[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 105 (Thursday, July 30, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D876-D877]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FARM ECONOMY
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review the state of the farm 
economy. Testimony was heard from Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture; 
and public witnesses.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS; SUBDIVISION ALLOCATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the District of Columbia 
appropriations for fiscal year 1999.
  The Committee also approved revised Section 302(b) Subdivision 
allocations.
FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC--HUD'S ROLE AS MISSION REGULATOR
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing on a 
GAO Study of HUD's Role as Mission Regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 
Testimony was heard from Nancy Kingsbury, Assistant Comptroller General, 
General Government Division, GAO; and the following officials of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development: Ira G. Peppercorn, General 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Housing; and Mark Kinsey, Acting Director, 
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight.
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT REVIEW
Committee on Education and Workforce: Subcommittee on Workforce Protections 
held a hearing to review the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1997. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Government 
Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on H.R. 3921, Federal 
Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1998. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Portman and Hoyer; Robert Childree, Comptroller, State 
of Alabama; and a public witness.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Oversight: Ordered reported H. Res. 506, providing 
amounts for further expenses of the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct in the second session of the One Hundred Fifth Congress.
  The Committee also approved pending Committee business.
OVERSIGHT--CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES USED TO COMMIT DATE RAPE
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight hearing 
on the use of controlled substances used to commit date rape. Testimony was 
heard from John H. King, III, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Diversion Control, DEA, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
BUREAU OF ENFORCEMENT AND BORDER AFFAIRS; PRIVATE IMMIGRATION BILL
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims approved 
for full Committee action amended H.R. 4264, to establish the Bureau of 
Enforcement and Border Affairs within the Department of Justice.
  The Subcommittee also approved a motion requesting a report from the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service on a private immigration bill.

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OCEANOGRAPHIC MONITORING STATUS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and 
Oceans held a hearing on the status of oceanographic monitoring and 
assessment efforts on both global and local scales. Testimony was heard from 
D. James Baker, Under Secretary, Oceans and Atmosphere, Department of 
Commerce; Rita Colwell, Director, NSF; Rear Adm. Paul G. Gaffney, II, USN, 
Chief, Naval Research, Department of the Navy; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT PARITY
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held an 
oversight hearing on National Environmental Policy Act Parity. Testimony was 
heard from Michael Dombeck, Chief, Forest Service, USDA; Ted Ferroli, 
Senator, State of Oregon; L. Earl Peterson, State Forester, Division of 
Forestry, State of Florida; and public witnesses.
WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENT AND PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule providing 
1 hour of general debate on H.R. 3736. Workforce Improvement and Protection 
Act of 1998. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill in the House. The rule provides that in lieu of the amendment 
recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, the 
amendment printed in the Congressional Record numbered 1 shall be considered 
as adopted. The rule makes in order the further amendment printed in the 
Congressional Record numbered 2, which will be in order without the 
intervention of any point of order, and will be debatable for one hour 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent. Finally, 
the rule provides one motion to recommit, with or without instructions. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Smith of Texas and Watt of North 
Carolina.
AFRICAN AVIATION INITIATIVE; AVIATION BILATERAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; 
TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation 
held a hearing on the Department of Transportation's African Aviation 
Initiative, H.R. 3741, Aviation Bilateral Accountability Act of 1998, and 
European Commission's preliminary position on 2 transatlantic alliances. 
Testimony was heard from Rodney Slater, Secretary of Transportation; and 
public witnesses.
FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a hearing 
on the Fatherhood Initiative. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
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