[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 33 (Wednesday, March 3, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D207-D210]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Risk Management, Research, 
and Specialty Crops held a hearing on agricultural biotechnology. 
Testimony was heard from August Schumacher, Under Secretary, Farm and 
Foreign Agricultural Services, USDA; Jim Murphy, Assistant U.S. Trade 
Representative, Agricultural Affairs; and public witnesses.
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a 
hearing on Marketing and Regulatory Programs. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the USDA: Michael V. Dunn, Under Secretary, 
Marketing and Regulatory Programs; Craig A. Reed, Administrator, Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Service; Enrique Figueroa, Administrator, 
Agricultural Marketing Service; and James R. Baker, Administrator, 
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; and Stephen B. 
Dewhurst, Budget Officer.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and Judiciary held a hearing on Legal Services Corporation and on 
Secretary of Commerce. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Legal Services Corporation: Douglas Eakeley, Chairman; John 
Erlenborn, Vice Chairman; and John McKay, President; and William M. 
Daley, Secretary of Commerce.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on 
fiscal year 2000 Department of Defense budget. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of Defense: William S. Cohen, 
Secretary; and Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of 
Staff.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on 
Recreational Fees. Testimony was heard from Barry T. Hill, Associate 
Director, Energy, Resources, and Science Issues, GAO; and the following 
officials of the Department of the Interior: Donald J. Barry, Assistant 
Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks; Maureen Finnerty, Associate 
Director, National Park Service, Park Operations and Education; John 
Rogers, Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Nina Rose 
Hatfield, Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management; and Denny 
Beschor, National Director, Forest Service, Recreation, Heritage, and 
Wilderness Resources, USDA.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education held a hearing on National Institute of 
Neurological Disorders and Strokes, the National Institute on Aging, 
and the National Institute on Mental Health, and on National Institute 
of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Institute of 
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, and the National 
Center for Research Resources. Testimony was heard from the following 
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Health and Human Services: Gerald D. Fischbach, M.D., Director, 
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes; Richard J. 
Hodes, M.D., Director, National Institute on Aging; Steven E. Hyman, 
M.D., Director National Institute of Mental Health; Phillip Gorden, 
M.D., Director, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney 
Diseases; and Stephen I. Katz, M.D., Director, National Institute of 
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; and Judith L. 
Vaitukaitis, M.D., Director, National Center for Research Resources.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government held a hearing on Office of National Drug 
Control Policy and on U.S. Postal Service. Testimony was heard from 
Barry McCaffrey, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy; and 
William J. Henderson, CEO and Postmaster General, U.S. Postal Service.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, Independent 
Agencies held a hearing on the Court of Veterans Appeals and on the 
Selective Service System. Testimony was heard from Frank O. Nebeker, 
Chief Judge, Court of Veterans Appeals; and Gil Cornado, Director, 
Selective Service System.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Continued hearings on the fiscal year 2000 
National Defense authorization budget request. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of Defense: Adm. Dennis C. 
Blair, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command; and Gen. John 
Tilelli, USA, Commander in Chief, U.S. Forces Korea.
SERVICE AVIATION AND MODERNIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Procurement and 
the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development held a joint 
hearing on service aviation modernization plans. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Maj. Gen. 
Peter C. Franklin, USA, Deputy for Systems Management and Horizontal 
Technology Integration, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
(Research, Development and Acquisition); Rear Adm. John B. Nathman, 
USN, Director, Air Warfare, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations; 
Lt. Gen. Gregary S. Martin, USAF, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary 
of the Air Force (Acquisition); Maj. Gen, Leslie F. Kenne, USAF, 
Program Executive Officer, Joint Strike Fighter; and Lt. Gen. Frederick 
McCorkle, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff, Aviation, Headquarters, U.S. 
Marine Corps.
HEDGE FUNDS
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Securities, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a 
hearing on hedge funds. Testimony was heard from William J. McDonough, 
President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Brooksley Born, Chair, 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Lew Sachs, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Government Financial Policy, Department of the Treasury; and 
public witnesses.
HUD'S FISCAL YEAR 2000 BUDGET
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing 
and Community Opportunity held a hearing on HUD's fiscal year 2000 
budget. Testimony was heard from Saul N. Ramirez, Jr., Deputy 
Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Judy England-
Joseph, Director, Housing and Community Development Division, GAO.
SOCIAL SECURITY PROPOSAL--MARKET IMPACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials 
continued hearings on the Market Impact of the Administration's Social 
Security Proposal. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, 
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and Lawrence H. Summers, 
Deputy Secretary, Department of the Treasury.
