[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 110 (Thursday, August 6, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D909-D911]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FOREST SERVICE COST REDUCTION AND FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported amended H.R. 4149, Forest 
Service Cost Reduction and Fiscal Accountability Act of 1998.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing 
and Community Opportunity approved for full Committee action amended 
the following bills: H.R. 3899, American Homeownership Act of 1998; and 
Sections 301 and 303 of H.R. 3865, American Community Renewal Act of 
1998.
EPA'S TITLE VI--INTERIM GUIDANCE AND ALTERNATIVE STATE APPROACHES
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 
held a hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency's Title VI 
Interim Guidance and Alternative State Approaches. Testimony was heard 
from Ann E. Goode, Director, Office of Civil Rights, EPA; Michael J. 
Hogan, Counselor to the Commissioner, Department of Environmental 
Protection, State of New Jersey; Barry R. McBee, Chairman, Natural 
Resources Conservation Commission, State of Texas; and public 
witnesses.
ANTI-SLAMMING AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 
3888, Anti-slamming Amendments Act.
AMERICAN WORKER PROJECT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on American Worker Project: Review of the 
Garment Industry Proviso. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Adopted a report finding 
Attorney General Janet Reno in contempt of Congress for failure to 
comply with the subpoena duces tecum served on her.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology approved for full 
Committee action amended H.R. 3921, Federal Financial Assistance 
Management Improvement Act of 1998.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Title II of H.R. 4244, 
Federal Procurement System Performance Measurement and Acquisition 
Workforce Training Act of 1998. Testimony was heard from Representative 
Duncan; G. Edward DeSeve, Acting Deputy Director, Management, OMB; and 
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on International Relations: Ordered reported amended the 
following bills: 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 
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Federal law enforcement officers; and H. R. 4309, Torture Victims 
Relief Act of 1998.
  The Committee also favorably amended the following measures and 
adopted a motion urging the Chairman to request that they be considered 
on the Suspension Calendar: H.R. 4038, to make available to the 
Ukrainian Museum and Archives the USIA television program ``Window on 
America''; and 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.
HOLOCAUST ISSUES
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on Property Issues 
of the Holocaust. Testimony was heard from Stuart Eizenstat, Under 
Secretary, Bureau of Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs, 
Department of State; and public witnesses.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution approved 
for full Committee action amended H.R. 4019, Religious Liberty 
Protection Act of 1998.
OVERSIGHT--DRUG DIVERSION INVESTIGATIONS BY DEA
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight 
hearing on drug diversion investigations by the United States Drug 
Enforcement Administration. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Justice: Mary Lee Warren, Deputy 
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division; and Gregory K. Williams, 
Chief of Operations, DEA; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands 
approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 576, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to undertake the necessary 
feasibility studies regarding the establishment of certain new units of 
the National Parks System in the State of Hawaii; H.R. 2125, to 
authorize appropriations for the Coastal Heritage Trail Route in New 
Jersey; H.R. 2800, amended, Battle of Midway National Memorial Study 
Act; H.R. 2970, amended, National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act 
of 1997; H.R. 4230, amended, El Porto Administrative Site Land Exchange 
Act; H.R. 3705, amended, The Ivanpah Valley Airport Public Lands 
Transfer Act; H.R. 3746, amended, to authorize the addition of the 
Paoli Battlefield site in Malvern, Pennsylvania, to the Valley Forge 
National Historical Park; H.R. 3883, to revise the boundary of the 
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site to include Knob Creek 
Farm; H.R. 3910, amended, Automobile National Heritage Area Act of 
1998; H.R. 3950, amended, 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. 3981, amended, to modify the boundaries of 
the George Washington Birthplace National Monument; H.R. 4109, Gateway 
Visitor Center Authorization Act of 1998; H.R. 4141, amended, to amend 
the Act authorizing the establishment of the Chattahoochee River 
National Recreation Area to modify the boundaries of the Area, and to 
provide for the protection of lands, waters, and natural, cultural, and 
scenic resources within the national recreation area; H.R. 4144, 
amended, Cumberland Island Preservation Act; H.R. 4211, amended, to 
establish the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, in association 
with the Tuskegee University, in the State of Alabama; H.R. 4158, 
amended, National Park Enhancement and Protection Act; H.R. 4287, 
amended, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Boundary 
Adjustments Act; H.R. 4289, amended, to provide for the purchase by the 
Secretary of the Interior of the Wilcox ranch in Eastern Utah for 
management as wildlife habitat; and H.R. 4182, to establish the Little 
Rock Central High School National Historic Site in the State of 
Arkansas.
MANDATORY DRUG TESTING--MEMBERS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE HOUSE
Committee on Rules: On August 5th, the Committee began markup of a 
measure to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide 
for mandatory drug testing of Members, officers, and employees of the 
House of Representatives.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
OVERSIGHT--TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AT FAA
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Technology held an oversight 
hearing on Technology Development at FAA: Computer and Information 
Technology Challenges of the 21st Century. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Transportation: Dennis 
DeGaetano, Deputy Associate Administrator, Research and Acquisitions, 
FAA; and John Meche, Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Finance, 
Economic and Information Technology; and Joel C. Willemssen, Director, 
Civil Agencies Information Systems, GAO.
PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on how project labor 
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projects are negatively affecting women and minority-owned businesses. 
Testimony was heard from Nancy McFadden, General Counsel, Department of 
Transportation; and public witnesses.
PILOT LICENSES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on H.R. 1846, to provide for the immediate 
application of certain orders relating to the amendment, modification, 
suspension, or revocation of certificates under chapter 447 of title 
49, United States Code. Testimony was heard from Gerald L. Dillingham, 
Associate Director, Transportation Issues, GAO; Peggy Gilligan, Deputy 
Associate Administrator, Regulation and Certification, FAA, Department 
of Transportation; the following officials of the National 
Transportation Safety Board: Daniel D. Campbell, General Counsel; and 
Harry L. Riggs, Jr., President, Bar Association; and public witnesses.
BEACHES AND OCEANS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
2094, Beaches Environmental Assessment, Closure, and Health Act of 
1997; H.R. 3445, Oceans Act of 1998; and S. 1213, Oceans Act of 1997. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Bilbray, Pallone, Saxton and 
Farr; J. Charles Fox, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, 
EPA; Sally J. Yozell, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Oceans and 
Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Department of Commerce; David B. 
Rosenblatt, Supervisor, Local Shore Programs, Department of 
Environmental Protection, State of New Jersey; and public witnesses.
MEDICARE'S HOME HEALTH BENEFITS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
Medicare's Home Health Benefits. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Michael Hash, 
Deputy Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration; and June 
Gibbs Brown, Inspector General; William J. Scanlon, Director, Health 
Financing Systems, GAO; Gail Wilensky, Chair, Medicare Payment Advisory 
Commission; and public witnesses.
REPORT--YEAR 2000 COMPUTER PROBLEM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight approved for 
full Committee action a report entitled Year 2000 Computer Problem.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS; KOREAN PENINSULA BRIEFING
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
consider pending Committee business.
  The Committee also met in executive session to hold a briefing on 
Korean Peninsula. The Committee was briefed by departmental witnesses.