[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 64 (Wednesday, May 5, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D487-D488]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FEDERAL MILK MARKETING ORDER REFORM--USDA'S FINAL DECISION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture 
held a hearing on the USDA's Final Decision for the Reform of Federal 
Milk Marketing Orders. Testimony was heard from Senator Kohl; 
Representatives Obey, Klink and Kind; Enrique E. Figueroa, 
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA; Ben Brancel, 
Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, 
State of Wisconsin; Gene Hugoson, Commissioner, Department of 
Agriculture, State of Minnesota; and public witnesses.
FINANCIAL SERVICES ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials 
continued hearings on H.R. 10, Financial Services Act of 1999. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Baker and Roukema; Robert E. 
Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury; Arthur Levitt, Jr., Chairman, SEC; 
and public witnesses.
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL SERVICE AUDIT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on Fiscal Year 1998 Audit of the 
Corporation for National Service. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Corporation for National Service: Harris 
Wofford, CEO; and Luise Jordan, Inspector General; and a public 
witness.
HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Postsecondary 
Education, Training, and Life-Long Learning held a hearing on 
Flexibility for Quality Programs and Innovative Ideas for High Quality 
Teachers. Testimony was heard from Marnie S. Shaul, Associate Director, 
Education and Employment Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--OCEAN SHIPPING REFORM ACT--ANTITRUST ASPECTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Held an oversight hearing on Antitrust 
Aspects of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Federal Maritime Commission: Harold 
J. Creel, Jr., Chairman; and Delmond J.H. Won, Commissioner; John 
Nannes, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, 
Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--FIRST AMENDMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held an 
oversight hearing on First Amendment and Restrictions on Political 
Speech. Testimony was heard from David M. Mason, Commissioner, FEC; and 
public witnesses.
TRADEMARK AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual 
Property held a hearing on H.R. 1565, Trademark Amendments Act of 1999. 
Testimony was heard from Todd Dickinson, Acting Assistant Secretary, 
and Acting Commissioner, Patents and Trademarks, Department of 
Commerce; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--NONIMMIGRANT VISA FRAUD
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims held 
an oversight hearing on nonimmigrant visa fraud. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of Justice: Michael 
Bromwich, Inspector General; William A. Yates, Director, Immigration 
Services and Gary Bradford, Assistant Director, Texas Service Center, 
both with the Immigration and Naturalization Service; the following 
officials of the Department of State: Jacquelyn L. Williams-Bridgers, 
Inspector General; Nancy Sambaiew, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Visa 
Services; and Jill Esposito, Post Liaison Division, Visa Office, both 
with the Bureau of Consular Affairs; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 359, 
Emigrant Wilderness Preservation Act of 1999; H.R. 747, Arizona 
Statehood and Enabling Act Amendments of 1999; H.R. 883, American Land 
Sovereignty Protection Act; H.R. 898, Spanish Peaks Wilderness; 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; and H.R. 1523, 
amended, Forests Roads--Community Right-To-Know Act.
KOSOVO EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: The Committee granted, by voice vote, an open rule 
providing one hour of general debate on H.R. 1664, making emergency 
supplemental appropriations for military operations, refugee relief, 
and humanitarian assistance relating to the conflict in Kosovo, and for 
military operations in Southwest Asia for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999 to be equally divided between the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The rule 
waives points of order against

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consideration of the bill for failure to comply with clause 4 of rule 
XIII (requiring a three-day layover of the committee report and 
requiring three-day availability of printed hearings on a general 
appropriations bill) and section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 (prohibiting consideration of legislation within the Budget 
Committee's jurisdiction, unless reported by the Budget Committee). The 
rule waives points of order against provisions in the bill for failure 
to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized or 
legislative appropriations in a general appropriations bill). The rule 
provides that before consideration of any other amendment it shall be 
in order to consider the amendments printed in the report of the Rules 
Committee. The rule makes in order amendments printed in the report 
accompanying this resolution, which may be offered only by a Member 
designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified, shall not be subject to amendment, 
and shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the question in 
the House or the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of 
order against amendments printed in the Rules Committee report. The 
rule waives points of order during consideration of the bill against 
amendments for failure to comply with clause 2(e) of rule XXI 
(prohibiting non-emergency designated amendments to be offered to an 
appropriations bill containing an emergency designation). The rule 
authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members who 
have pre-printed 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 voting time 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 Representatives Lewis of 
California, Istook, Hunter, Smith of New Jersey, Burton of Indiana, 
Rohrabacher, Gutknecht, Souder, Obey, Farr and Hall of Ohio.