[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 73 (Tuesday, June 9, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D605-D606]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC SAFETY ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on H.R. 3844, Wireless 
Communications and Public Safety Act of 1998. Testimony was heard from 
Jeffrey Michael, Chief, Emergency Medical Services Division, National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; 
David Bibb, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Governmentwide 
Real Property Policy, GSA; and public witnesses.
HEAD START
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families held a hearing on Head Start. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Mica and Sanchez; Carlotta Joyner, 
Director, Education and Employment Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
ELECTRONIC FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AMENDMENT IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on 
``Implementation of the Electronic Freedom of Information Amendments of 
1996: Is Access to Government Information Improving?'' Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Justice: 
Richard L. Huff, Co-Director, Office of Information and Privacy; and 
John E. Collingwood, Assistant Director, Office of Public and 
Congressional Affairs, FBI; Patricia M. Riep-Dice, Freedom of 
Information Officer, NASA; Abel Lopez, Acting Director, Freedom of 
Information Division, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
ACTS OF ECOTERRORISM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on 
acts of ecoterrorism committed by radical environmental organizations. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Riggs; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL LAND USE POLICIES IMPACT ON RURAL COMMUNITIES
Committee on Resources: Held an oversight hearing on the Impact of 
Federal Land Use Policies on Rural Communities. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
O&C LANDS PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands 
held a hearing on H.R.

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3542, O&C Lands Protection Act. Testimony was heard from Carson Culp, 
Assistant Director, Minerals Realty and Resource Protection, Bureau of 
Land Management, Department of the Interior; and a public witness.
BANKRUPTCY REFORM ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 9 to 4, a structured rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 3150, Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1998. 
The rule waives section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act 
(prohibiting consideration of legislation, as reported, providing new 
budget authority, changes in revenues, or changes in the public debt 
for a fiscal year until the budget resolution for that year has been 
agreed to) against consideration of the bill. The rule provides that 
the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 
Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill be considered as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment. The rule provides that the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered by title 
and that each title shall be considered as read. The rule waives all 
points of order against the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  The rule provides that no amendment to the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in the 
Rules Committee report, which may be offered only in the order printed 
in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the 
report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 
specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent 
and an opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment. The rule waives 
all points of order against the amendments printed in the report. The 
rule allows for 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 Representatives Gekas, 
McCollum, Wolf, English of Pennsylvania, Nadler, Jackson-Lee, Delahunt, 
Moran of Virginia, Velazquez, Bentsen, Blumenauer, Davis of Illinois 
and Kilpatrick.
SALES INCENTIVE COMPENSATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 2888, Sales Incentive Compensation Act. The rule 
makes in order the Committee on Education and the Workforce amendment 
in the nature of a substitute as an original bill for amendment 
purposes, which shall be considered as read. The rule allows for 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. The 
rule authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members 
who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record. The 
rule provides one motion to recommit, with or without instructions. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Goodling; and Representatives Fawell 
and Payne.