[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 54 (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D459-D460]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DOLLARS TO THE CLASSROOM ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Held a hearing on H.R. 3248, 
Dollars to the Classroom Act. Testimony was heard from Senator 
Hutchinson of Arkansas; Representatives Pitts, Tierney and DeLauro; 
Linda Schrenko, Superintendent to Schools, State of Georgia; Frank 
Brogan, Commissioner of Education, State of Florida; Robert Bartman, 
Commissioner of Education, State of Missouri; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--2000 CENSUS: REVISITING THE 1990 CENSUS
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on the 
Census held an oversight hearing on 2000 Census: Revisiting the 1990 
Census. Testimony was heard from Representatives Sawyer and Petri; 
Kenneth Darga, Demographer, Department of Management and Budget, State 
of Michigan; and public witnesses.
RWANDA: GENOCIDE AND THE CONTINUING CYCLE OF VIOLENCE
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights held a hearing on Rwanda: Genocide and the 
Continuing Cycle of Violence. Testimony was heard from Richard McCall, 
Chief of Staff, AID, U.S. International Development Agency; and public 
witnesses.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Procurement 
met in executive session and approved for full Committee action amended 
H.R. 3616, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Research and 
Development met in executive session and approved for full Committee 
action H.R. 3616, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1999.
COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE COMPETITION AND PRIVATIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified open rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 1872, Communications Satellite 
Competition and Privatization Act of 1997. The rule makes in order

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as an original bill for the purpose of amendment the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Commerce now 
printed in the bill, which shall be considered as read. The rule 
provides for consideration of only those amendments that have been pre-
printed in the Congressional Record. The rule allows the Chairman of 
the Committee of the Whole to postpone votes during consideration of 
the bill, and to reduce voting time to five minutes on a postponed 
question if the vote follows a fifteen minute vote. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony 
was heard from Chairman Bliley and Representative Markey.
OVERSIGHT--PENSION ISSUES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight continued 
oversight hearings on various pension issues. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
IMF
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
issues relating to a proposed expansion of the International Monetary 
Fund and its impact on international economic policy, focusing on IMF 
bailouts, loan subsidies, and finances, after receiving testimony from 
Paul A. Volcker, former Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System; George P. Schultz, Hoover Institution, Stanford, 
California, former Secretary of State; and Larry Lindsey, American 
Enterprise Institute, and William A. Niskanen, CATO Institute, both of 
Washington, D.C.