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1 CIS S 2511
TITLE: Concurrent
Resolution on the Budget for FY2001
CIS-NO: 2001-S251-1
SOURCE: Committee on the Budget. Senate
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-494
DATE: Jan. 26, Feb. 1-3, 8-11, Mar. 1, 2000
LENGTH: iv+754 p. il.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1035-A-01; 1035-A-02
SUDOC: Y4.B85/2:S.HRG.106-494
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SUMMARY:
Hearings to consider the
Administration FY2001 budget proposal and related issues in preparation for
Committee report to the Senate on a concurrent resolution.
Examines budgetary implications of recent economic trends and projected
budget surpluses, and reviews Internet tax issues, including
proposals to restrict State and local sales and use
taxes.
Also examines FAA progress regarding air
traffic control (ATC) system modernization, and reviews FCC use of spectrum
auctions to allocate radio spectrum frequencies.
Supplementary
material (p. 608-725 and throughout) includes submitted statements, witnesses'
written replies to Committee questions, articles, court documents, and
correspondence.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Budget proposal,
FY2001, and budgetary issues review
DESCRIPTORS:
BUDGET OF THE U.S.; PROJECTIONS; FISCAL POLICY;
INTERNET; FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS; FEDERAL-LOCAL RELATIONS;
STATE AND LOCAL TAXES; INTERSTATE COMMERCE; SALES
TAX; USER CHARGES; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS;
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; RADIO; TELECOMMUNICATION REGULATION; FEDERAL
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; LICENSES
01-S251-1 TESTIMONY NO: 1
Jan. 26, 2000 p. 5-67
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
CRIPPEN, DAN L. (Director, CBO)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Summary of CBO projections
for FY2001-FY2010 economic and budget outlook (related tables, graphs, p. 7-63
passim); review of budget issues related to budget surplus projections.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Budget proposal, FY2001,
and budgetary issues review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
01-S251-1 TESTIMONY NO: 2 Feb. 8, 2000 p. 70-156
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
RILEY,
RICHARD W. (Secretary, Department of Education)
EIZENSTAT,
STUART E. (Deputy Secretary, Department of Treasury)
STATEMENTS
AND DISCUSSION:
Explanation of Administration FY2001
budget request for education programs; description of education-related
tax incentives in Administration FY2001 budget; perspectives on
Federal education policy.
INSERTION:
--
Center on Education Policy and American Youth Policy Forum, "Do You Know...The
Good News About American Education?" with graphs (p. 72-104).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Educ Dept programs, FY2001 budget
proposal
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION; FEDERAL AID TO EDUCATION; TAX INCENTIVES AND
SHELTERS; STATISTICAL DATA: EDUCATION; DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY
01-S251-1 TESTIMONY NO: 3 Feb. 9, 2000 p.
157-228
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
LEW, JACOB J. (Director, OMB)
STATEMENT AND
DISCUSSION:
Analysis of Administration FY2001 budget
proposal; perspectives on budget and fiscal policy issues, including
recommendations regarding use of budget surplus.
CONTENT
NOTATION:
Budget proposal, FY2001, and budgetary issues
review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
OFFICE OF
MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
01-S251-1 TESTIMONY NO: 4
Feb. 11, 2000 p. 233-273
WITNESSES (and
witness notations):
ALBRIGHT, MADELEINE K. (Secretary,
Department of State)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Explanation of Administration FY2001 budget request for
international affairs programs; perspectives on foreign policy issues, with
specifics on policies towards selected countries.
CONTENT
NOTATION:
State Dept programs, FY2001 budget proposal
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
01-S251-1 TESTIMONY NO: 5 Feb. 1,
2000 p. 284-319
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
WALKER, DAVID M. (Comptroller General, GAO)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Review of budget outlook and
related fiscal policy issues; need to review and revise existing Federal
programs to maximize performance, assure accountability, and establish spending
priorities.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Budget
proposal, FY2001, and budgetary issues review
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; GOVERNMENT
EFFICIENCY; GOVERNMENT SPENDING
01-S251-1 TESTIMONY
NO: 6 Feb. 2, 2000 p. 327-355, 359-360
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
ENGLER, JOHN
(Governor, Michigan; also representing National Governors' Association)
CELLUCCI, ARGEO P. (Governor, Massachusetts)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Views on Federal, State,
and local roles in Internet taxation; differing opinions on
Internet sales and use taxes.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Internet
transactions taxation issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
MICHIGAN GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
01-S251-1 TESTIMONY NO: 7 Feb. 2, 2000 p. 360-436
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
MCLURE,
CHARLES E., JR. (Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution)
LUKAS,
AARON (Analyst, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute)
LAV, IRIS J. (Deputy Director, Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Views on proposals to permanently exempt interstate
transactions from State and local sales and use
taxes, with Federal policy recommendations.
