[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 49 (Monday, April 12, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D364]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: On March 26, the Subcommittee on Interior 
held a hearing on the Indian Health Service. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of the Interior: Kevin Gover, 
Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs and Thomas M. Thompson, Acting 
Special Trustee for American Indians.
IRAQI OIL FOR FOOD PROGRAM
Committee on Commerce: On March 26, the Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power held a hearing on The Iraqi Oil for Food Program and Its Impact. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Watkins; Bill Wood, Principal 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of International Organizations, 
Department of State; Jay Hakes, Administrator, Energy Information 
Administration, Department of Energy; Carl Michael Smith, Secretary of 
Energy, State of Oklahoma; Michael Williams, Commissioner, Railroad 
Commission, State of Texas; and public witnesses.
REVIEW--FEDERAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Committee on Government Reform: On March 31, the Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on 
``Can the Federal Government Balance Its Books? A Review of the Federal 
Consolidated Financial Statements''. Testimony was heard from David M. 
Walker, Comptroller General, GAO; G. Edward DeSeve, Deputy Director, 
Management, OMB; and Donald V. Hammond, Fiscal Assistant Secretary, 
Department of the Treasury.
OVERSIGHT--HCFA FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Committee on Government Reform: On March 26, the Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Information, and Technology held a hearing on 
``Oversight of Financial Management Practices at the Health Care 
Financing Administration''. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: June Gibbs 
Brown, Inspector General; and Michael M. Hash, Deputy Administrator, 
Health Care Financing Administration.
MICROENTERPRISE FOR SELF-RELIANCE ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 1143, Microenterprise for Self-Reliance 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 provides that the bill shall be open for amendment by section. The 
rule authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members 
who have preprinted 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 minute 
vote. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Gilman and 
Representative Gejdenson.