TENTATIVE LIST OF WITNESSES TO APPEAR BEFORE
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRADE ON
TRADE AGENCY BUDGET AUTHORIZATIONS
AND OTHER CUSTOMS ISSUES


TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1999 - BEGINNING AT 11:00 A.M.
ROOM B-318 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING


The Honorable Ciro D. Rodriguez, M.C., Texas


PANEL:

The Honorable Richard W. Fisher, Deputy United States Trade Representative

The Honorable Raymond W. Kelly, Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service

The Honorable Lynn M. Bragg, Chairman, U.S. International Trade Commission


PANEL:

John P. Simpson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Dennis S. Schindel, Assistant Inspector General for Audit, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Norman J. Rabkin, Director, Administration of Justice Issues, General Government Division, U.S. General Accounting Office

Randolph C. Hite, Associate Director, Governmentwide and Defense Information Systems, Accounting and Information Management Division, U.S. General Accounting Office


PANEL:

Jane B. O'Dell, Vice President, International Trade and Customs Compliance, The Limited, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, on behalf of the International Mass Retail Association, and the Coalition for Customs Automation Funding

Ronald Schoof, Customs and Export Regulation Administrator, Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Illinois, and Vice Chairman, Joint Industry Group

Peter H. Powell, Chief Executive Officer, C.H. Powell Co., Peabody, Massachusetts, and President, National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Inc., New York, New York

Richard J. Salamone, Manager, Customs and International Regulatory Compliance, BASF Corporation, Mt. Olive, New Jersey, and Chairman, American Association of Exporters and Importers, New York, New York

J. Kurt Zimmer, Vice President, GartnerGroup, Stamford, Connecticut


PANEL:

Robert M. Tobias, National President, National Treasury Employees Union

Carol B. Hallett, President and Chief Executive Officer, Air Transport Association

Susan Kohn Ross, Chairperson, S.K. Ross and Associates, P.C., Los Angeles, California, on behalf of the Border Trade Alliance, Phoenix, Arizona

James A. Rogers, Chairman, International Committee, Air Courier Conference of America, Falls Church, Virginia