[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 111 (Monday, August 2, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D911]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
UNPAID PAYROLL TAXES OWED TO THE GOVERNMENT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology held a hearing on Unpaid Payroll Taxes: 
Billions in Delinquent Taxes and Penalty Assessments are Owed to the 
Government. Testimony was heard from Gregory D. Kutz, Associate 
Director, Governmentwide Accounting and Financial Management, 
Accounting and Information Management Division, GAO; and Charles O. 
Rossotti, Commissioner, IRS, Department of the Treasury.
CAMPAIGN REFORM MEASURES
Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported the following 
bills: H.R. 2668, amended, Campaign Reform and Election Integrity Act 
of 1999; H.R. 1922, without recommendation, Citizen Legislature and 
Political Freedom Act; H.R. 1867, without recommendation, Campaign 
Integrity Act of 1999; and H.R. 417, unfavorably, Bipartisan Campaign 
Reform Act of 1999.
WORKPLACE PRESERVATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified open rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 987, Workplace Preservation Act. The 
rule provides that the bill shall be open for amendment at any point 
and limits the amendment process to two hours. The rule authorizes the 
Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members who have-printed the 
amendments in the Congressional Record. 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 Chairman Goodling and Representative Clay.
TWENTY-FIRST AMENDMENT ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified open rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 2031, Twenty-First Amendment 
Enforcement Act. The rule makes in order as an original bill for the 
purpose of amendment the Committee on the Judiciary amendment in the 
nature of a substitute now printed in the bill. The rule provides that 
the bill shall be open for amendment at any point and limits the 
amendment process to two hours. The rule authorizes the Chair to accord 
priority in recognition to Members who have-printed the amendments in 
the Congressional Record. 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 Goodlatte; Conyers, Lofgen and Jackson-Lee of Texas.