INSERTION:
-- Lukas, A., "Tax Bytes:
A Primer on the Taxation of Electronic Commerce" Dec. 17, 1999 (p. 380-426).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Internet
transactions taxation issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES
01-S251-1 TESTIMONY NO: 8 Feb. 3, 2000 p.
451-501
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
GARVEY, JANE F. (Administrator, FAA)
MEAD, KENNETH M. (Inspector General, DOT)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Perspectives on FAA
progress and plans regarding ATC system modernization; review of accountability,
oversight, and budget issues relating to FAA programs, including ATC
modernization activities.
INSERTION:
--
FAA, aircraft cabin air quality research programs, reports to Congress, July 24,
1995, Dec. 29, 1998 (p. 475-483).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Air traffic control system modernization issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR
GENERAL, DOT; PLANNING; AIR POLLUTION; AIRLINES; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT;
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
01-S251-1 TESTIMONY NO: 9
Feb. 3, 2000 p. 502-530
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
CRICHTON, JOHN W. (President and CEO, NAV
Canada)
POOLE, ROBERT W., JR. (Director, Transportation
Studies, Reason Public Policy Institute)
BAKER, ROBERT W.
(Vice Chairman, American Airlines)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Views on proposals to privatize FAA ATC system, with
details on experiences of NAV Canada, a private corporation which owns and
operates the Canadian civil air navigation system; perspectives on ATC
modernization issues.
INSERTION:
--
Transport Canada Aviation, "Canadian Air Navigation System: Modernization and
Commercialization, A Briefing to the Standing Committee on Transport" Oct. 1994
(p. 506-513).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Air traffic
control system modernization issues
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
NAV CANADA; GOVERNMENT PRIVATIZATION; CANADA
01-S251-1 TESTIMONY NO: 10 Feb. 10, 2000 p.
554-568
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
KENNARD, WILLIAM E. (Chairman, FCC)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Overview of FCC spectrum
management policies.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Radio spectrum mgmt policy issues
01-S251-1 TESTIMONY NO: 11 Feb. 10, 2000 p. 568-607,
632-703
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
CRAMTON, PETER (Professor, Economics, University of
Maryland)
DOLAN, RAYMOND P. (Chief Operating Officer,
NextWave Telecom Inc)
PEGG, DAN (Senior Vice President,
Public Affairs, Leap Wireless International)
DONAHUE,
TIMOTHY M. (President and CEO, Nextel Communications)
STRIGL, DENNIS F. (President and CEO, Bell Atlantic
Mobile)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Review
of FCC spectrum auction policies, with recommendations; problems related to FCC
auction of radio spectrum licenses to small businesses providing wireless
telecommunications services, including bankruptcy of NextWave and other
licensees (related court docs, p. 632-703).
Merits of FCC
creation of Entrepreneur's Blocks in wireless service licensing to encourage
participation of small businesses and other designated entities; recommendations
to revise FCC auction rules for allocation of spectrum among wireless service
providers.
Criticism of auction eligibility requirements
limiting the ability of the most successful wireless companies to access
additional spectrum resources.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Radio spectrum mgmt policy issues
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
NEXTWAVE TELECOM INC.; SMALL BUSINESS;
BANKRUPTCY
01-S251-1 TESTIMONY NO: 12
Mar. 1, 2000 p. 729-754
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
RICHARDSON, BILL (Secretary, DOE)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Explanation of
Administration FY2001 budget request for DOE programs; perspectives on DOE
national defense and energy security programs and policies.
CONTENT NOTATION:
DOE programs, FY2001 budget proposal
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY; ENERGY RESOURCES; NATIONAL DEFENSE; ENERGY SECURITY
LOAD-DATE: March 6, 2001 
