[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 28, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D850-D852]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
USE OF DECEPTIVE PRACTICES TO GAIN ACCESS TO PERSONAL FINANCIAL 
INFORMATION
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Held a hearing to review 
the Use of Deceptive Practices to Gain Access to Personal Financial 
Information. Testimony was heard from Julie L. Williams, Acting 
Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; Mozelle W. 
Thompson, Commissioner, FTC; Jeff Clements, Assistant Attorney General, 
State of Massachusetts; and public witnesses.
``CLINTON-GORE V. STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS''
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on National 
Economic Growth, Natural

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Resources, and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing on ``Clinton-Gore v. 
State and Local Governments''. Testimony was heard from G. Edward 
DeSeve, Acting Deputy Director, Management, OMB; Douglas Racine, 
Lieutenant Governor, State of Vermont; Mark Schwartz; Councilman, 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and public witnesses.
DEER AND ELK PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Resources: Held a hearing on H.R. 3987, Deer and Elk 
Protection Act. Testimony was heard from Michael J. Anderson, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Jim 
Buck, member, House of Representatives, State of Washington; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands 
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2125, to authorize 
appropriations for the Coastal Heritage Trail Route in New Jersey; H.R. 
3950, Otay Mountain Wilderness Act of 1998; H.R. 3963, to establish 
terms and conditions under which the Secretary of the Interior shall 
convey leaseholds in certain properties around Canyon Ferry Reservoir; 
H.R. 4144, Cumberland Island Preservation Act; H.R. 4211, to establish 
the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, in association with the 
Tuskegee University, in the State of Alabama; H.R. 4230, El Porto 
Administrative Site Land Exchange Act; and a measure to make technical 
corrections and minor adjustments to the boundaries of the Grand 
Staircase-Escalante National Monument in the State of Utah. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Hill, Radanovich, Riley, Kingston, 
Bilbray and LoBiondo; the following officials of the Department of the 
Interior: Eluid L. Martinez, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; and 
Tom Fry, Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management; and Katherine 
Stevenson, Associate Director, Stewardship and Partnerships, National 
Park Service; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held a hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 3478, Colorado Ute Settlement Act 
Amendments of 1998; and H.R. 745, to deauthorize the Animas-La Plata 
Federal reclamation project, and to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to enter into negotiations to satisfy, in a manner consistent 
with all Federal laws, the water rights interests of the Ute Mountain 
Ute Indian Tribe. Testimony was heard from Representatives McInnis, 
Redmond and Petri; Roy Romer, Governor, State of Colorado; Eluid 
Martinez, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the 
Interior; and public witnesses.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: The Committee granted, by voice vote, an open rule 
providing 1 hour of general debate on H.R. 4328, making appropriations 
for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999. The rule waives clause 7 of rule 
XXI (relating to the 3 day availability of printed hearings) and 
section 401(a) (prohibiting consideration of legislation containing 
contract authority not previously subject to appropriations) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 against consideration of the bill. The 
rule provides that the amendments printed in the report accompanying 
the resolution shall be considered as adopted.
  The rule waives clause 6 (prohibiting reappropriations in an 
appropriations bill) of rule XXI and clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting 
unauthorized and legislative provisions in an appropriations bill) 
against provisions in the bill, as amended, except as otherwise 
specified in the rule. The rule authorizes the Chair to accord priority 
in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the 
Congressional Record. The rule allows for the Chairman of the Committee 
of the Whole to postpone votes during consideration of the bill, and to 
reduce votes to five minutes on a postponed question if the vote 
follows a fifteen minutes vote. Finally, the rule provides one motion 
to recommit, with or without instruction. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Wolf and Sabo.
CONFERENCE REPORT--TEXAS LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL COMPACT 
CONSENT ACT
Committee on Rules: The Committee granted, by voice vote, a rule 
waiving all points of order against the conference report on H.R. 629, 
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Consent Act, and 
against its consideration. Testimony was heard from Representatives Dan 
Schaefer of Colorado, Barton of Texas, Hall of Texas, and Reyes.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY TO COMMITTEE
Committee on Rules: Ordered reported amended H. Res. 507, providing 
special investigative authority for the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce.
TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on 
Trade Relations with Europe and the new Transatlantic Economic 
Partnership. Testimony was heard from Representative Smith of Oregon; 
Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative; David L. Aaron, Under 
Secretary,

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International Trade, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.