale Montgomery, of
Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Croatia, Harriet C. Babbitt, of Arizona, to be Deputy
Administrator, Terrence J. Brown, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Administrator for Management, and Thomas H.
Fox, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant
Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination,
all of the Agency for International Development, Amy
L. Bondurant, of the District of Columbia, to be
Representative of the United States to the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,
with the rank of Ambassador, Kirk K. Robertson, of
Virginia, to be Executive Vice President of the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Joseph A.
Presel, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Uzbekistan, Stanley Tuemler Escudero, of
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Azerbaijan, B. Lynn Pascoe, of Virginia, for the rank
of Ambassador during his tenure of Service as Special
Negotiator for Nagorno-Karabakh, Steven Karl Pifer, of
California, to be Ambassador to Ukraine, Lyndon Lowell
Olson, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador to Sweden,
Gerald S. McGowan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to
the Republic of Portugal, Kathryn Linda Haycock
Proffitt, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Malta, James Catherwood Hormel, of California, to
be Ambassador to Luxembourg, and David B. Hermelin, of
Michigan, to be Ambassador to Norway, ...
* 19971031 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Mary Mel French, of the District of
Columbia, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the
rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service, Betty
Eileen King, of Maryland, to be Representative of the
United States on the Economic and Social Council of
the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador,
George Edward Moose, of Maryland, to be Representative
of the United States to the European Office of the
United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, Phyllis
E. Oakley, of Louisiana, to be Assistant Secretary of
State for Intelligence and Research, Nancy H. Rubin,
of New York, for the rank of Ambassador during her
tenure of service as Representative of the United
States on the Human Rights Commission of the Economic
and Social Council of the United Nations, and Julia
Taft, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant
Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and
Migration, ...
* 19980203 ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINE BANS: Committee held hearings
to examine the military implications of certain
initiatives to prevent the United States from making
use of anti-personnel landmines,...
* 19980212 ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS: Committee held hearings to
examine the International Monetary Fund's role in the
Asia financial crisis,...
* 19980225 CASPIAN SEA OIL PIPELINE: Subcommittee on Inter-
national Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion
held hearings on the implementation of U.S. energy
policy in the Caspian region, focusing on the
construction of a Western Caspian Sea oil pipeline,...
NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Robert T. Grey, Jr., of Virginia, for
the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service
as United States Representative to the Conference on
Disarmament,...
* 19980226 DRUG CERTIFICATION: Subcommittee on Western
Hemisphere, Peace Corps, Narcotics and Terrorism held
hearings to examine the effectiveness of the
certification process under the Foreign Service Act
used by the United States to assess how other nations
cooperate in their counternarcotics efforts,...
U.S. TRADE SANCTIONS IN ASIA: Subcommittee on East
Asia and Pacific Affairs held hearings to examine
whether unilateral trade sanctions are an effective
tool of United States foreign policy in Asia,...
* 19980304 U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS: Subcommittee on East Asian and
Pacific Affairs concluded hearings to examine the
recent World Trade Organization decision in the
Eastman Kodak v. Fuji Photo Film dispute and its
implications for United States-Japan relations,...
* 19980311 MIDDLE EAST: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs held hearings to examine recent
developments in the Middle East, focusing on the
Israel-PLO negotiating process and the role of the
United States in that process,...
* 19980312 CHINESE NUCLEAR COOPERATION: Committee held closed
hearings to examine certain intelligence issues
relating to Chinese nuclear cooperation with various
countries,...
* 19980318 AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS TO ASIA: Subcommittee on
International Economic Policy, Export and Trade
Promotion held hearings to examine the role of the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) in supporting United
States agricultural exports to Asia,...
* 19980324 INDONESIA: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific
Affairs concluded hearings to examine the current
economic and political situation in Indonesia,...
* 19980325 ECONOMIC SANCTIONS REFORM: Subcommittee on Inter-
national Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion
held hearings on S. 1413, to provide a framework for
consideration by the legislative and executive
branches of unilateral economic sanctions,...
* 19980507 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of William Joseph Burns, of Pennsylvania,
to be Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,
and Ryan Clark Crocker, of Washington, to be
Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic,...
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION: Subcommittee
on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade
Promotion concluded oversight hearings to examine the
operations of the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation in its implementation of foreign policy
investment and development priorities of the United
States Government,...
