[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 100 (Thursday, July 15, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D811-D813]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COUNTY SCHOOLS FUNDING REVITALIZATION ACT; FOREST SERVICE LEGISLATIVE 
ALTERNATIVE
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry held a hearing on the following: 
H.R. 2389, County Schools Funding Revitalization Act of 1999; and a 
legislative alternative submitted to Congress by the U.S. Forest 
Service. Testimony was heard from Representatives Deal of Georgia, 
Boyd, Peterson of Pennsylvania and Turner; James R. Lyons, Under 
Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, USDA; and public 
witnesses.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development approved for full Committee action the Energy and Water 
Development appropriations for fiscal year 2000.
ELECTRICITY COMPETITION
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power continued 
hearings on Electricity Competition, focusing on Innovation and the 
Future. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MEDICAL INFORMATION PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ENHANCEMENT ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment held a 
hearing on H.R. 2470, Medical Information Protection and Research 
Enhancement Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

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EDUCATING DIVERSE POPULATIONS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families held a hearing on Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act--Educating Diverse Populations. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology held a hearing on H.R. 88, to amend the 
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999, to repeal the 
requirement regarding data produced under Federal grants and agreements 
awarded to institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other 
nonprofit organizations. Testimony was heard from Representative Holt; 
Harold E. Varmus, M.D., Director, NIH, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Bruce Alberts, President, National Academy of Sciences; and 
public witnesses.
CREDIT FOR EARLY ACTION; WIN-WIN OR KYOTO THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Economic 
Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing on 
Credit for Early Action: Win-Win or Kyoto through the Front Door? 
Testimony was heard from Jay E. Hakes, Administrator, Energy 
Information Administration, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual 
Property approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 
1752, amended, Federal Courts Improvement Act; and H.R. 2112, 
Multidistrict, Multiparty, Multiforum Jurisdiction Act of 1999.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime held an oversight 
hearing on the Shoot Down of the ``Brothers to the Rescue'' Planes. 
Testimony was heard from Jeffrey Houlihan, Senior Detection Systems 
Specialist, U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; and 
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--YELLOWFIN TUNA
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans held an oversight hearing on Yellowfin Tuna. 
Testimony was heard from Gary Matlock, Director, Office of Sustainable 
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Department of 
Commerce; Bruce Freeman, Research Scientist, Division of Marine 
Fisheries Administration, Department of Environmental Protection, State 
of New Jersey; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands 
approved for full Committee action, amended, the following bills: H.R. 
940, Lackawanna Valley Heritage Act of 1999; H.R. 1165, Black Canyon 
National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area Act of 
1999; H.R. 1619, Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National 
Heritage Corridor Reauthorization Act of 1999; and H.R. 2435, to expand 
the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the 
Wills House.
AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 7 to 1, a structured rule on 
H.R. 434, African Growth and Opportunity Act, providing forty-five 
minutes of general debate equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking member of the Committee on International Relations 
and forty-five minutes of general debate equally divided and controlled 
by the chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Ways and Means. 
The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
  The rule provides that in lieu of the amendments recommended by the 
Committees on International Relations and Ways and Means and now 
printed in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an original 
bill for the purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute consisting of the text of H.R. 2489. The rule waives all 
points of order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  The rule provides for consideration of only the amendments printed in 
the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. The rule 
provides that the amendments will be considered only in the order 
specified in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in 
the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the 
time specified in the 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.
  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 Representatives

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Gilman, Rohrabacher, Ballenger, Crane, Houghton, Collins, Foley, 
Bachus, Graham, Hayes, Gejdenson, Brown of Ohio, Rangel, Waters, 
Stenholm, Kaptur, Spratt, Traficant, Olver, Bishop, Jackson of 
Illinois, Jackson-Lee of Texas, Kucinich, and Shows.
EXECUTIVE BRANCH--CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT
Committee on Rules: Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House 
held a hearing on Cooperation, Comity, and Confrontation: Congressional 
Oversight of the Executive Branch. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Hoekstra, Burton, Barton of Texas, Young, Hyde, Frank 
of Massachusetts and Kanjorski.
VETERANS' MILLENNIUM HEALTH CARE ACT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported, amended, H.R. 2116, 
Veterans' Millennium Health Care Act.
IMPLEMENTING PATIENT ENROLLMENT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
on VA's experience in implementing patient enrollment under P.L. 104-
262. Testimony was heard from Stephen P. Backhus, Director, Veterans' 
Affairs, and Military Health Care Issues, Health, Education, and Human 
Services Division, GAO; and Thomas L. Garthwaite, M.D., Acting Under 
Secretary, Health, Department of Veterans Affairs.
SECURITY AND FREEDOM THROUGH ENCRYPTION (SAFE) ACT
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Ordered reported, amended, 
H.R. 850, Security and Freedom through Encryption (SAFE) Act.