[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 44 (Tuesday, April 21, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D379-D380]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education held a hearing on Inspector General Panel--Year 
2000 Problem, Year 2000 Management Panel, the Railroad Retirement Board 
and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of Labor: Patricia W. 
Lattimore, Assistant Secretary, Administration and Management; and 
Charles C. Masten, Inspector General; the following officials of the 
Department of Health and Human Services: John Callahan, Assistant 
Secretary, Management and Budget, Chief Financial Officer and Chief 
Information Officer; and Thomas D. Roslewicz, Deputy Inspector General, 
Audit Services; the following officials of the Department of Education: 
Marshall S. Smith, Acting Deputy Secretary; and John P. Higgins, Jr., 
Acting Inspector General; the following officials of the SSA: John R. 
Dyer, Principal Deputy Commissioner; and David C. Williams, Inspector 
General; the following officials of the Railroad Retirement Board: 
Martin J. Dickman, Inspector General; Robert T. Rose, Chief Information 
Officer; Jerome F. Kever, Management

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Member; and V.M. Speakman, Jr., Labor Member; and Gail Wilensky, 
Chairman, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
VA-HUD-AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
IMF OPERATIONS
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on General 
Oversight and Investigations held a hearing to review the Operations of 
the International Monetary Fund. Testimony was heard from Karin 
Lissakers, U.S. Executive Director, International Monetary Fund; 
Timothy S. Geithner, Assistant Secretary, International Affairs, 
Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION ACT--EFFECT OF FLSA 
ON AMISH
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections held a hearing on Issues under the Migrant and Seasonal 
Agricultural Worker Protection Act, and the Effect of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act on Amish Families, including discussion of H.R. 2038, 
MSPA Clarification Act of 1997. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Pitts and Canady; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology held an oversight 
hearing on the Inspector General Act of 1978: Twenty Years After 
Passage, Are The Inspectors General Fulfilling Their Mission? Testimony 
was heard from Senator Collins; David L. Clark, Director, Audit 
Oversight and Liaison Group, Accounting and Information Management 
Division, GAO; Eleanor Hill, Inspector General, Department of Defense 
and Vice Chairman, President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency; 
June Gibbs Brown, Inspector General, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Susan M. Gaffney, Inspector General, Department of Housing 
and Urban Development; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--IMMIGRATION AND AMERICA'S WORKFORCE FOR 21ST CENTURY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims held 
an oversight hearing on Immigration and America's Workforce for the 
21st Century. Testimony was heard from John Fraser, Acting 
Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards 
Administration, Department of Labor; Carlotta Joyner, Director, 
Education and Employment Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services 
Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
TAX LIMITATION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule 
providing for consideration of H.J. Res. 111, proposing an amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States with respect to tax limitations. 
The rule provides that the amendment specified in the report of the 
Committee on Rules will be considered as adopted. The rule provides 3 
hours of debate equally divided between the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The rule provides 
one motion to amend if offered by the Minority Leader or his designee, 
which will be considered as read, and which will be debatable for one 
hour equally divided between the proponent and an opponent. Finally, 
the rule provides one motion to recommit, with or without instructions. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Smith of Texas, Barton of 
Texas and Shadegg.
SSI FRAUD AND ABUSE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a 
hearing on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) fraud and abuse. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Herger; the following officials 
of the SSA: John Dyer, Acting Principle Deputy Commissioner; and David 
C. Williams, Inspector General; Cynthia Fagnoni, Director, Income 
Security Issues, GAO; and a public witness.