* 19980513 TREATIES: Committee concluded hearings on the
Montreal Protocol No. 4 to Amend the Convention for
the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to
International Carriage by Air signed at Warsaw on
October 12, 1929, as amended by the Protocol done at
The Hague on September 8, 1955 (Treaty Doc. 95-2 B),
the International Convention for the Protection of New
Varieties of Plants of December 2, 1961, as Revised at
Geneva on November 10, 1972, on October 23, 1978, and
on March 19, 1991, and signed by the United States on
October 25, 1991 (Treaty Doc. 104-17), the Grains
Trade Convention and Food Aid Convention Constituting
the International Grains Agreement, 1995 signed by the
United States on June 26, 1995 (Treaty Doc. 105-4),
Convention on the International Maritime Organization
signed at Geneva, March 6, 1948 (the IMO Convention)
(Treaty Doc. 104-36), and Trademark Law Treaty done at
Geneva on October 27, 1994, with Regulations and
signed by the United States on October 28, 1994
(Treaty Doc. 105-35),...
* 19980518 INDONESIA: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific
Affairs concluded hearings to examine the political
situation in Indonesia and the United States response
to recent incidents of unrest,...
* 19980520 RUSSIAN POLICY: Subcommittee on European Affairs
concluded hearings to examine Russian and domestic
policy issues and United States policy toward
Russia,...
* 19980521 NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Jeffrey Davidow, of Virginia, to be
Ambassador to Mexico,...
* 19980609 TREATY--COMBATING BRIBERY OF FOREIGN OFFICIALS:
Committee concluded hearings on the Convention on
Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in
International Business Transactions, adopted at Paris
on November 21, 1997, by a conference held under the
auspices of the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development, signed in Paris on December 17, 1997,
by the United States and 32 other nations (Treaty Doc.
105-43),...
* 19980610 CAMBODIA: Committee resumed hearings on the
investigation of the impacts to United States national
security from advanced satellite technology exports to
China and Chinese efforts to influence United States
policy,...
* 19980611 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of E. William Crotty, of Florida, to be
Ambassador to Barbados, and to serve concurrently and
without additional compensation as Ambassador to
Antigua and Barbuda, to the Commonwealth of Dominica,
to Grenada, to St. Kitts and Nevis, to Saint Lucia,
and to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, John O'Leary,
of Maine, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chile,
and Arthur Louis Schechter, of Texas, to be Ambassador
to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas,...
* 19980616 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Shirley Elizabeth Barnes, of New York,
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar,
William Davis Clarke, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to
the State of Eritrea, Vivian Lowery Derryck, of Ohio,
to be Assistant Administrator for Africa, Agency for
International Development, George Williford Boyce
Haley, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of the Gambia, Katherine Hubay Peterson, of
California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of
Lesotho, Charles Richard Stith, of Massachusetts, to
be Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania, Paul
L. Cejas, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Belgium,
Eric S. Edelman, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Finland, Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel, of the
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Slovenia, Michael Craig Lemmon, of Florida, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, Rudolf Vilem
Perina, of California, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Moldova, Edward L. Romero, of New Mexico,
to be Ambassador to Spain and to serve concurrently
and without additional compensation as Ambassador to
Andorra, Cynthia Perrin Schneider, of Maryland, to be
Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and
Kenneth Spencer Yalowitz, of Virginia, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Georgia,...
* 19980618 U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS: Subcommittee on East Asian and
Pacific Affairs concluded hearings to examine recent
changes in congressional views of the bilateral
relationship between the United States and the
People's Republic of China, and H.R. 967, to prohibit
the use of United States funds to provide for the
participation of certain Chinese officials in
international conferences, programs, and activities
and to provide that certain Chinese officials shall be
ineligible to receive visas and excluded from
admission to the United States, H.R. 2358, to provide
for improved monitoring of human rights violations in
the People's Republic of China, H.R. 2386, to
implement the provisions of the Taiwan Relations Act
concerning the stability and security of Taiwan and
United States cooperation with Taiwan on the
development and acquisition of defensive military
articles, H.R. 2570, to condemn those officials of the
Chinese Communist Party, the Government of the
People's Republic of China, and other persons who are
involved in the enforcement of forced abortions by
preventing such persons from entering or remaining in
the United States, and H.R. 2605, to require the
United States to oppose the making of concessional
loans by international financial institutions to any
entity in the People's Republic of China,...
