[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 118 (Wednesday, September 9, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D949-D950]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
OVERSIGHT 2000 CENSUS
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on the Census 
held a hearing on ``Oversight of the 2000 Census: Review of Census Bureau 
Planning and Preparations in Response to the Federal Court Ruling that 
Sampling is Illegal''. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of Commerce: James F. Holmes, Acting Director, Bureau of the 
Census; and Robert J. Shapiro, Under Secretary, Economic Affairs.
NATIONAL CAPITAL REVITALIZATION ACT TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on the District 
of Columbia approved for full Committee action the following: a measure that 
would make technical corrections to the National Capital Revitalization Act 
of 1997, specifically naming the GSA as the landholding agency for the 
Federal government of the Lorton Project; and a measure that would make 
technical corrections to the criminal justice section of the National 
Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997.
BLOOD SAFETY
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Human 
Resources held an oversight hearing on the Blood Safety: Minimizing Plasma 
Product Risks. Testimony was heard from Bernice Steinhardt, Director, Health 
Services Quality and Public Health Issues, Health, Education and Human 
Services Division, GAO; Michael Friedman, M.D., Lead Deputy Commissioner, 
FDA, Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
PACIFIC ISLAND NATIONS RESOLUTION
Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific 
approved for full Committee action H. Res. 505, expressing the sense of the 
House of Representatives with respect to the importance of diplomatic 
relations with the Pacific Island nations.

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GUADALUPE-HIDALGO TREATY LAND CLAIMS ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 hour of 
debate on H.R. 2538, Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty Land Claims Act of 1998. The 
rule waives points of order against consideration of the bill for failure to 
comply with section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(prohibiting consideration of legislation, as reported, providing new budget 
authority, changes in revenues, or changes in the public debt for a fiscal 
year until the budget resolution for that year has been agreed to). The rule 
makes in order as an original bill for purposes of amending the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Resources now 
printed in the bill, as modified, and considers it as read. The rule permits 
the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed 
their amendments in the Congressional Record and considers them as read. The 
rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to postpone recorded 
votes and reduce to five minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on 
any postponed votes, provided that the voting time on the first series of 
questions shall not be less than 15 minutes. Finally, the rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Hansen.
MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY REFORM ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 hour of 
debate on H.R. 2863, Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 1998. The rule 
makes in order for the purpose of amending the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute recommended by the Committee on Resources now printed in the 
bill. The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 
considered as read. The rule permits the Chair to accord priority in 
recognition to members who have pre-printed their amendments in the 
Congressional Record and considers them as read. The rule allows the 
Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to postpone recorded votes and reduce 
to five minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any postponed 
votes, provided that the voting time on the first series of questions shall 
not be less than 15 minutes. Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Saxton.
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