[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 101 (Friday, July 24, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D835-D836]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia 
approved for full Committee action the District of Columbia 
appropriations for fiscal year 1999.

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FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES SUPERVISORY IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Continued hearings on H.R. 
4062, Financial Derivatives Supervisory Improvement Act of 1998. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
the Treasury: John D. Hawke, Under Secretary; Michael Brosnan, Deputy 
Comptroller, Risk Evaluation, Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency; and Kenneth Ryder, Executive Director, Research, Statistics, 
and Analysis, Office of Thrift Supervision; Alan Greenspan, Chairman, 
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Brooksley Born, 
Chairperson, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Douglas H. Jones, 
Senior Deputy General Counsel, FDIC; and public witnesses.
ENHANCING RETIREMENT SECURITY
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials 
held a hearing on Enhancing Retirement Security Through Individual 
Investment Choices. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
TEAMSTERS GOVERNANCE AND PRACTICE
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on International Brotherhood of Teamsters 
Governance and Practice. Testimony was heard from Aaron Belk, Vice 
President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDONESIA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights approved for full Committee action amended 
the following measures: H.R. 4083, to make available to the Ukrainian 
Museum and Archives the USIA television program ``Window on America''; 
H.R. 633, to amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to provide that the 
annuities of certain special agents and security personnel of the 
Department of State be computed in the same way as applies generally 
with respect to Federal law enforcement officers; H. Con. Res. 185, 
expressing the sense of the Congress on the occasion of the 50th 
anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 
and recommitting the United States to the principles expressed in the 
Universal Declaration; and H.R. 4309, Tortures Victim Relief Act of 
1998.
  The Subcommittee also concluded hearings on Human Rights in 
Indonesia, Part II. Testimony was heard from John Shattuck, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Department of 
State; and Franklin D. Kramer, Assistant Secretary, International 
Security Affairs, Department of Defense.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY TO COMMITTEE
Committee on Rules: Held a hearing on H. Res. 507, providing special 
investigative authority for the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce. Testimony was heard from Representatives Goodling, Parker, 
Clay and Mink of Hawaii.
SSA--LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security concluded 
hearings to examine labor-management relations at the SSA. Testimony 
was heard from Paul D. Barnes, Deputy Commissioner, Human Resources, 
SSA; and a public witness.
FUTURE IMAGERY ARCHITECTURE
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Future Imagery Architecture. The Committee was 
briefed by departmental witnesses.