* 19980624 ASIAN FINANCIAL CONDITION: Subcommittee on Inter-
national Economic Policy, Export, and Trade Promotion
held hearings to examine the state of certain Asian
economies and currencies,...
* 19980625 CHINA MISSILE PROLIFERATION: Committee held closed
hearings to examine Chinese missile proliferation
issues,...
* 19980716 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Hugh Q. Parmer, of Texas, to be
Assistant Administrator for Humanitarian Response,
Agency for International Development, Mary Beth West,
of the District of Columbia, for the rank of
Ambassador during her tenure of service as Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Fisheries and
Space, John Bruce Craig, of Pennsylvania, to be
Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, Theodore H.
Kattouf, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the United
Arab Emirates, Elizabeth Davenport McKune, of
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the State of Qatar,
David Michael Satterfield, of Virginia, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon, William B.
Milam, of California, to be Ambassador to the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan, James Howard Holmes, of
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia,
Steven Robert Mann, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of Turkmenistan, Richard Nelson Swett,
of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to Denmark, and
Melissa Foelsch Wells, of Connecticut, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia,...
* 19980720 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Richard E. Hecklinger, of Virginia, to
be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand, Charles F.
Kartman, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador
during his tenure of service as Special Envoy for the
Korean Peace Talks, and Kent M. Weidemann, of
California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of
Cambodia,...
* 19980722 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of David G. Carpenter, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security,
and to be Director of the Office of Foreign Missions,
and to have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure
of service, Bert T. Edwards, of Maryland, to be Chief
Financial Officer, Department of State, and Jonathan
H. Spalter, of the District of Columbia, to be an
Associate Director (Bureau of Information) of the
United States Information Agency,...
* 19980910 WIPO COPYRIGHT TREATIES: Committee concluded hearings
on the World Intellectual Property Organization
Copyright Treaty and the World Intellectual Property
Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty, done
at Geneva on December 20, 1996, and signed by the
United States on April 12, 1997 (Treaty Doc.
105-17),...
* 19980915 RUSSIA: Subcommittee on European Affairs concluded
hearings to examine policy options for the United
States with regard to the current economic and
political situation in Russia,...
* 19980923 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Richard Henry Jones, of Nebraska, to
be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Robert
Patrick John Finn, of New York, to be Ambassador to
the Republic of Tajikistan, John Shattuck, of
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic,
and Michael J. Sullivan, of Wyoming, to be Ambassador
to Ireland,...
* 19980925 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Robert C. Randolph, of Washington, to
be Assistant Administrator for Asia and Near East
Affairs, Agency for International Development, B. Lynn
Pascoe, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Malaysia, and
Diane Edith Watson, of California, to be Ambassador to
the Federated States of Micronesia,...
* 19980929 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Simon Ferro, of Florida, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, and R. Rand
Beers, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant
Secretary of State for International Narcotics and
Law Enforcement Affairs,...
* 19981002 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of C. Donald Johnson, Jr., of Georgia, for
the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as
Chief Textile Negotiator, and Frank E. Loy, of the
District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Global
Affairs, both of the Department of State,...
* 19981005 START TREATY COMPLIANCE: Committee concluded closed
hearings to examine START Treaty compliance issues,...
* 19981007 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of William B. Bader, of New Jersey, to be
Associate Director for Educational and Cultural
Affairs, United States Information Agency, Harold
Hongju Koh, of Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary
of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and
C. David Welch, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary
of State for International Organization Affairs,...
* 19981008 AFGHANISTAN: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs concluded hearings to examine recent
events in Afghanistan,...
** Hearings held by Governmental Affairs
* 19970311 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Senate Committees on Govern-
mental Affairs' Subcommittee on Oversight of
Government Management, Restructuring, and the District
of Columbia and Appropriations' Subcommittee on the
District of Columbia held joint hearings with the
House Committees on Government Reform and Oversight's
Subcommittee on the District of Columbia and Appro-
priations' Subcommittee on the District of Columbia to
examine the financial condition of the government of
the District of Columbia, ...
Hearings also held on 3/13/97
* 19970417 CHINESE ARMS PROLIFERATION: Subcommittee on Inter-
national Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services
concluded hearings in closed session to examine
China's proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
and related technologies, missile delivery systems,
and advanced conventional weapons, ...
