[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 94 (Tuesday, June 29, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D745-D747]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior approved for full 
Committee action the Interior appropriations for fiscal year 2000.
SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM PLANS
Committee on the Budget: Social Security Task Force held a hearing on 
Review of Social Security Reform Plans. Testimony was heard from 
Senators Gregg and Breaux; Representatives Archer, Shaw, Kolbe, 
Stenholm, Smith of Michigan, Sanford, DeFazio, Nadler, Bartlett of 
Maryland and Markey.
DOE NUCLEAR FACILITIES--WORKER SAFETY
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 
held a hearing on Worker Safety at DOE Nuclear Facilities. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy: 
David M. Michaels, Assistant Secretary, Environment, Safety, and 
Health; and R. Keith Christopher, Director, Office of Enforcement and 
Investigations; the following officials of the GAO: Gary I. Jones, 
Associate Director, Energy, Resources, and Science Issues; and William 
R. Swick, Assistant Director, Seattle Field Office; and public 
witnesses.
MUHAMMAD ALI BOXING REFORM ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on H.R. 1832, Muhammad Ali Boxing 
Reform Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ENHANCING RETIREMENT SECURITY
Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Employer-
Employee Relations, hearing on Enhancing Retirement Security, including 
discussion of H.R. 1102, Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension 
Reform Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Portman and 
Cardin.
DEFENSE OFFSETS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy, and Human Resources held a hearing on ``Defense Offsets: Are 
They Taking Away Our Jobs?'' Testimony was heard from Senator Feingold; 
Roger Majak, Assistant Secretary, Export Administration, Department of 
Commerce; Alfred Volkman, Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Commercial and 
International Programs, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
GOVERNMENT WASTE CORRECTIONS ACT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology held a hearing on H.R. 1827, Government 
Waste Corrections Act of 1999. Testimony was a heard from David Walker, 
Comptroller General, GAO; Deidre Lee, Acting Director, Management, OMB; 
the following officials of the Department of

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Defense: George H. Allen, Deputy Commander, Defense Supply Center, 
Philadelphia; and Gerald R. Peterson, Chief, Accounts Payable Division, 
Army Air Force Exchange Service; Michelle Snyder, Director, Financial 
Management Office, and Chief Financial Officer, Health Care Financing 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; and public 
witnesses.
CAMPAIGN REFORM
Committee on House Administration: Continued hearings on Campaign 
Reform. Testimony was heard from Representatives Gillmor, Hutchinson, 
Regula, Shays, Mink of Hawaii, Andrews, and Tanner.
Y2K, CUSTOMS FLOWS AND GLOBAL TRADE
Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on International 
Economic Policy and Trade held a hearing on ``Y2K, Customs Flows and 
Global Trade: Are We Prepared to Meet the Challenges of the New 
Millennium?'' Testimony was heard from John McPhee, Director, Office of 
Computers and Business Equipment and Trade Development, International 
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce; S. W. Hall, Jr., 
Assistant Commissioner and Chief Information Officer, U.S. Customs 
Service, Department of the Treasury; Jack L. Brock, Director, 
Governmentwide and Defense Information Systems, GAO; and a public 
witness.
U.S POLICY TOWARD VICTIMS OF TORTURE
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights held a hearing on U.S. Policy Toward 
Victims of Torture. Testimony was heard from Leslie Gerson, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, 
Department of State; Lavinia Limon, Director, Office of Refugee 
Resettlement, Department of Health and Human Services; Ann Van Dusen, 
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Policy and Program 
Coordination, AID, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency; 
Bo Cooper, Acting General Counsel, Immigration and Naturalization 
Service, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
REGULATORY FAIR WARNING ACT
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held a hearing on H.R. 881, Regulatory Fair Warning 
Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, and 
Wildlife and Oceans held an oversight hearing on the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act. Testimony was heard from Pennelope Dalton, Assistant 
Administrator, Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Department 
of Commerce; Marshall Jones, Acting Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Ron DeHaven, Deputy 
Administrator, Animal Care, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
USDA; and John E. Reynolds, Chairman, Marine Mammal Commission.
