[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 18, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D546-D548]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FOREST SERVICE--PAYMENT TO COUNTIES
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry held a hearing to review U.S. Forest 
Service payments to counties. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Risk Management, Research and 
Specialty Crops held a hearing on Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
Reauthorization. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission: Brooksley Born, Chairperson; 
Barbara Pedersen Holum, David D. Spears and James E. Newsome, 
Commissioners; Gary Gensler, Under Secretary Domestic Finance, 
Department of the Treasury; Annette L. Nazareth, Director, Division of 
Market Regulation, SEC; and Patrick M. Parkinson, Associate Director, 
Division of Research and Statistics, Board of Governors, Federal 
Reserve System.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia 
held a hearing on D.C. Courts. Testimony was heard from Gloria L. 
Jarmon, Director, Health, Education and Human Services, Accounting and 
Financial Management Issues, GAO; and the following officials of the 
Courts of the District of Columbia: Chief Judge Annice M. Wagner, Court 
of Appeals; Chief Judge Eugene N. Hamilton, Superior Court; and Ulysses 
B. Hammond, Executive Officer.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Procurement 
approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 1401, National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2000 and 2001.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Research and 
Development approved for full Committee action H.R. 1401, National 
Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2000 and 2001.

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SCHOOL VIOLENCE
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families held a hearing on School Violence: Views 
of Students and the Community. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
HEPATITIS B VACCINE
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy, and Human Resources held a hearing on Hepatitis B Vaccine: Is 
the Vaccine Helping or Hurting Public Health? Testimony was heard from 
Representative Moakley; the following officials of the Department of 
Health and Human Services: Harold Margolis, Chief, Hepatitis Branch, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and Susan Ellenberg, 
Director, Biostatistics and Epidemiology Division, FDA; and public 
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--CUSTOMER SERVICE--OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology held a hearing on Oversight of Customer 
Service at the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs. Testimony was 
heard from Matthew Fairbanks, Special Agent/Pilot, DEA, Department of 
Justice; the following officials of the Department of Labor: Patricia 
Dalton, Deputy Inspector General; and Shelby Hallmark, Deputy Director, 
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
Committee on House Administration: Held a hearing on the FEC. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the FEC: Scott E. Thomas, 
Chairman; and Darryl Wold, Vice Chairman and Chairman, Federal Election 
Commission Budget Committee; and public witnesses.
ENCRYPTION: SECURITY IN A HIGH TECH ERA
Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on International 
Economic Policy and Trade held a hearing on Encryption: Security in a 
High Tech Era. Testimony was heard from William E. Reinsch, Under 
Secretary, Bureau of Export Administration, Department of Commerce; 
Barbara McNamara, Deputy Director, NSA, Department of Defense; Ron Lee, 
Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims held 
a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 238, to amend section 274 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to impose mandatory minimum sentences, 
and increase certain sentences, for bringing in and harboring certain 
aliens and to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide enhanced 
penalties for persons committing such offenses while armed; H.R. 456, 
for the relief of the survivors of the 14 members of the Armed Forces 
and the one United States civilian Federal employee who were killed on 
April 14, 1994, when United States fighter aircraft mistakenly shot 
down 2 United States helicopters over Iraq; H.R. 945, to deny to aliens 
the opportunity to apply for asylum in Guam; and H.R. 1745, to amend 
the Immigraton and Nationality Act to provide for the removal of aliens 
who associate with known terrorists. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Collins, Rogan, Underwood and Udall of Colorado; Capt. 
Elliott L. Bloxom, USN, Director, Compensation for Military Personnel 
Policy, Department of Defense; the following officials of the 
Department of Justice: Donald M. Rooney, Deputy Assistant Attorney 
General, Civil Division; and Bo Cooper, Acting General Counsel, 
Immigration and Naturalization Service; Capt. Anthony Tangeman, USCG, 
Chief, Office of Law Enforcement, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of 
Transportation; and a public witness.
OVERSIGHT--FOREST SYSTEMS--RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held 
an oversight hearing on Public and Private Resource Management and 
Protection Issues in the National Forest Systems. Testimony was heard 
from William F. Wasley, Director, Law Enforcement and Investigations, 
Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
WW II VETERANS PARK AT GREAT KILLS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands 
approved for full Committee action as amended H.R. 592, to redesignate 
Great Kills Park in the Gateway National Recreation Area as ``World War 
II Veterans Park at Great Kills''.
NASA AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 1654, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Authorization Act of 1999. The rule waives points of 
order against consideration of the bill for failure to comply with 
clause 4(a) of rule XIII (requiring a three-day layover of the 
committee report). The rule provides that the amendment in the nature 
of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Science now printed in 
the bill be considered as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment. The rule provides that the committee amendment in the nature 
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substitute shall be considered as open to amendment at any point. 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 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 Chairman Sensenbrenner and 
Representative Gordon.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND RELATED AGENCIES AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 1553, National Weather and Related Agencies 
Authorization Act of 1999. The rule waives points of order against 
consideration of the bill for failure to comply with clause 4(a) of 
rule XIII (requiring a three-day layover of the committee report). The 
rule provides that it shall be in order to consider as an original bill 
for the purpose of amendment under the five minute rule the amendment 
in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Science 
and now printed in the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute shall be open for amendment at any point. 
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 
Chairman Sensenbrenner and Representative Gordon.
OPIC--ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESS EXPORTERS
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Tax, Finance, and Exports 
held a hearing on the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and its 
assistance to small business exporters. Testimony was heard from George 
Munoz, President and CEO, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, U.S. 
International Development Cooperation Agency; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade approved for full 
Committee action the following bills: H.R. 1833, amended, Trade Agency 
Authorizations, Drug Free Borders and Prevention of On-Line Child 
Pornography Act of 1999; and H.R. 984, Caribbean and Central America 
Relief and Economic Stabilization Act.