[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 19, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D556-D557]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Risk Management, Research and 
Specialty Crops, continued hearings on Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission Reauthorization. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS; BUDGET ALLOCATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
appropriation for fiscal year 2000.
  The Committee also approved Suballocations of Budget Allocations for 
fiscal year 2000.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1401, 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001.
WORK INCENTIVES IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Commerce: Ordered reported amended H.R. 1180, Work 
Incentives Improvement Act of 1999.
CHEMICAL SAFETY INFORMATION AND SITE SECURITY ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment, hearing 
on H.R. 1790, Chemical Safety Information and Site Security Act of 
1999. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Justice: Ivan K. Fong, Deputy Associate Attorney General; 
and Robert Burnham, Chief, Domestic Terrorism Section, FBI; Timothy 
Fields, Jr., Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, EPA; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue May 26.
OLDER AMERICANS ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Postsecondary 
Education, Training, and Life Long Learning held a hearing on H.R. 782, 
Older Americans Act Amendments Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from 
Marnie S. Shaul, Associate Director, Education and Employment Issues, 
GAO; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections approved for full Committee action the following bills: 
H.R. 1459, Models of Safety and Health Excellence Act of 1999; H.R. 
1439, Safety and Health Audit Promotion and Whistleblower Improvement 
Act of 1999; H.R. 987, Workplace Preservation Act; and H.R. 1381, 
Rewarding Performance in Compensation Act, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
Committee on Government Reform: Ordered reported the following bills: 
H.R. 974, amended, District of Columbia College Access Act; H.R. 1074, 
amended, Regulatory Right-to-Know Act of 1999; H.R. 206, to provide for 
greater access to child care services for Federal employees; H.R. 100, 
to establish designations for United States Postal Service buildings in 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 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. 1191, to 
designate certain facilities of the United States Postal Service in 
Chicago, Illinois; H.R. 1251, to designate the United States Postal 
Service building located at 8850 South 700 East, Sandy, Utah, as the 
``Noal Cushing Bateman Post Office Building''; H.R. 1377, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal

[[Page D557]]

Service at 13234 South Baltimore Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, as the 
``John J. Buchanan Post Office Building''; H.R. 28, Quality Child Care 
for Federal Employees Act; H.R. 1442, amended, Law Enforcement and 
Public Safety Enhancement Act of 1999; H.R. 1219, amended, Construction 
Industry Payment Protection Act of 1999; and H.R. 457, Organ Donor 
Leave Act.
  The Committee also approved the following: a draft report entitled: 
``Making the Federal Government Accountable: Enforcing the Mandate for 
Effective Financial Management''; and the release of Interrogatories 
and Documents related to Committee investigation of illegal 
fundraising.
OVERSIGHT--MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE'S ROYALTY VALUATION PROGRAM
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology held an oversight hearing on the Minerals 
Management Service's Royalty Valuation Program. Testimony was heard 
from Susan Kladiva, Associate Director, Energy, Resources, and Science 
Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, GAO; 
the following officials of the Department of the Interior: Sylvia Baca, 
Acting Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management; and Robert 
Williams, Acting Inspector General; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
1659, amended, National Police Training Commission Act of 1999; H.R. 
462, to clarify that governmental pension plans of the possessions of 
the United States shall be treated in the same manner as State pension 
plans for purposes of the limitation on the State income taxation of 
pension income; and H.R. 576. to amend title 4, United States Code, to 
add the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday to the list of days on which 
the flag should especially be displayed.
  The Committee also approved private relief bills.
AMERICAN LAND SOVEREIGNTY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified open rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 883, American Land Sovereignty 
Protection Act.
  The rule provides that the bill will be open for amendment at any 
point and that the amendment process shall not exceed 4 hours. The rule 
makes in order only those amendments preprinted in the Congressional 
Record and pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate. The rule 
provides that the amendments may be offered only by the Member who 
caused it to be printed or his designee, shall be considered as read, 
and may be amended.
  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 Young 
and Representatives Miller of California and Vento.
NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE DEPLOYMENT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule which makes in order 
a motion to concur in the Senate amendment in the House to the bill, 
H.R. 4, to declare it to be the policy of the United States to deploy a 
national missile defense. The rule provides 1 hour of debate on the 
motion equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Armed Services.
VETERAN'S MILLENNIUM HEALTH CARE ACT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
on Veteran's Millennium Health Care Act. Testimony was heard from 
Kenneth W. Kitzer, M.D., Under Secretary, Health, Department of 
Veterans Affairs; and representatives of veterans' organizations.