[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 59 (Wednesday, April 28, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D449-D451]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING--MEAT AND PRODUCE
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture 
held a hearing to review country of origin labeling for meat and 
produce. Testimony was heard from Representatives Hill, Pomeroy, Bono, 
and Chenoweth; Caren A. Wilcox, Deputy Under Secretary, Food Safety, 
USDA; Robert E. Robertson, Associate Director, Food and Agriculture 
Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia 
held a hearing on Corrections; Court Services and Offender Supervision; 
and Public Defender Service. Testimony was heard from John L. Clark, 
Corrections Trustee; John A. Carver, Trustee, Court Services and 
Offender Supervision; and Jo-Ann Wallace, Director, Public Defender 
Service.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on 
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Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the National Foundation on the Arts and 
the Humanities: William R. Ferris, Chairman, National Endowment for the 
Humanities; and Bill Ivey, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts.
LABOR, HHS, AND EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education held a hearing on Inspectors General Panel and 
on the Nobel Laureate Panel. Testimony was heard from Charles C. 
Masten, Inspector General, Department of Labor; June Gibbs Brown, 
Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services; John P. 
Higgins, Jr., Acting Inspector General, Department of Education; James 
G. Huse, Jr., Acting Inspector General, SSA; and Martin J. Dickman, 
Inspector General, Railroad Retirement Board; Paul Berg, 1980 Nobel 
Prize in Chemistry; Joseph L. Goldstein, 1985 Nobel Prize in Physiology 
or Medicine; Thomas R. Cech, 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; and the 
following winners of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists 
and Engineers: David D. Chang and Ulrike Heberlein.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies concluded appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
YUGOSLAVIA--MILITARY OPTIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on military options in 
Yugoslavia. Testimony was heard from the following former officials of 
the Department of Defense: Maj. Gen. Charles Link, USAF (Ret.); Lt. 
Gen. Van Riper, USMC (Ret.), former Assistant Commandant of the Marine 
Corps; Maj. Gen. Bill Nash, USA (Ret.); Col. Harry Summers, USA (Ret.); 
and Col. Robert Killebrew, USA (Ret.), former Director, Army After Next 
Program.
NATURAL DISASTER--IMPACT ON HOMEOWNERS' INSURANCE AVAILABILITY
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing 
and Community Opportunity held a hearing on Growing Threats of Natural 
Disaster and the Impact on Homeowners' Insurance Availability. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FINANCIAL SERVICES ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials 
held a hearing on H.R. 10, Financial Services Act of 1999. Testimony 
was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal 
Reserve System.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Ordered reported the 
following measures: H.R. 905, amended, Missing, Exploited, and Runaway 
Children Protection Act; H. Con. Res. 88, urging the Congress and the 
President to increase funding for the Pell Grant Program and existing 
Campus-Based Aid Programs; and H. Con. Res. 84, amended, urging the 
Congress and the President to fully fund the Federal Government's 
obligation under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
BANKRUPTCY REFORM ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported amended H.R. 833, 
Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1999.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported amended the following bills: 
H.R. 66, to preserve the cultural resources of the Route 66 corridor 
and to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance; 
H.R. 150, Education Land Grant Act; H.R. 562, to approve and ratify 
certain transfers of land and natural resources by or on behalf of the 
Delaware Nation of Indians; H.R. 658, Thomas Cole National Historic 
Site Act; H.R. 659, Protect America's Treasures of the Revolution for 
Independence for Our Tomorrow Act.
  The Committee also approved a motion to authorize the Chairman to 
issue subpoenas for records regarding the oversight review of the 
cancellation of a long-term contract between the United States and the 
Alaska Pulp Corporation.
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a voice vote, a structured rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 1480, Water Resources Development 
Act of 1999. 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, modified by the amendments 
printed in part 1 of this report. The rule also waives all points of 
order against consideration of the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in part 2 of 
this report. Amendments made in order may be offered only in the order 
printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in 
the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the 
time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
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and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be 
subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the 
Committee of the Whole.
  The rule allows for the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to 
postpone votes during consideration of the bill, and to reduce voting 
time to five minutes on a postponed question if the vote follows a 
fifteen minute vote. Finally, the rules provides for one motion to 
recommit, with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Shuster and Representatives Boehlert, Oberstar and Tauscher.
K-12 MATH AND SCIENCE EDUCATION
Committee on Science: Held a hearing on K-12 Math and Science 
Education--What is Being Done to Improve It? Testimony was heard from 
Rita Colwell, Director, NSF; Judith Johnson, Acting Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of 
Education; Daniel Goldin, Administrator, NASA; and public witnesses.
NSF BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Basic Research held a hearing on 
National Science Foundation fiscal year 2000 Budget Request. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the NSF: Rita Colwell, 
Director; and Eamon Kelly, Chairman, National Science Board.
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session 
and ordered reported amended H.R. 1555, Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2000.