[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 11, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D508-D510]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SOCIAL SECURITY RETURNS--USING LONG-TERM MARKET STRATEGIES
Committee on the Budget: Social Security Task Force held a hearing on 
Using Long-term Market Investment Strategies to Enhance Social Security 
Returns. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
NTIA REAUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on the NTIA Reauthorization Act of 
1999. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Commerce: Larry Irving, Assistant Secretary, 
Communications and Information; and George Ross, Assistant Inspector 
General, Auditing; Col. Richard W. Skinner, USAF, Assistant

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Deputy Secretary, Space and ISR Programs, Department of Defense; and 
public witnesses.
ESEA--EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families held a hearing on Education Technology 
under ESEA. Testimony was heard from Eugene Hickok, Secretary, 
Department of Education, State of Pennsylvania; Henry Marockie, 
Superintendent of Schools, Department of Education, State of West 
Virginia; and public witnesses.
JOHNNY CHUNG: FOREIGN CONNECTIONS, FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
  Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing on Johnny Chung: 
Foreign Connections, Foreign Contributions. Testimony was heard from 
Johnny Chung.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa approved 
for full Committee action as amended the following resolutions: H. Con. 
Res. 75, condemning the National Islamic Front (NIF) government for its 
genocidal war in southern Sudan, support for terrorism, and continued 
human rights violations; and H. Res. 62, expressing concern over the 
escalating violence, the gross violations of human rights, and the 
ongoing attempts to overthrow a democratically elected government in 
Sierra Leone.
OVERSIGHT--MARSHALL ISLANDS--NUCLEAR CLAIMS, RELOCATION AND 
RESETTLEMENT EFFORTS
Committee on Resources: Held an oversight hearing on the status of 
Nuclear Claims, Relocation and Resettlement Efforts in the Marshall 
Islands. Testimony was heard from Stanley Roth, Assistant Secretary, 
East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State; Allan Stayman, 
Director, Office of Insular Affairs, Department of the Interior; Kurt 
M. Campbell, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Asian and Pacific Affairs, 
International Security Affairs, Department of Defense; Paul Seligman, 
M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Health Studies, Department of Energy; 
the following officials of the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Philip 
Muller, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Trade; Marie L. Maddison, 
Secretary, Foreign Affairs and Trade; and H.E. Tony deBrum, Minister of 
Finance; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands 
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 592, to redesignate Great 
Kills Park in the Gateway National Recreation Area as ``World War II 
Veterans Park at Great Kills''; and H.R. 1031, White Bluffs Protection 
Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Fossella and Hastings of 
Washington; the following officials of the Department of the Interior: 
Denis Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park Service; and Steve 
Richardson, Chief of Staff, Bureau of Reclamation; Dan Berkovitz, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Policy, Planning, and Budget-
Environmental Management, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
YEAR 2000 READINESS AND RESPONSIBILITY ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 
1 hour of debate on H.R. 775, Year 2000 Readiness and Responsibility 
Act. The rule makes in order as an original bill for purpose of 
amendment the Committee on the Judiciary amendment in the nature of a 
substitute now printed in the bill, modified by the amendments printed 
in part 1 of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying the 
resolution.
  The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in part 2 of 
the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. The rule 
provides that 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 
proponent 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 rule provides one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Goodlatte, Ehlers, Davis of Virginia, Nadler, Scott and Lofgren.
GSA'S FISCAL YEAR 2000 CAPITAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials and 
Pipeline Transportation held a hearing on GSA's Fiscal Year 2000 
Capital Investment Program. Testimony was heard from Paul Chistolini, 
Deputy Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, GSA.

Joint Meetings
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Conferees continued in evening session to resolve the differences 
between the Senate and House passed

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versions of H.R. 1141, making emergency supplemental appropriations for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999.
FORMER YUGOSLAVIA INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the status of the International Criminal Tribunal 
for the former Yugoslavia, after receiving testimony from Nina Bang-
Jensen, Coalition for International Justice, and Paul Williams, 
American University, both of Washington, D.C.; and Jennifer Green, 
Center for Constitutional Law, New York, New York.