* 19970728 CAMPAIGN FINANCING: Committee met in closed session
to discuss certain issues with regard to the commit-
tee's special investigation on campaign financing.
* 19970908 NATIONAL DROUGHT POLICY: Subcommittee on Oversight of
Government Management, Restructuring, and the District
of Columbia concluded hearings on S. 222, to establish
an advisory commission to provide advice and recommen-
dations on the creation of an integrated, coordinated
Federal policy designed to prepare for and respond to
serious drought emergencies, ...
** Hearings held by Indian Affairs
* 19980506 TRIBAL SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY: Committee concluded
hearings on S. 1691, to provide for Indian legal
reform, focusing on the status of tribal sovereign
immunity and the role it plays to preserve the Federal
Government's protection of tribal self-government, and
its impact on Indian economic development, commercial
dealings, and taxation,..
** Hearings held by Intelligence
* 19970107 INTELLIGENCE: Committee met in closed session to
consider pending committee business.
* 19970129 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 19970226 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 19970318 INTELLIGENCE: Committee met in closed session to
receive a briefing on intelligence matters ...
* 19970409 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 4/10/97
* 19970416 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 4/17/97
* 19970423 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 19970430 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 19970514 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 5/15/97
* 19970522 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 19970709 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 19970724 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 19970910 INTELLIGENCE: Committee met in closed session to
receive a briefing on intelligence matters ...
* 19970918 INTELLIGENCE: Also, committee held closed hearings on
related intelligence matters, ...
* 19971022 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 19971028 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 19971106 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 19980226 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters,...
* 19980319 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters,...
Hearings also held on 3/25, 3/26/98.
* 19980429 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held a closed business
meeting to consider intelligence matters.
Hearings also held on 4/30/98.
* 19980514 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters,...
* 19980602 INTELLIGENCE: Committee met in closed session to
consider pending intelligence matters, but made no
announcements, and recessed subject to call.
* 19980604 NATIONAL SECURITY: Committee held closed hearings
on the investigation of the impacts to United States
national security from advanced satellite technology
exports to China and Chinese efforts to influence U.S.
policy,...
Hearings also held on 6/5, 6/10/98.
* 19980617 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
on intelligence matters,...
Hearings also held on 6/24/98.
* 19980729 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters,...
* 19980902 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters,...
Hearings also held on 9/9, 9/16, 9/23/98.
* 19981008 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters,...
** Hearings held by Judiciary
* 19970716 GLOBAL TOBACCO SETTLEMENT: Committee held hearings to
examine the terms and parametersof the proposed Global
Tobacco Settlement which will mandate a total
reformation and restructuring of how tobacco products
are manufactured, marketed and distributed in America,
focusing on its long-term impact on children and the
public health, and its legal and constitutional
ramifications, ...
Hearings also held on 7/30/97
* 19980610 [PRESIDENTIAL DECISION DIRECTIVE (PDD-63)]: Also,
committee met to receive a briefing on the
Presidential Decision Directive (PDD-63) aimed at
countering attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure,
and the Department of Defense exercise known as
"Eligible Receiver" which simulated an attack on
government computers to test the security of their
system...
* 19980901 COUNTER-TERRORISM: Subcommittee on Technology,
Terrorism, and Government Information met in closed
session to receive a briefing on the recent bombings
of the American embassies in Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam
and the United States response...
** Hearings held by Rules
* 19970128 NOMINATION/ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING: ... committee
concluded hearings on the nomination of Mr. [Alan
M.] Hantman, [of New Jersey, to be Architect of the
Capitol.]
* 19970130 FEC AUTHORIZATION/CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM: Committee
held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing
funds for fiscal year 1998 for the Federal Election
Commission and on campaign finance reform proposals,
...
* 19970204 COMMITTEE BUDGET REQUESTS: Committee held hearings to
receive testimony from Senators, as indicated, in
support of resolutions requesting funds for operating
expenses of their respective committees for periods
from March 1, 1997 through February 28, 1998, and from
March 1, 1998 through February 28, 1999, ...
Hearings also held on 2/5, 2/6/97
* 19970305 BUDGET/OPERATIONS: Committee held oversight hearings
to review the budget and operations of the National
Gallery of Art and certain legislative offices, ...
* 19970306 BUSINESS MEETING: ... committee concluded hearings on
S. Res. 39 [authorizing expenditures by the Committee
on Governmental Affairs ...]
