[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 98 (Tuesday, July 21, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D804-D805]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ENERGY POLICY ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing 
on H.R. 2568, Energy Policy Act Amendments of 1997. Testimony was heard 
from Thomas Gross, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Transportation 
Technologies, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection continued hearings on Electronic Commerce: Privacy 
in Cyberspace, focusing on data privacy measures, including H.R. 2368, 
Data Privacy Act of 1997. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the FTC: Robert Pitofsky, Chairman; Orson Swindle, Sheila 
F. Anthony and Mozelle W. Thompson, all Commissioners; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Civil 
Service approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 
2526, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make the percentage 
limitations on individual contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan more 
consistent with the dollar amount limitation on elective deferrals; 
H.R. 2566, Civil Service Retirement System Actuarial Redeposit Act of 
1997; H.R. 4280, to provide for greater access to child care services 
for Federal employees; and H.R. 2943, to amend title 5, United States 
Code, to increase the amount of leave time available to a Federal 
employee in any year in connection with serving as an organ donor.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Postal 
Service approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 
3725, amended, Postal Service Health and Safety Promotion Act; H.R. 
2623, to designate the United States Post Office located at 16250 
Highway 603 in Kiln, Mississippi, as the ``Ray J. Favre Post Office 
Building''; H.R. 3167, to designate the United States Post Office 
located at 297 Larkfield Road in East Northport, New York, as the 
``Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr. Post Office Building''; H.R. 4052, to 
establish designations for United States Postal Service buildings 
located in Coconut Grove, Opa Locka, Carol City, and Miami, Florida; 
H.R. 3810, to designate the United States Post Office located at 202 
Center Street in Garwood, New Jersey, as the ``James T. Leonard, Sr. 
Post Office''; H.R. 3939, to designate the United States Postal Service 
building located at 658 63rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the 
``Edgar C. Campbell, Sr., Post Office Building''; H.R. 3999, to 
designate the United States Postal Service building located at 5209 
Greene Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``David P. 
Richardson, Jr., Post Office Building''; H.R. 4000, amended, to 
designate the United States Postal Service building located at 400 
Edgmont Avenue, Chester, Pennsylvania, as the ``Thomas P. Foglietta 
Post Office Building''; H.R. 4001, to designate the United States 
Postal Service building located at 2601 North 16th Street, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``Roxanne H. Jones Post Office 
Building''; H.R. 4002, to designate the United States Postal Service 
building located at 5300 West Jefferson Street, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``Freeman Hankins Post Office Building''; and H.R. 
4003, to designate the United States Postal Service building located at 
2037 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the ``Max Weiner 
Post Office Building''.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on International Relations: Favorably considered the 
following measures and adopted a motion urging the Chairman to request 
that they be considered on the Suspension Calendar: H.J. Res. 125, 
amended, finding the Government of Iraq in material and unacceptable 
breach of its international obligations; H.R. 4095, International Arms 
Sales Code of Conduct Act of 1998; H. Res. 459, commemorating 50 years 
of relations between the United States and the Republic of Korea; H. 
Con. Res. 277, concerning the New Tribes Mission hostage crisis; H. 
Res. 469, amended, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 
regarding assistance to Mexico to combat wildfires; H. Con. Res. 292, 
calling for an end to the recent conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia; 
H. Con. Res. 224, urging international cooperation in recovering 
children abducted in the United States and taken to other countries; H. 
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421, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives deploring the 
tragic and senseless murder of Bishop Juan Jose Gerardi, calling on the 
Government of Guatemala to expeditiously bring those responsible for 
the crime to justice, and calling on the people of Guatemala to 
reaffirm their commitment to continue to implement the peace accords 
without interruption; and H. Con. Res. 254, calling on the Government 
of Cuba to extradite to the United States convicted felon Joanne 
Chesimard and all other individuals who have fled the United States to 
avoid prosecution or confinement for criminal offenses and who are 
currently living freely in Cuba.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported amended the following 
bills: H.R. 3898, Speed Trafficking Life in Prison Act of 1998; H.R. 
2592, Private Trustee Reform Act of 1997; and H.R. 2070, Correction 
Officers Health and Safety Act of 1997.
  The Committee began mark up of H.R. 3789, Class Action Jurisdiction 
Act of 1998.
  Will continue July 28.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources 
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1467, to provide for the 
continuance of oil and gas operations pursuant to certain existing 
leases in the Wayne National Forest; H.R. 3878, to subject certain 
reserved mineral interests of the operation of the Mineral Leasing Act; 
and H.R. 3972, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to 
prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from charging State and local 
government agencies for certain uses of the sand, gravel, and shell 
resources of the Outer Continental Shelf. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Pickett; the following officials of the Department of 
the Interior: Carol Hartgen, Chief, Office of International Activities 
and Marine Minerals, Minerals Management Service; and Carson W. Culp, 
Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty and Resources Protection, Bureau 
of Land Management; and Meyera E. Oberndorf, Mayor, Virginia Beach, 
State of Virginia.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held 
a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4021, Interstate 90 Land 
Exchange Act of 1998; and H.R. 4023, to provide for the conveyance of 
the Forest Service property in Kern County, California, in exchange for 
county lands suitable for inclusion in Sequoia National Forest. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Thomas and Hastings of 
Washington; Gloria Manning, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 
System, Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Technology held an oversight 
hearing on Community Colleges in the 21st Century: Tackling Technology. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Public 
Buildings and Economic Development approved for full Committee action 
the following: 8 Courthouse Construction prospectuses; U.S. Mission to 
the United Nations prospectus; 5 11-B resolutions; H.R. 4275, Economic 
Development Partnership Act of 1998; H.R. 3482, to designate the 
Federal building located at 11000 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, 
California, as the ``Abraham Lincoln Federal Building''; H.R. 3598, to 
designate the Federal building located at 700 East San Antonio Street 
in El Paso, Texas, as the ``Richard C. White Federal Building''; and S. 
2032, amended, to designate the Federal building in Juneau, Alaska, as 
the ``Hurff A. Saunders Federal Building''.
ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Economic Intelligence. Testimony was heard from 
departmental witnesses.