[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 20, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D834-D835]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SMALL WATERSHED REHABILITATION AMENDMENTS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, 
Resource Conservation, and Credit approved for full Committee action 
H.R. 728, Small Watershed Rehabilitation Amendments of 1999.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT; FOREIGN OPERATIONS; AND DC APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 2000: Energy and Water Development; the 
District of Columbia; and Foreign Operations, Export Financing and 
Related Programs.
FINANCIAL PRIVACY
Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit held a hearing on financial privacy. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY--SECURITY INSPECTION RESULTS
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 
held a hearing on the Results of Security Inspections at the Department 
of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of Energy: Gil Weigand, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Strategic Computing and Simulation; Glenn 
S. Podonsky, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Oversight, Office of 
Environment, Safety and Health; James Turner, Manager, Oakland 
Operations Office; and C. Bruce Tarter, Director, Lawrence Livermore 
National Laboratory.
  The Subcommittee also met in executive session to receive classified 
information on this subject.
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection concluded hearings on H.R. 2384, Corporation for 
Public Broadcasting Authorization Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN--EXAMINING EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families held a hearing on Examining Education 
Programs Benefiting Native American Children. Testimony was heard from 
Joe Christie, Acting Director, Office of Indian Education Programs, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
2031, amended, Twenty-First Amendment Enforcement Act; H.R. 2336, 
amended, to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for 
appointment of United States marshals by the Attorney General; H.R. 
456, amended, for the relief of the survivors of the 14 members of the 
Armed Forces and the one United States civilian Federal

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employee who were killed on April 14, 1994, when United States fighter 
aircraft mistakenly shot down 2 United States helicopters; and H.R. 
1788, Nazi Benefits Termination Act of 1999.
  The Committee also approved pending Committee business.
PAIN RELIEF PROMOTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution approved 
for full Committee action H.R. 2260, Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Resources: Held an oversight hearing on Federal Aid 
Programs (under the Dingell-Johnson Act and Wallop-Breaux Act) 
administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Testimony was heard 
from Barry Hill, Associate Director, Energy, Resources and Science, 
GAO; James Beers, Wildlife Biologist, Division of Federal Aid, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands 
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1615, Lamprey Wild and 
Scenic River Extension Act; H.R. 1665, to allow the National Park 
Service to acquire certain land for addition to the Wilderness 
Battlefield in Virginia, as previously authorized by law, by purchase 
or exchange as well as by donation; and H.R. 2140, to improve 
protection and management of the Chattahoochee River National 
Recreation Area in the State of Georgia. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Sununu, Bateman, Deal of Georgia and Isakson; Katherine 
Stevenson, Associate Director, Cultural Resource Stewardship and 
Partnerships, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and 
public witnesses.
FINANCIAL FREEDOM ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule on H.R. 
2488, Financial Freedom Act of 1999, providing two hours of debate 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Ways and Means. The rule waives all points 
of order against consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order the 
amendment recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means, as modified 
by the amendments printed in Part A of the Rules Committee report. The 
rule provides for consideration of the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute offered by Representative Rangel or his designee printed in 
Part B of the Rules Committee report which shall be considered as read 
and shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by 
the proponent and an opponent. The rule waives all points of order 
against the amendment printed in Part B of the report. Finally, the 
rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Archer and Representatives Hunter, 
Castle, Smith of Michigan, McIntosh, Pickering, Spratt, Rangel, 
Stenholm, Tanner, Stupak, Maloney of Connecticut, Roemer, Baird, 
Clement, and John.
HEALTH INFORMATION CONFIDENTIALITY
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
confidentiality of health information. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: 
Margaret Hamburg, M.D., Assistant Secretary, Planning and Evaluation; 
and Michael Hash, Deputy Administrator, Health Care Financing 
Administration; Leslie Aronovitz, Associate Director, Health Financing 
and Public Health Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services 
Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
PROMOTING ADOPTION AND OTHER PERMANENT PLACEMENTS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a 
hearing on promoting adoption and other permanent placements. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Bliley and Lewis of Kentucky; Karen 
Spar, Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy 
Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; and 
public witnesses.