[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 91 (Thursday, June 24, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D726-D729]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FEDERAL MILK MARKETING ORDERS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture 
held a hearing to review H.R. 1402, to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture to implement the Class I milk price structure known as 
Option 1-A as part of the implementation of the

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final rule to consolidate Federal milk marketing orders. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Blunt and Green of Wisconsin; Jesse Ventura, 
Governor, State of Minnesota; and public witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY--SECURITY PROBLEMS
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the security problems at 
the U.S. Department of Energy. Testimony was heard from Warren B. 
Rudman, Chairman, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
COUNTERPARTY RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY GROUP STUDY
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Securities, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a 
hearing on a Study Released by The Counterparty Risk Management Policy 
Group. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials 
held a hearing on H.R. 1714, Electronic Signatures in Global and 
National Commerce Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DATA SERVICES DEPLOYMENT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection, held a hearing on Deployment of Data Services. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
BILINGUAL EDUCATION ACT EXAMINATION
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families held a hearing on Examining the 
Bilingual Education Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
IMMUNITY RESOLUTIONS; DO TIGHTER SECURITY ADVOCATES FACE INTIMIDATION?
Committee on Government Reform: Ordered reported H.R. 1327, to 
designate the United States Postal Service building located at 34480 
Highway 101 South in Cloverdale, Oregon, as the ``Maureen B. Neuberger 
United States Post Office.''
  The Committee approved resolutions to Grant Immunity to Maria Mapili, 
Reynaldo Mapili and Charles T. Chiang.
  The Committee held a hearing on Retaliation at the Departments of 
Defense and Energy: Do Advocates of Tighter Security for U.S. 
Technology Face Intimidation? Testimony was heard from Representative 
Weldon of Pennsylvania; Lt.Col. Edward McCallum, Director, Office of 
Safeguards and Security, Department of Energy; the following officials 
of the Department of Defense: Peter Leitner, Senior Strategic Trade 
Adviser and Michael Maloof, Chief, Technology Security Operations, both 
with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency; and Jonathan Fox, Arms 
Control Specialist, Defense Special Weapons Agency.
  The Committee also met in executive session on this subject. 
Testimony was heard from Robert Henson, Physcist, Los Alamos National 
Laboratory, Department of Energy.
FRANCHISING OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held an oversight hearing on franchising: the 
franchise relationship, mutual rights and obligations of franchisees 
and franchisors, and assessing the need for more regulation. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Coble, LaFalce and Dickey; and public 
witnesses.
PAIN RELIEF PROMOTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing on H.R. 2260, Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual 
Property held an oversight hearing on the Report of the U.S. Copyright 
Office on Copyright and Digital Distance Education; and Intellectual 
Property Security Registration. Testimony was heard from Marybeth 
Peters, Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress; and public 
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--U.S. SECRET SERVICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight 
hearing on the United States Secret Service. Testimony was heard from 
Brian Stafford, Director, U.S. Secret Service, Department of the 
Treasury.
NATIONAL MONUMENT NEPA COMPLIANCE ACT; OVERSIGHT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands 
approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 1487, National 
Monument NEPA Compliance Act.
  The Subcommittee also held an oversight hearing on Noxious Weeds and 
Invasive Plants. Testimony was heard from Henri Bisson, Assistant 
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Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Robert Lewis, 
Deputy Chief, Research and Development, Forest Service, USDA; and 
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--RESTRUCTURED ELECTRIC INDUSTRY
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held an 
oversight hearing on the Role of the Power Marketing Administration's 
in a Restructured Electric Industry. Testimony was heard from James J. 
Hoecker, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of 
Energy; Victor S. Rezendes, Director, Energy, Resources, and Science 
Issues, Resources, Community and Economic Development Division, GAO; 
and public witnesses,
FOSTER CARE INDEPENDENCE ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 
one hour of general debate on H.R. 1802, Foster Care Independence Act 
of 1999. The rule further provides 20 minutes of general debate equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking member of the 
Committee on Commerce.
  The rule waives clause 401(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
(prohibiting consideration of legislation providing new entitlement 
authority which becomes effective during the current fiscal year) 
against consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment the amendment in the nature 
of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means. The 
rule also waives clause 401(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
against consideration of the amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  The rule provides for consideration of only the amendments printed in 
the report accompanying the resolution. The rule further provides that 
the amendments will be considered only in the order specified in the 
report, may be offered only by a Member designated in this report, 
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified 
in this 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. The rule waives all points of 
order against the amendments printed in the report.
  Additionally, 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 Representatives 
Johnson of Connecticut, Buyer, Cardin, and Thompson of California.
WHY ARE GOVERNMENT WEBSITES VULNERABLE?
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Technology held a hearing on 
Federal Agencies Under Attack: Why Are Government Websites Vulnerable? 
Testimony was heard from Raymond Kammer, Director, National Institute 
of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce; Michael Jacobs, 
Deputy Director, Information Systems Security, NSA, Department of 
Defense; and Keith Rhodes, Technical Director, Office of the Chief 
Scientist, GAO.
PRIME ACT; LOAN PROGRAMS AMENDMENTS
Committee on Small Business: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 413, 
PRIME ACT.
  The Committee also held a hearing on proposed amendments to the 7(a) 
and 504 Loan Programs. Testimony was heard from Fred P. Hochberg, 
Deputy Administrator, SBA; and public witnesses.
TRADE SANCTIONS--PENALIZE SMALL BUSINESS
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Tax, Finance, and Exports 
held a hearing on ``Do Unilateral Economic Trade Sanctions Unfairly 
Penalize Small Business?'' Testimony was heard from Representative 
Crane; and public witnesses.
HOMELESS VETERANS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on the effectiveness of federal grants to 
community based organizations with regard to homeless veterans. 
Testimony was heard from Cynthia A. Bascetta, Associate Director, 
Veterans Affairs and Military Health Care Issues, GAO; Espiridion A. 
Borrego, Assistant Secretary, Veterans' Employment and Training, 
Department of Labor; Fred Karnas, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Special 
Needs Assistance Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development; 
Peter H. Dougherty, Director, Homeless Veterans Programs, Department of 
Veterans Affairs; and public witnesses.
WORLD DEVELOPMENTS BRIEFING
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a briefing on World Developments: A Global Update. The Committee 
was briefed by departmental witnesses.

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Joint Meetings
Y2K ACT
  Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House 
passed versions of H.R. 775, to establish certain procedures for civil 
actions brought for damages relating to the failure of any device or 
system to process or otherwise deal with the transition from the year 
1999 to the year 2000, but did not complete action thereon, and will 
meet again on Tuesday, June 29.