[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 21, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D845-D848]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Risk Management, Research, 
and Specialty Crops approved for full Committee action, amended, H.R. 
2559, Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 1999.
SECURITY AND FREEDOM THROUGH ENCRYPTION (SAFE) ACT
Committee on Armed Services: Ordered reported, amended, H.R. 850, 
Security and Freedom through Encryption (SAFE) Act.
FINANCIAL PRIVACY
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit continued hearings on financial 
privacy. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of the Treasury: Gary Gensler, Under Secretary, Domestic 
Finance; and John D. Hawke, Jr., Comptroller; Edward M. Gramlich, 
member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Robert Pitofsky, 
Chairman, FTC; Annette L. Nazareth, Director, Division of Market 
Regulation, SEC; and public witnesses.
NRC AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing 
on H.R. 2531, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Authorization Act for 
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2000. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NRC: 
Greta Joy Dicus, Chairman; Edward McGaffigan, Jr., and Jeffrey S. 
Merrifield, both Commissioners; Timothy Fields, Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, EPA; and 
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials 
approved for full Committee action, amended, the following bills: H.R. 
1714, Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act; and 
H.R. 1858, Consumer and Investor Access to Information Act of 1999.
CANCER
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment held a 
hearing on H.R. 1070, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to 
provide medical assistance for certain women screened and found to have 
breast or cervical cancer under a federally funded screening program. 
Testimony was heard from Nancy C. Lee, M.D., Director, Division of 
Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services; and public 
witnesses.
UNION DEMOCRACY
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Employer-
Employee Relations continued hearings on Union Democracy, Part VII: 
Government Supervision of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees 
International Union. Testimony was heard from John C. Keeney, Assistant 
Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Lary F. 
Yud, Chief, Division of Enforcement, Office of Labor Management 
Standard, Department of Labor; and public witnesses.
DAVIS-BACON HELPER RULES
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on Examining the Effect of Davis-Bacon 
Helper Rules on Job Opportunities in Construction. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
NAZI BENEFITS TERMINATION ACT; GOVERNMENT WASTE CORRECTIONS ACT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology approved for full Committee action the 
following bills: H.R. 1788, Nazi Benefits Termination Act of 1999; and 
H.R. 1827, amended, Government Waste Corrections Act of 1999.
ANTHRAX VACCINE ADVERSE REACTIONS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans Affairs and International Relations held a hearing on Anthrax 
Vaccine Adverse Reactions. Testimony was heard from Kwai Chan, 
Director, Special Studies and Evaluation Group, National Security and 
International Affairs Division, GAO; Maj. Gen. Robert Claypool, USA, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Health Operations Policy, Department of 
Defense; Susan Ellenberg, Director, Division of Biostatistics and 
Epidemiology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, 
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
1875, Interstate Class Action Jurisdiction Act of 1999; and H.R. 2005, 
Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 1999. Testimony 
was heard from Eleanor Acheson, Assistant Attorney General, Office of 
Policy Development, Department of Justice; the following former 
officials of the Department of Justice: Griffin B. Bell, Attorney 
General; and Walter E. Dellinger, III, Solicitor General; and public 
witnesses.
UNBORN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing on H.R. 2436, Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 1999. Testimony 
was heard from Lt. Col. Keith Roberts, USAF, Deputy Chief, Military 
Justice Division, Air Force Legal Services Agency, Bolling Air Force 
Base, Department of the Air Force; Terry M. Dempsey, Judge, District 
Court, 5th Judicial District, St. James, Minnesota; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R. 
940, amended, Lackawanna Valley Heritage Act of 1999; H.Con.Res. 63, 
expressing the sense of the Congress opposing removal of dams on the 
Columbia and Snake Rivers for fishery restoration purposes; S. 323, 
amended, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge 
National Conservation Area Act of 1999; H.R. 2368, to assist in the 
resettlement and relocation of the people of Bikini Atoll by amending 
the terms of the trust fund established during the United States 
administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; H.R. 
2454, amended, to assure the long-term conservation of mid-continent 
light geese and the biological diversity of the ecosystem upon which 
many North American migratory birds depend, by directing the Secretary 
of the Interior to implement rules to reduce the overabundant 
population of mid-continent light geese.
  The Committee also approved a motion granting the Chairman authority 
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he may deem necessary in relation to an inquiry into partisan political 
activities by employees at the Office of Insular Affairs and the 
Department of the Interior.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of debate on H.R. 2561, making appropriations for the Department 
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000. The rule 
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule 
waives points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to 
comply with clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized or 
legislative provisions in a general appropriations bill). The rule 
allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to accord priority in 
recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the 
Congressional Record. The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of 
the Whole to postpone a request for a recorded vote on any amendment 
and reduce voting time to five minutes on a postponed question, 
provided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the first in 
any series of questions shall be fifteen minutes. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Lewis of California and Murtha.
REGULATORY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified open rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 1074, Regulatory Right-to-Know Act 
of 1999. The rule provides that it shall be in order to consider as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five minute rule 
the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 
Committee on Government Reform now printed in the bill. The rule 
provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be open 
for amendment at any point. The rule provides for the consideration of 
only those amendments pre-printed in the Congressional Record, which 
may be offered only by the Member who caused it to be printed or his 
designee, and pro forma amendments offered for the purpose of debate. 
The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee on 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 McIntosh 
and Kucinich.
GUARANTEED SPENDING POINTS OF ORDER
Committee on Rules: Held a hearing on Guaranteed Spending Points of 
Order. Testimony was heard from Representatives Shuster, Oberstar, Obey 
and Spratt; and Susan Irving, Associate Director, Budget Issues, 
Accounting and Information Management Division, GAO.
SULFUR IN GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a 
hearing on Sulfur in Gasoline and Diesel Fuel. Testimony was heard from 
Margo Oge, Director, Office of Mobile Sources, Office of Air and 
Radiation, EPA; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL HEALTH MUSEUM PROPOSALS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials and 
Pipeline Transportation held a hearing on National Health Museum 
proposals. Testimony was heard from Representatives Menendez and Horn; 
Anthony E. Costa, Assistant Regional Administrator, Public Buildings, 
National Capital Region, GSA; Bret Schundler, Mayor, Jersey City, New 
Jersey; and public witnesses
INTELLIGENCE ISSUES
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
discuss pending Intelligence Issues.

Joint Meetings
IMF FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
financial structure of the International Monetary Fund, focusing on IMF 
costs, including quotas, reserves, gold holdings, and the treatment of 
the IMF in the budget, after receiving testimony from Harold J. 
Johnson, Jr., Associate Director of International Relations and Trade 
Issues, General Accounting Office.
OSCE REGION BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission concluded 
hearings to examine the scope of bribery and corruption in the 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe region, after 
receiving testimony from Patrick D. Mulloy, Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Market Access and Compliance; John D. Sullivan, Center for 
International Private Enterprise, Louise L. Shelley, American 
University Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, and Lucinda A. 
Low, Transparency International USA, all of Washington, D.C.; and Peter 
Grinenko, Staysafe Research Corporation, New York, New York.

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