* 19970312 SMITHSONIAN/WOODROW WILSON CENTER/KENNEDY CENTER:
Committee concluded oversight hearings to review the
operations of the Smithsonian Institution, the Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the John
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, ...
* 19970320 CRS/LOC: Committee concluded oversight hearings to
review the operations and budget of the Congressional
Research Service and the Library of Congress, ...
* 19970410 SENATE ELECTIONS: Committee held hearings to review
certain petitions filed in connection with a contested
United States Senate election held in Louisiana in
November 1996, ...
Hearings also held on 4/15/97
* 19970514 CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM: Committee held hearings to
examine the campaign finance system for Presidential
elections, focusing on the growth of soft money and
other effects on political parties and candidates, ...
* 19970709 SENATE ELECTIONS: Committee met in open and closed
sessions to receive a briefing on the status of the
investigation concerning petitions filed in connection
with a contested U.S. Senate election held in
Louisiana in November 1996 ...
Hearings also held on 9/18, 10/1/97
* 19970925 CAPITOL SECURITY: Committee held hearings to examine
the security needs of the United States Capitol
complex, ...
* 19971030 SENATE STRATEGIC PLANNING: Committee held hearings
to examine a process for establishing goals and
objectives for the administrative functions of the
Senate, ...
* 19980225 BUDGET REQUESTS: Committee concluded oversight
hearings to review the strategic plan implementation,
including the budget requests for fiscal year 1999,...
Hearings also held on 2/27/98.
* 19980304 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS OPERATIONS: Committee held
hearings on S. 1578, to require the Director of the
Congressional Research Service to make accessible to
the public via the Internet all information available
through the CRS web site that is not confidential,
including CRS issue briefs, reports, and authorization
or appropriations products, the proposed budget
request for fiscal year 1999 for the Library of
Congress, to review the Library's management
operations, and its plans for the Bicentennial
observance in the year 2000, and proposed legislation
authorizing funds for the American Folklife Center of
the Library of Congress,...
* 19980319 SMITHSONIAN/KENNEDY CENTER/WOODROW WILSON CENTER:
Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year
1999 and operations of the Smithsonian Institution,
the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,...
* 19980325 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION: Committee concluded
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds
for fiscal year 1999 for the Federal Election
Commission,...
* 19980721 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Scott E. Thomas, of the District of
Columbia, David M. Mason, of Virginia, Darryl R. Wold,
of California, and Karl J. Sandstrom, of Washington,
each to be a Member of the Federal Election
Commission,...
* 19980916 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING/CAPITOL DOME]: ...,
committee held hearings to examine issues with regard
to the proposed renovation of the Dirksen Senate
Office Building and United States Capitol dome,...
* 19980924 CAPITOL SECURITY: Committee held closed hearings
to examine United States Capitol security issues,...
Hearings also held on 9/25, 10/1/98 (closed).
** Hearings held by Veterans Affairs
* 19970211 VFW PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
concluded joint hearings with the House Committee on
Veterans' Affairs to review the legislative recommen-
dations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
States, ...
* 19970306 VETERANS PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs and the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
concluded joint hearings to review the legislative
recommendations of certain veterans organizations,
...
* 19970319 DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS: Senate Committee on
Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings with the
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the
legislative recommendations of the Disabled American
Veterans, ...
* 19970320 VETERANS' PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the
legislative recommendations of certain veterans
organizations, ...
* 19970625 GULF WAR ILLNESSES: Committee resumed hearings to
examine the United States Government's response with
regard to the disclosure of information on the
possible exposure of United States and allied troops
to chemical and biological weapons during the Persian
Gulf War and the handling of health care concerns of
U.S. veterans, focusing on a related General
Accounting Office report, ...
* 19970923 AMERICAN LEGION: Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs
and the House Committee on Veterans Affairs concluded
joint hearings to review the legislative recommenda-
tions of the American Legion, ...
* 19980226 VETERANS PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the
legislative recommendations of certain veteran
organizations,...
* 19980303 VETERANS PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans
Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the
legislative recommendations of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States,...
* 19980325 VETERANS' PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the
legislative recommendations of certain veterans'
organizations,...
* 19981006 AMERICAN LEGION: Senate Committee on Veterans
Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House
Committee on Veterans Affairs to examine the
legislative recommendations of the American Legion,...
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