[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E73-E75]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

HONORING JOSEPH ``JERRY'' PATCHAN UPON HIS RETIREMENT AS DIRECTOR OF
THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR U.S. TRUSTEES

______

HON. GEORGE W. GEKAS

of pennsylvania

in the house of representatives

Monday, February 7, 2000

Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join my distinguished
colleague, Jerrold Nadler, the ranking minority member of the
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law of the Committee on
the Judiciary, in expressing our many good wishes on the occasion of
Joseph ``Jerry'' Patchan's retirement on February 11, 2000 as director
of the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees.
Jerry Patchan's 45 years of service in the public and private sectors
is truly commendable. Highlights of his distinguished career include
his service as an officer in the U.S. Navy during the Second World War.
During that service, he participated in the D-day invasion at Normandy
and saw action in the Pacific theater. In 1969, he was appointed as a
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Ohio and served on
the bench for more than 6 years. Thereafter, he served on the Advisory
Committee on Bankruptcy Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United
States from 1978 to 1991. Later, Jerry became deputy general counsel of
the Resolution Trust Corporation, where he helped resolve complex
matters involving hundreds of millions of dollars arising out of our
Nation's savings and loan crisis.
In 1994, Jerry assumed the leadership of the Executive Office for
U.S. Trustees, a component of the Justice Department that supervises
the administration of bankruptcy cases nationwide. As a result of his
guidance and leadership, the U.S. Trustee Program has revitalized its
mission and has undertaken innovative solutions to the many challenges
presented by administering literally millions of bankruptcy cases. He
has shared his wise counsel on bankruptcy matters with our subcommittee
on numerous occasions, for which we are most appreciative.
In addition to his many work-related responsibilities, Jerry taught
bankruptcy law in Ohio, was a member of the faculty of the National
Bankruptcy Seminar at the Federal Judicial Center, and has frequently
lectured at bankruptcy law seminars around the country. He authored the
Practice Comments to Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure from 1973 to 1991
and published numerous articles on bankruptcy law. Most recently, he
was named one of the 50 most influential people in credit by Credit
Today, an industry newsletter.
Jerry is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a member
of the Ohio and the District of Columbia Bar Associations. He has
chaired the Cleveland Bar Association's Bankruptcy and Commercial Law
section from 1984 through 1986. He also is a member of the National
Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the American Judicature Society, and
the American Bankruptcy Institute.
We take this opportunity to acknowledge Jerry Patchan's lifelong
contributions as a public servant, an attorney, trustee, jurist
academic and writer. We ask our colleagues to do the same.

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SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees,
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules committee--of the time, place,
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or
changes in the meetings as they occur.
As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, February 8, 2000 may be found in the
Daily Digest of today's Record.

MEETINGS SCHEDULED

FEBRUARY 9
9 a.m.
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
To hold hearings to examine the dairy pricing system.
SR-328A
10 a.m.
Budget
To continue hearings on the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2001.
SD-608
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine loan guarantees and rural
television service.
SD-628
Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the rising cost of college
tuition and the effectiveness of the Federal financial
aid.
SD-342
10:30 a.m.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism
Subcommittee
To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing
funds for the Federal Trade Commission.
SR-253
Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine U.S. foreign policy
priorities.
SD-419
Environment and Public Works
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
SD-406
2 p.m.
Governmental Affairs
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services
Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine the national intelligence
estimate on the ballistic missile threat to the United
States.
SD-342
Intelligence
To hold closed hearings on pending intelligence matters.
SH-219

FEBRUARY 10
9 a.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
SD-366
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
To hold hearings to examine the findings of the
President's working group's report on Over the Counter
Derivatives Markets and the Commodity Exchange Act.
SH-216
9:30 a.m.
Armed Services
To resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing
funds for fiscal year 2001 for the Department of
Defense, and the future years defense program.
SD-106
10 a.m.
Governmental Affairs
To continue hearings to examine the rising cost of
college tuition and the effectiveness of the Federal
financial aid.
SD-342
Judiciary
Business meeting to markup H.R. 1658, to provide a more
just and uniform procedure for Federal civil
forfeitures; S. 1638, to amend the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the
retroactive eligibility dates for financial assistance
for higher education for spouses and dependent children
of Federal, State, and local law enforcement officers
who are killed in the line of duty; and S. 1172, to
provide a patent term restoration review procedure for
certain drug products.
SD-226
Finance
To hold hearings on the implications of the Seattle
Ministerial on trade policies.
SD-215
Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings on S. 1797, to amend the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act, to provide for a land conveyance
to the City of Craig, Alaska; S. 1192, to designate
national forest land managed by the Forest Service in
the Lake Tahoe Basin as the ``Lake Tahoe National
Scenic Forest and Recreation Area'', and to promote
environmental restoration around the Lake Tahoe Basin;
S. 1664, to clarify the legal effect on the United
States of the acquisition of a parcel of land in the
Red Cliffs Desert Reserve in the State of Utah; S.
1665, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to
release reversionary interests held by the United
States in certain parcels of land in Washington County,
Utah, to facilitate an anticipated land exchange; H.R.
2863, to clarify the legal effect on the United States
of the acquisition of a parcel of land in the Red
Cliffs Desert Reserve in the State of Utah; H.R. 2862,
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to release
reversionary interests held by the United States in
certain parcels of land in Washington County, Utah, to
facilitate an anticipated land exchange; and S. 1936,
to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or
exchange all or part of certain administrative sites
and other National Forest System land in the State of
Oregon and use the proceeds derived from the sale or
exchange for National Froest System purposes.
SD-366
Budget
To hold hearings on spectrum auctions, technology, and
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year
2001.
SD-608
10:30 a.m.
Foreign Relations
To hold hearings on the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2001 for foreign aid, and to
review U.S. foreign policy.
SD-419
Appropriations
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee
To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 2001 for the Department of Agriculture.
SD-138
1:30 p.m.
Foreign Relations
East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee
To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on
International Relations' Subcommittee on Asia and the
Pacific on the current situation in East Timor.
2123, Rayburn Building
2 p.m.
Judiciary
Immigration Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine enhancing border security.
SD-226
Intelligence
To hold closed hearings on pending intelligence matters.
SH-219
2:30 p.m.
Foreign Relations
To hold hearings on Russian intelligence activities
directed at the Department of State.
SD-419

