[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 95 (Tuesday, July 8, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D711-D712]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the VA, HUD and 
Independent Agencies appropriations for fiscal year 1998.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security met in 
executive session to begin markup of the Department of Defense 
appropriations for fiscal year 1998.
  Will continue tomorrow.
EDUCATION--PROGRESS OF TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on ``Education at a Crossroads, What 
Works, What's Wasted'' in Teacher Training Programs. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Education: 
Robert Seabrooks, Deputy Assistant Inspector General, Audit; and Daniel 
Kasprzyk, Program Director, School and Staffing Survey, National Center 
for Education Statistics; and public witnesses.
PERFORMANCE BASED ORGANIZATIONS
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on 
``Performance Based Organizations''. Testimony was heard from John 
Koskinen, Deputy Director, Management, OMB; J. Christopher, Mihm, 
Acting Associate Director, Federal Management and Workforce Issues, 
General Government Division, GAO; Maj. Gen. Richard E. Beale, Jr., USA 
(Ret.), Director, Defense Commissary Agency, Department of Defense; 
Edward Kazenske, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Patents, Patent and 
Trademark, Department of Commerce; David Sanders, Deputy Administrator, 
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Oversight: Met and considered pending committee 
business.
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified open rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 1775, Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1998. The rule makes in order the committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute now printed in the bill as an original 
bill for the purpose of

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amendment and said substitute shall be considered by title and shall 
considered as read. The rule waives points of order against the 
committee amendment for failure to comply with clause 7 of rule XVI 
(germaneness) and clauses 5(a) and 5(b) of rule XXI (prohibiting 
appropriations on an authorization bill, and prohibiting the 
consideration of tax or tariff measures which have not been reported by 
the Committee on Ways and Means, respectively). The rule provides for 
consideration of only those amendments that have been pre-printed in 
the Congressional Record. Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit, with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Goss and Representative Dicks.
QUINCY LIBRARY GROUP FOREST RECOVERY AND ECONOMIC STABILITY ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 858, Quincy Library Group Forest 
Recovery and Economic Stability Act of 1997. The rule provides that in 
lieu of the Resources Committee amendment, that the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute printed in the Congressional Record and numbered 
1 shall be considered as an original bill for the purposes of 
amendment, and provides that the amendment shall be considered as read. 
The rule waives clause 7 of rule XVI (germaneness) and 5(a) of rule XXI 
(appropriating in a legislative bill) against the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute printed in the Congressional Record. The rule 
provides that the amendment offered by Representative Miller of 
California or his designee shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for 1 hour equally divided and controlled by the proponent 
and an opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment. Finally, the 
rule provides one motion to recommit, with or without instructions. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Young and Representatives Herger and 
Miller of California.