[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 12, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D518-D520]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative approved for 
full Committee action the Legislative appropriations for fiscal year 
2000.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Special Oversight Panel on Merchant Marine 
approved for full Committee consideration recommendations on H.R. 1401, 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare 
and Recreation approved for full Committee consideration 
recommendations on H.R. 1401, National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and 
Facilities approved for full Committee action H.R. 1401, National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001.
OFHEO'S PROPOSED RISK-BASED CAPITAL RULE
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing 
on the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight's proposed Risk-
Based Capital Rule. Testimony was heard from Mark A. Kinsey, Acting 
Director, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development.
REGULATORY BURDEN RELIEF
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit held a hearing on Regulatory Burden 
Relief. Testimony was heard from Laurence H. Meyer, member, Board of 
Governors, Federal Reserve System; the following officials of the 
Department of the Treasury: John D. Hawke, Jr., Comptroller of the 
Currency; and Carolyn J. Buck, Chief Counsel, Office of Thrift 
Supervision; Andrew Hove, Vice Chairman, FDIC; Robert Fenner, General 
Counsel, National Credit Union Administration; and public witnesses.
EVEN START AND FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAMS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Held a hearing on Even Start 
and Family Literacy Programs Under the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act. Testimony was heard from Andy Hartman, Director, 
National Institute for Literacy, Department of Education; Cheryl 
Keenan, Director, Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education, 
Department of Education, State of Pennsylvania; Mary Brown, Program 
Supervisor, Even State Family Education Program, Public Schools, 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and public witnesses.
DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR AND EDUCATION--MANAGEMENT--Y2K COMPUTER PROBLEM
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on Review of the Management of the Year 
2000 Computer Problem by the Department of Labor and the Department of 
Education. Testimony was heard from Marshall Smith, Acting Deputy 
Secretary, Department of Education; the following officials of the 
Department of Labor: Patricia W. Lattimore, Assistant Secretary, 
Administration and Management; and Patricia A. Dalton, Assistant 
Inspector General; Joel Willemssen, Director, Civil Agencies 
Information Systems Issues, GAO; and a public witness.
RUSSIA'S FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTIVES: WHAT ARE THEY?
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on Russia's 
Foreign Policy Objectives: What are They? Testimony was heard from 
Steven R. Sestanovich, Ambassador at Large and Special Adviser to the 
Secretary for Independent States, Department of State; Lt. Gen. Brent 
Scowcroft, USAF (Ret.), former Assistant to the President for National 
Security Affairs; and a public witness.
DEMOCRACY IN INDONESIA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific held a hearing on Democracy in Indonesia: Preparations for the 
National Election. Testimony was heard from Stanley Roth, Assistant 
Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State; Robert 
C. Randolph, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia and the Near 
East, AID, U.S.

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International Development Cooperation Agency; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL POLICE TRAINING COMMISSION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Held a hearing on H.R. 1659, National 
Police Training Commission Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Serrano, Meeks of New York, and Walsh; Julius Davis, 
Deputy Chief of Police, Los Angeles, California; the following 
officials of the Department of Police, Chicago, Illinois: Callie L. 
Baird, Administrator in Charge, Office of Professional Standards; and 
Charles B. Roberts, Assistant Deputy Superintendent; Terrence W. 
Gainer, Assistant Chief of Police, Metropolitan Police Department, 
District of Columbia; and public witnesses.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing on H.R. 1691, Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1999. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--IMPLEMENTATION--NET ACT AND ENFORCEMENT AGAINST INTERNET 
PIRACY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual 
Property held an oversight hearing on the Implementation of the Net Act 
and Enforcement Against Internet Piracy. Testimony was heard from Kevin 
V. DiGregory, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Computers Crime 
Division, Department of Justice; Timothy B. McGrath, Interim Staff 
Director, U.S. Sentencing Commission; and public witnesses.
CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on 
H.R. 764, Child Abuse Prevention and Enforcement Act. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Justice: 
Cathryn Turman, Acting Director, Office for Victims of Crime; and 
Patrick Coleman, Deputy Director, Policy and Management, Bureau of 
Justice Assistance; and public witnesses.
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified open rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 1555, Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2000.
  The rule makes in order the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Select Committee on Intelligence as an original bill 
for the purpose of amendment. The rule provides that the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute shall be considered by title and that each 
title shall be considered as read. The rule waives points of order 
against the amendment in the nature of a substitute for failure to 
comply with clause 7 of rule XVI (prohibiting nongermane amendments).
  The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the 
Congressional Record. The rule provides that each amendment printed in 
the Congressional Record may be offered only by the Member who caused 
it to be printed or his designee, and each amendment shall be 
considered as read.
  The rule allows 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 Chairman Goss.
COMPREHENSIVE BUDGET PROCESS REFORM ACT
Committee on Rules: Held a hearing on H.R. 853, Comprehensive Budget 
Process Reform Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Nussle, Cardin and Minge; Dan L. Crippen, Director, CBO; Susan J. 
Irving, Associate Director, Federal Budget Issues, GAO; and public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
METHANE HYDRATE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment approved 
for full Committee action amended H.R. 1753, Methane Hydrate Research 
and Development Act of 1999.
  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 1753 
(and S. 330). Testimony was heard from Robert S. Kripowicz, Principal 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fossil Energy, Department of Energy; 
William Dillon, Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the 
Interior; and a public witness.
Y2K IN ORBIT: IMPACT ON SATELLITES AND GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Technology, the Subcommittee on 
Space and Aeronautics and the Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information and Technology of the Committee on Government Reform held a 
joint hearing on Y2K in Orbit: Impact on Satellites and the Global 
Positioning System. Testimony was heard from Lee B. Holcomb, Chief 
Information Officer, Department of Defense; Marvin Langston, Deputy 
Chief Information Officer, Department of Defense; Keith Rhodes,

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Technical Director, Computers and Telecommunications, GAO; and a public 
witness.
RECYCLE AMERICA'S LAND ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment held a hearing on H.R. 1300, Recycle 
America's Land Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from Carol M. Browner, 
Administrator, EPA; and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
  Conferees continued in evening session to resolve the differences 
between the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 1141, making 
emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999.