FEBRUARY 11
10 a.m.
Budget
To resume hearings on the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2001.
SD-608

FEBRUARY 22
2:30 p.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
To hold oversight hearings on the Administration's effort
to review approximately 40 million acres of national
forest lands for increased protection.
SD-366

FEBRUARY 23
9:30 a.m.
Indian Affairs
To hold oversight hearings on the President's proposed
budget request for fiscal year 2001 for Indian
programs.
SR-485
10 a.m.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee
To hold oversight hearings on activities of the National
Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK).
SR-253
10:30 a.m.
Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing
funds for fiscal year 2001 for the Environmental
Protection Agency.
SD-406

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2:30 p.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
To hold oversight hearings on the White River National
Forest Plan.
SD-366

FEBRUARY 24
9 a.m.
Small Business
To hold hearings on the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2001 for the Small Business
Administration.
SR-428A
10 a.m.
Environment and Public Works
Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee
To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing
funds for fiscal year 2001 for the Army Corps of
Engineers.
SD-406
Appropriations
Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
To hold hearings on proposed budget extimates for fiscal
year 2001 for the the Department of Commerce.
SD-138
2:30 p.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
To hold hearings on S. 1722, to amend the Mineral Leasing
Act to increase the maximum acreage of Federal leases
for sodium that may be held by an entity in any 1
State; H.R. 3063, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to
increase the maximum acreage of Federal leases for
sodium that may be held by an entity in any one State;
and S. 1950, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920
to ensure the orderly development of coal, coalbed
methane, natural gas, and oil in the Powder River
Basin, Wyoming and Montana.
SD-366

FEBRUARY 29
10 a.m.
Appropriations
Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 2001 for the Department of Justice.
SD-192
2:30 p.m.
Indian Affairs
Business meeting to consider pending committee business.
SR-485

MARCH 1
9:30 a.m.
Indian Affairs
To hold oversight hearings on the National Association of
Public Administrators' Report on Bureau of Indian
Affairs Management Reform.
SR-485

MARCH 2
10 a.m.
Appropriations
Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 2001 for the Department of State.
S-146, Capitol
2:30 p.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
To hold oversight hearings on the United States Forest
Service's proposed revisions to the regulation
governing National Forest Planning.
SD-366

MARCH 7
10 a.m.
Appropriations
Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 2001 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug
Enforcement Administration, and Immigration and
Naturalization Service, all of the Department of
Justice.
SD-192

MARCH 15
9:30 a.m.
Indian Affairs
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business;
to be followed by hearings on the proposed Indian
Health Care Improvement Act.
SR-485

MARCH 21
10 a.m.
Appropriations
Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 2001 for the Federal Communications Commission and
the Securities and Excahnge Commission.
S-146, Capitol

MARCH 23
10 a.m.
Appropriations
Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 2001 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration of the Department of Commerce, and the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
S-146, Capitol

MARCH 29
9:30 a.m.
Indian Affairs
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business;
to be followed by hearings on S. 1967, to make
technical corrections to the status of certain land
held in trust for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians, to take certain land into trust for that Band.
SR-485

APRIL 5
9:30 a.m.
Indian Affairs
To hold hearings on S. 612, to provide for periodic
Indian needs assessments, to require Federal Indian
program evaluations.
SR-485

APRIL 19
9:30 a.m.
Indian Affairs
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business;
to be followed by hearings on S. 611, to provide for
administrative procedures to extend Federal recognition
to certain Indian groups.
SR-485

POSTPONEMENTS

FEBRUARY 10
10 a.m.
Appropriations
Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine e-commerce, federal policies,
and consumer protection.
SD-192