[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 60 (Thursday, April 29, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D459-D461]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LIVESTOCK--PRICE REPORTING
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture 
held a hearing to review price reporting for livestock. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
EMERGENCY KOSOVO SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS; SUBALLOCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the Emergency Kosovo 
Supplemental Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1999.
  The Committee also approved the Fiscal Year 1999 Section 302(b) 
reallocations.
LABOR, HHS, AND EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services concluded appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from 
Members of Congress and public witnesses.
AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment held a 
hearing on reauthorization of the Agency for Health Care Policy and 
Research. Testimony was heard from John M. Eisenberg, M.D., 
Administrator, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Department 
of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
SUBPOENAS--ENERGY LABORATORIES SECURITY
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 
approved the issuance of subpoenas ad testificandum to secure testimony 
in connection with the Subcommittee's ongoing review of

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security at the Department of Energy's laboratories and nuclear weapon 
facilities.
TEAMSTERS--RE-RUN ELECTION
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on the International Brotherhood of 
Teamsters Re-run Election. Testimony was heard from Michael G. 
Cherkasky, Election Officer, International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
IMPROVING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Postsecondary 
Education, Training, and Life-Long Learning held a hearing on Improving 
Student Achievement: Examining Impact of Teacher Quality and Smaller 
Class Sizes. Testimony was heard from Pat Forgione, Jr., Commissioner, 
National Center of Education Statistics, Department of Education; and 
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information and Technology, and the Subcommittee on Economic 
Development, Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials and Pipeline 
Transportation of the Committee on Transportation held a joint hearing 
on Oversight of Federal Real Property Management: Obstacles and 
Innovative Approaches to Effective Property Management. Testimony was 
heard from J. Christopher Mihm, Associate Director, Federal Management 
and Workforce Issues, General Government Division, GAO; Randall Yim, 
Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Installations, Department of Defense; 
Denis Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior; Thomas Garthwaite, M.D., Deputy Under Secretary, Health, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; Rudolph Umscheid, Vice President, 
Facilities, U.S. Postal Service; G. Martin Wagner, Associate 
Administrator, Office of Governmentwide Policy, GSA; and a public 
witness.
OVERSIGHT--ANTHRAX--MANDATORY VACCINE--SAFETY AND EFFICACY
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans Affairs, and International Relations continued hearings on 
Anthrax (II): Safety and Efficacy of the Mandatory Vaccine. Testimony 
was heard from Kwai Chan, Director, Special Studies and Evaluations, 
National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO; Katherine 
Zoon, M.D., Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, 
FDA, Department of Health and Human Services; Brig. Gen. Eddie Cain, 
USA, Joint Program Manager, Biological Defense, Department of Defense; 
and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Postal Service approved 
for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 197, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service at 410 North 6th 
Street in Garden City, Kansas, as the ``Clifford R. Hope Post Office''; 
H.R. 1251, to designate the United States Postal Service building 
located at 8850 South 700 East, Sandy, Utah, as the ``Noel Cushing 
Batement Post Office Building''; H.R. 1377, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service at 13234 South Baltimore Avenue in 
Chicago, Illinois, as the ``John J. Buchanan Post Office Building''; 
H.R. 1191, to designate certain facilities of the United States Postal 
Service in Chicago, Illinois; and H.R. 22, amended, Postal 
Modernization Act.
DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa held a 
hearing on Democracy in Africa, 1989-1999: Progress, Problems and 
Prospects. Testimony was heard from Vivian Lowery Derryck, Assistant 
Administrator, Africa, AID, U.S. International Development Cooperation 
Agency; and public witnesses.
Y2K READINESS AND RESPONSIBILITY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Began markup of H.R. 755, Year 2000 
Readiness and Responsibility Act.
  Will continue May 4.
OVERSIGHT--REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans held an oversight hearing on Regulatory Flexibility 
Act and the Economic Impact of National Marine Fisheries Service 
Regulations. Testimony was heard from Penelope Dalton, Assistant 
Administrator, Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 
Department of Commerce; Jere W. Glover, Chief Counsel for Advocacy, 
SBA; 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. 747, 
Arizona Statehood and Enabling Act Amendments of 1999; H.R. 791, 
amended, Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Study Act of 
1999; H.R. 834, to extend

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the authorization for the National Historic Preservation Fund; and H.R. 
1104, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer 
administrative jurisdiction over land within the boundaries of the Home 
of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site to the Archivist of the 
United States for the construction of a visitor center.
SECOND BIPARTISAN CONGRESSIONAL RETREAT PROPOSALS
Committee on Rules: Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House 
held a hearing on proposals from the Second Bipartisan Congressional 
Retreat. Testimony was heard from Representatives LaHood, Sawyer, 
Houghton and Eshoo, all Co-Chairs, Retreat Planning Committee; Stanley 
Bach, Senior Specialist, Legislative Process Government Division, 
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science: Ordered reported amended the following bills: 
H.R. 1550, Fire Administration Authorization Act of 1999; H.R. 1551, 
Civil Aviation Research and Development Authorization Act of 1999; H.R. 
1552, Marine Research and Related Environmental Research and 
Development Programs Authorization Act of 1999; and H.R. 1553, National 
Weather Service and Related Agencies Authorization Act of 1999.
KYOTO PROTOCOL
Committee on Small Business, Held a hearing to further examine the 
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate 
Change. Testimony was heard from Janet L. Yellen, Chair, Council of 
Economic Advisers; and a public witness.