EDUCATION FLEXIBILITY PARTNERSHIP ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Ordered reported amended H.R. 
800, Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999.
FIGHTING CRIME IN THE TRENCHES
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing on Fighting Crime in the 
Trenches, Part l, National Problems, Local Solutions: Federalism at 
Work. Testimony was heard from Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mayor, City of New 
York; John F. Timoney, Commissioner, Department of Police, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and a public witness.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Met and considered committee funding 
requests for the following Committees: House Administration; 
International Relations; Standards of Official Conduct; Science; 
Budget; Veterans Affairs; Transportation and Infrastructure; and 
Banking and Financial Services.

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FOREIGN ASSISTANCE BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on the 
Administration's Foreign Assistance Budget Request. Testimony was heard 
from J. Brian Atwood, Administrator, AID, U.S. International 
Development Cooperation Agency.
SOUTH ASIA; CHALLENGES IN U.S. POLICY
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific held a hearing on South Asia: Challenges in U.S. Policy. 
Testimony was heard from Karl F. Inderfurth, Assistant Secretary, South 
Asian Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses.
REASSESSING THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Economic Policy and Trade held a hearing on a New World Order: 
Reassessing the Export Administration Act. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Cox and Dicks; William Reinsch, Under Secretary, Bureau 
of Export Administration, Department of Commerce; Richard Hogland, 
Assistant Commissioner, Investigations, U.S. Customs Service, 
Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
ANTI-DRUG EFFORT IN AMERICAS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on the Western 
Hemisphere held a hearing on the anti-drug effort in the Americas and 
implementation of the Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act. 
Testimony was heard from Senator DeWine; Tom Umberg, Deputy Director, 
Office of Supply Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy; L. 
Rank Beers, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and 
Law Enforcement Affairs, Department of State; Donny Marshall, Deputy 
Administrator, DEA, Department of Justice; Rear Adm. Raymond Riutta, 
USCG, Assistant Commandant, Operations, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of 
Transportation; and Bonni Tischler, Assistant Commissioner, 
Investigations, U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 15, 
Otay Wilderness Act of 1999; H.R. 154, amended, to provide for the 
collection of fees for the making of motion pictures, television 
productions, and sound tracks in National Park System and National 
Wildlife Refuge System units; H.R. 449, Gateway Visitor Center 
Authorization Act of 1999; H.R. 509, amended, to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to transfer to the personal representative of the 
estate of Fred Steffens of Big Horn County, Wyoming, certain land 
comprising the Steffens family property; and H.R. 510, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to transfer to John R. and Margaret J. Lowe 
of Big Horn County, Wyoming, certain land so as to correct an error in 
the patent issued to their predecessors in interest.
DISASTER MITIGATION AND COST REDUCTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 707, Disaster Mitigation and Cost Reduction Act 
of 1999. The rule waives clause 4(a) of Rule XIII (requiring a three-
day layover of the committee report) against consideration of the bill. 
The rule makes in order the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure amendment in the nature of a substitute as an original 
bill for purpose of amendment, which shall be open for amendment by 
title. The rule authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition 
to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional 
Record. The rule further authorizes 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 minute vote. Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Fowler.
OVERSIGHT--BUDGET AUTHORIZATION REQUESTS
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment held 
an oversight hearing on Fiscal Year 2000 Request: Department of Energy 
Office of Science; Environment, Safety, and Health; and Environmental 
Management. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Energy: Martha A. Krebs, Director, Office of Sciences; 
Dan M. Berkovitz, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Planning, Policy and 
Budget, Office of Environmental Management; and David M. Michaels, 
Assistant Secretary, Environment, Safety and Health; and Victor S. 
Rezendes, Director, Energy, Natural Resources, and Science Issues, 
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, GAO.
OVERSIGHT--AERO-SPACE TECHNOLOGY BUDGET
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a 
oversight hearing on Fiscal Year 2000 Budget: Aero-Space Technology. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Office of Aero-
Space Technology, NASA: Sam Armstrong, Associate Administrator; and 
Gary Payton, Deputy Associate Administrator (Space Transportation 
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PRIVATE MARKET--INVESTING SOCIAL SECURITY
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a 
hearing on Investing Social Security in the Private Market. Testimony 
was heard from Lawrence H. Summers, Deputy Secretary, Department of the 
Treasury; and public witnesses.
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE THREATS AND CAPABILITIES
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Held a hearing on 
Biological Warfare Threats and Capabilities. Testimony was heard from 
John Lauder, Special Assistant to the Director, Nonproliferation, CIA; 
and public witnesses.