[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 92 (Thursday, June 26, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D689-D691]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry 
approved for full Committee action H.R. 1789, to reauthorize the dairy 
indemnity program.
  Prior to this action, the Committee held a hearing on this 
legislation. Testimony was heard from Bruce R. Weber, Associate 
Administrator, Farm Service Agency, USDA; and a public witness.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the Interior 
appropriations for fiscal year 1998.
OVERSIGHT--FEDERAL MONEY PRODUCTION
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic 
and International Monetary Policy held an oversight hearing on Federal 
Money Production. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the GAO: Michael E. Motley, Associate Director, Government Business 
Operations; and Theodore C. Barreaux, Counselor to the Comptroller 
General; the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: 
Mary Ellen Withrow, Treasurer; Phillip N. Diehl, Director, U.S. Mint; 
Larry Rolufs, Director, Bureau of Engraving and Printing; and George 
Munoz, Assistant Secretary, Management.
HOMELESS HOUSING CONSOLIDATION AND FLEXIBILITY ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing 
and Community Opportunity held a hearing on H.R. 217, Homeless Housing 
Consolidation and Flexibility Act. Testimony was heard from Jacquie 
Lawing, General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Housing and 
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Development; Jane Kenny, Commissioner, Department of Community Affairs, 
State of New Jersey; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL SALVAGE MOTOR VEHICLE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on H.R. 1839, National Salvage Motor 
Vehicle Consumer Protection Act of 1997. Testimony was heard from 
Richard C. Morse, Chief, Odometer Fraud Staff, National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; and public 
witnesses.
CHARTER SCHOOLS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth and Families held a hearing on Charter Schools. 
Testimony was heard from Gerald Tirozzi, Assistant Secretary, 
Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education; and public 
witnesses.
HIGHER EDUCATION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Postsecondary 
Education, Training and Life-Long Learning continued hearings on H.R. 
6, Higher Education Act Amendments of 1998. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology approved for full 
Committee action amended H.R. 404, to amend the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the transfer to State 
and local governments of certain surplus property for use for law 
enforcement or public safety purposes.
GULF WAR SYNDROME--STATUS OF EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Human 
Resources continued hearings on Status of Efforts to Identify Gulf War 
Syndrome, with emphasis on Multiple Toxic Exposures. Testimony was 
heard from Representative Metcalf; Thomas Garthwaite, Deputy Under 
Secretary, Health, Department of Veterans Affairs; Bernard Rostker, 
Special Assistant, Gulf War Illness, Department of Defense; and public 
witnesses.
U.S. ENTERPRISE FUNDS
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on United States 
Enterprise Funds in Eastern Europe and the States of the Former Soviet 
Union. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of State: Ambassador Richard Morningstar, Special Advisor to 
the President and the Secretary of State on Assistance to the Newly 
Independent States and Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to the Newly 
Independent States; and James Holmes, Coordinator, Eastern European 
Assistance, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs; and Tom Dine, 
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Europe and the Newly Independent 
States, AID, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency.
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing on H.R. 1909, Civil Rights Act of 1997. Testimony was heard 
from Senator McConnell; Representatives Campbell, Norton, Roukema, Mink 
of Hawaii and Fowler; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims held 
a hearing on the following: H.R. 371, Hmong Veterans' Naturalization 
Act of 1997; and a measure to provide for a change with respect to the 
requirements for a Canadian border boat landing permit pursuant to 
section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Testimony was heard 
from Representative Vento and LaTourette; from the following officials 
of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice: 
Louis D. Crocetti, Jr., Associate Commissioner, Examinations; and Donna 
Kaye Barnes, Chief Inspector; and public witnesses.
ATLANTIC HERRING AND MACKEREL FISHERIES--MORATORIUM ON LARGE FISHING 
VESSELS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans held a hearing on H.R. 1855, to impose a moratorium 
on large fishing vessels in the Atlantic herring and mackerel 
fisheries. Testimony was heard from Representatives LoBiondo, Delahunt 
and Tierney; Rolland Schmitten, Assistant Administrator, Fisheries, 
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce; and 
public witnesses.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 2016, making appropriations for military 
construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998. 
The rule waives points of order against provisions in the bill which do 
not comply with clause 2 of Rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized

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appropriations and legislation on general appropriations bills), and 
clause 6 of Rule XXI (prohibiting transfers of unobligated balances).
  The rule provides for priority in recognition to those amendments 
that are preprinted in the Congressional Record. The rule also provides 
that the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may postpone recorded 
votes on any amendment and that the chairman may reduce voting time on 
postponed questions to 5 minutes, provided that the vote takes place 
immediately following another recorded vote and that the voting time on 
the first series of questions be not less than 15 minutes. Finally, the 
rule provides one motion to recommit, with or without instructions. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Packard and Hefner.
DECISION-MAKING IN THE HOUSE--IMPACT OF NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
Committee on Rules: Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House 
held a hearing on the impact of new information technologies on 
decision-making in the House of Representatives. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
OSHA'S CONTEMPLATED SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM STANDARDS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on OSHA's Contemplated 
Safety and Health Program Standards. Testimony was heard from Greg 
Watchman, Acting Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health, 
Department of Labor; and public witnesses.
YEAR 2000 REQUIREMENTS--EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE COMPUTER COMPLIANCE
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on efforts to achieve computer 
compliance with Year 2000 requirements. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Horn; Joel C. Willemssen, Director, Information 
Resources Management, Accounting and Information Management 
Division, GAO; D. Mark Catlett, Assistant Secretary, Management, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; and Tom Shope, Acting Director, 
Division of Electronics and Computer Science, Office of Science and 
Technology, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA, 
Department of Health and Human Services.


                     COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY

                             JUNE 27, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Governmental Affairs, business meeting, to discuss 
issues relating to the campaign financing investigation, time and 
room to be announced.


                                 House

  No committee meetings are scheduled.