OVERSIGHT--GAO REPORT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held 
an oversight hearing on a GAO Report entitled: ``A Cohesive Strategy is 
Needed to Address Catastrophic Wildlife Threats.'' Testimony was heard 
from Barry Hill, Associate Director, Resources, Community, and Economic 
Development Division, GAO; and Janice McDougle, Deputy Chief, State and 
Private Forestry, Forest Service, USDA.
OVERSIGHT--PARK VISITORS--HEATH RISKS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands 
held an oversight hearing on Dealing with Occurrence of the Hantavirus 
Disease and associated health risks to Park Visitors on the Channel 
Islands National Park in California. Testimony was heard from Maureen 
Finnerty, Associate Director, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior; James N. Mills, Chief, Medical Ecology Unit, Special 
Pathogens Branch, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Vicki Kramer, Chief, Vector-Borne Disease Section, Department 
of Health Services, State of California; and a public witness.
CHILD CUSTODY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Rules: The Committee granted, by voice vote, a closed rule 
providing for consideration in the House of H.R. 1218, Child Custody 
Protection Act, with 2 hours of debate equally divided and controlled 
by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 
Judiciary. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Canady of Florida and Watt of North 
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ROUTE 66 CORRIDOR
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 66, to preserve the cultural resources of the 
Route 66 corridor and to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
provide assistance.
  The rule makes in order the Committee on Resources amendment in the 
nature of a substitute as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment, which shall be open to amendment by section.
  The rule authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to 
Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional 
Record. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may postpone votes 
during consideration of the bill, and reduce voting time to five 
minutes on a postponed question if the vote follows a fifteen minute 
vote. Finally, the rule provides for one motion to recommit, with or 
without instructions. Testimony was heard from Representative Hansen.
STAR-SPANGLED BANNER HISTORIC TRAIL STUDY ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 791, Star-Spangled Banner National Historic 
Trail Study Act of 1999.
  The rule makes in order the Committee on Resources amendment in the 
nature of a substitute as an original bill for purpose of amendment, 
which 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 Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may postpone votes 
during consideration of the bill, and reduce voting time to five 
minutes on a postponed question if the vote follows a fifteen minute 
vote. Finally, the rule provides for one motion to recommit, with or 
without instructions. Testimony was heard from Representative Hansen.
WORLD WAR II VETERANS PARK AT GREAT KILLS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 592, to Redesignate Great Kills Park in the 
Gateway National Recreation Area as ``World War II Veterans Park at 
Great Kills''.
  The rule makes in order the Committee on Resources amendment in the 
nature of a substitute as an original bill for purpose of amendment, 
which shall be open for amendment at any point. The rule waives clause 
7 of rule XVI (prohibiting nongermane amendments) against the amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.
  The rule authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to 
Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional 
Record. The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may postpone votes 
during consideration of the bill, and reduce voting time to five 
minutes on a postponed question if the vote follows a fifteen minute 
vote. Finally, the rule provides for one motion to recommit, with or 
without instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives Hansen 
and Fossella.
RUDMAN REPORT--DOE SECURITY PROBLEMS
Committee on Science: Held a hearing on the Rudman Report on Security 
Problems at the Department of Energy. Testimony was heard from Warren 
B. Rudman, Chairman, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
RANGE MODERNIZATION
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, the 
Subcommittee on Military Procurement and the Subcommittee on Military 
Research and Development of the Committee on Armed Services held a 
joint hearing on Range Modernization, Part II. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. Richard 
C. Henry, USAF (Ret.), Chairman, Range Integrated Product Team, Air 
Force Space Command; and John M. Borky, Vice Chairman, Air Force 
Scientific Advisory Board; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation held an oversight hearing on the 
requirement for Double Hulls under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Frelinghuysen; Rear Adm. Robert 
C. North, USCG, Assistant Commandant, Marine Safety, U.S Coast Guard, 
Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
REDUCING NONMARITAL BIRTHS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a 
hearing on Reducing Nonmarital Births. Testimony was heard from 
Stephanie J. Ventura, Senior Researcher, National Center for Health 
Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Edward Tetelman, Assistant Commissioner, 
Department of Human Services, State of New Jersey; and public 
witnesses.