[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 71 (Thursday, June 4, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D589-D591]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FOREST SERVICE--OFF-BUDGET FUNDS
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing on Review of off-budget funds 
administered by the Forest Service. Testimony was heard from James J. 
Meissner, Associate Director, Energy, Resources, and Science Issues, 
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, GAO; Ron 
Stewart, Deputy Chief, Programs and Legislation, Forest Service, USDA; 
and public witnesses.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security met in 
executive session and approved for full Committee action the Department 
of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 1999.
U.S. HOLOCAUST ASSETS COMMISSION ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Ordered reported amended 
H.R. 3662, U.S. Holocaust Assets Commission Act of 1998.
  Prior to this action, the Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3662. 
Testimony was heard from Stuart Eizenstat, Under Secretary, Economics, 
Business and Agricultural Affairs, Department of State; and public 
witnesses.
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials 
held a hearing on Electronic Commerce: New Methods for Making 
Electronic Purchases. Testimony was heard from Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., 
member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Ordered reported amended the 
following measures: H. Res. 401, expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that social promotion in America's schools should be 
ended and can be ended through the use of high-quality, proven programs 
and practices; H.

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Res. 399, urging the Congress and the President to work to fully fund 
the Federal Government's obligation under the Individual with 
Disabilities Education Act; H.R. 3892, English Language Fluency Act; H. 
Res. 417, regarding the importance of fathers in the raising and 
development of their children; H.R. 3874, WIC Reauthorization 
Amendments of 1998; and H.R. 3254, IDEA Technical Amendments Act of 
1998.
  The Committee also approved Contract Agreements providing services to 
the Committee regarding its oversight investigation of the 
International Brotherhood of Teamsters election.
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA--SALE OF BODY PARTS
Committee on International Relations: Committee on Government Reform 
and Oversight held a joint hearing on the Sale of Body Parts by the 
People's Republic of China. Testimony was heard from Representative 
Linda Smith; and public witnesses.
INDONESIA--U.S. POLICY OPTIONS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific held a hearing on U.S. Policy Options Toward Indonesia: What We 
Can Expect; How We Can Help. Testimony was heard from Aurelia Brazael, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asia and the Pacific, Department of 
State; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual 
Property approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 3891, 
Trademark Anticounterfeiting Act of 1998.
  The Subcommittee also began consideration of H.R. 3789, Class Action 
Jurisdiction Act. of 1998.
IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims held 
a hearing on H.R. 225, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
permit certain aliens who are at least 55 years of age to obtain a 4-
year nonimmigrant visitor's visa. Testimony was heard from 
Representative McCollum; Paul Virtue, General Counsel, Immigration and 
Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
DEPOT MAINTENANCE WORKLOAD COMPETITION
Committee on National Security: Held a hearing on Competition for Depot 
Maintenance Workload. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of Defense: J.S. Gansler, Under Secretary, 
(Acquisition and Technology); F. Whitten Peters, Acting Secretary; and 
Darleen A. Druyun, Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary (Acquisition 
and Management), both with the Department of the Air Force.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; OVERSIGHT--FISHING VESSELS U.S. OWNERSHIP
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans approved for full Committee action the following 
bills: H.R. 2291, to amend the Fish and Wildlife Improvement Act of 
1978 to enable the Secretary of the Interior to more effectively 
utilize the proceeds of sales of certain items; H.R. 3460, to approve a 
governing international fishery agreement between the United States and 
the Republic of Latvia; and H.R. 3498, amended, Dungeness Crab 
Conservation and Management Act.
  The Subcommittee also held an oversight hearing on United States 
Ownership of Fishing Vessels. Testimony was heard from Senator Stevens; 
David Evans, Deputy Director, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 
Department of Commerce; Rear Adm. Robert C. North, USCG., Assistant 
Commandant, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection, Department of 
Transportation; and public witnesses.
BIPARTISAN CAMPAIGN INTEGRITY ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the amendments printed in the Rules Committee report 
accompanying H.R. 2183, Bipartisan Campaign Integrity Act, if offered 
by the Member designated in the report. The rule provides that the 
amendment shall be considered as read.
IRAN MISSILE PROLIFERATION SANCTIONS ACT
Committee on Rules: The Committee granted, by voice vote, a closed rule 
on H.R. 2709, Iran Missile Proliferation Sanctions Act of 1997, 
providing for a single motion offered by the chairman of the Committee 
on International Relations or his designee to concur in each of the 
Senate amendments. The rule provides that the Senate amendments and the 
motion shall be considered as read. The rule provides one hour of 
debate in the House equally divided between the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on International Relations.
OVERSIGHT--INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Technology concluded oversight 
hearings on International Standards Part II: The Impact of Standards on the 
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Economy. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
KYOTO PROTOCOL
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the Kyoto Protocol: The 
Undermining of American Prosperity? Testimony was heard from Janet L. 
Yellen, Chair, Council of Economic Advisers; and public witnesses.
SHIP SCRAPPING ACTIVITIES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast Guard 
and Maritime Transportation held a hearing on Ship Scrapping Activities of 
the United States Government. Testimony was heard from Patricia Rivers, 
Chief, Environmental Restoration, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, Department 
of Defense; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL BUILDINGS SECURITY
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Public 
Buildings and Economic Development held a hearing on Security in Federal 
Buildings. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the GSA: 
Robert Peck, Commissioner; and Eugene Waszily, Deputy Inspector General, 
Audits; Bernard Ungar, Director, Government Business Operations Issues, GAO; 
and public witnesses.
WETLANDS RESTORATION AND IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 
1290, Wetlands Restoration and Improvement Act.
VETERANS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Health approved for full 
Committee action the following bills: H.R. 3980, Persian Gulf War Veterans' 
Health Care and Research Act of 1998; H.R. 3336, to name the Department of 
Veterans Affairs medical center in Gainesville, Florida, as the ``Malcolm 
Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center''; and H.R. 2775, to 
designate the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Aspinwall, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``H. John Heinz III Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center.''
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