[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 119 (Tuesday, September 14, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D982-D984]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FARM FINANCIAL CRISIS
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review the farm financial 
crisis. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
HOLOCAUST VICTIMS
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Held a hearing on French 
and Austrian Banks and Issues Relating to Forced Labor and the 
Settlement of Insurance Claims by Holocaust Victims and their Heirs. 
Testimony was heard from Stuart Eizenstat,

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Deputy Secretary, Department of the Treasury; Lawrence Eagleburger, 
Chairman, International Commission on Holocaust-Era Insurance Claims; 
and public witnesses.
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL SERVICE--FAILED PROMISE
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on ``The Failed Promise of the 
Corporation for National Service.'' Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Corporation for National Service, Department 
of Education: Robert Rogers, Chairman of the Board; and Luise Jordan, 
Inspector General; and public witnesses.
INTERNATIONAL SEX TRADE--TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights held a hearing on Trafficking of Women and 
Children in the International Sex Trade. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of State: Harold Hongju Koh, 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; and 
Theresa Loar, Director, President's Interagency Council on Women; and 
public witnesses.
PAIN RELIEF PROMOTION ACT; UNBORN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
2260, Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999; and H.R. 2436, amended, Unborn 
Victims of Violence Act of 1999.
FEDERAL WILDLIFE ACTIVITIES--GAO REPORT; WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held 
an oversight hearing on the GAO Report: ``Federal Wildlife Activities; 
Current Strategy and Issues Needing Attention.'' Testimony was heard 
from Barry Hill, Associate Director, Resources, Community, and Economic 
Development Division, GAO; Larry Payne, Assistant Deputy Chief, State 
and Private Forestry, Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands 
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2737, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Illinois certain 
Federal land associated with the Lewis and Clark National Historic 
Trail to be used as an historic and interpretive site along the trail; 
and S. 382, Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Establishment Act 
of 1999. Testimony was heard from Senator Johnson; Representatives 
Costello and Thune; William Shaddox, Acting Associate Director, 
Progessional Services, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior; Robert J. Coomer. Superintendent, Historic Sites Division, 
Historic Preservation Agency, State of Illinois; and a public witness.
CONFERENCE REPORT--NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Rules: The Committee granted, by voice vote, a rule 
waiving all points of order against the conference report to accompany 
S. 1059, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and 
against its consideration. The rule provides 1 hour of debate equally 
divided and controlled between the chairman and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Armed Services. Testimony was heard from Chairman 
Spence and Representatives Skelton and Dingell.
CIVIL AVIATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Rules: The Committee granted, by voice vote, an open rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 1551, Civil Aviation Research and 
Development Authorization Act of 1999. The rule provides that the bill 
shall be open to amendment by section. 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 
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 Sensenbrenner 
and Representative Hall of Texas.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 
AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: The Committee granted, by voice vote, an open rule 
providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 1655, Department of Energy Research, 
Development and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1999. The rule 
provides that the bill shall be open to amendment by section. 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 votes during consideration of

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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 Sensenbrenner and Representative Hall of Texas.
CONFERENCE REPORT--TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 2490, making 
appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal 
Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent 
Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and against 
its consideration. The rule provides that the conference report shall 
be considered as read. Testimony was heard from Representatives Kolbe 
and Hoyer.
REFORMULATED GASOLINE
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a 
hearing on Reformulated Gasoline (Part I). Testimony was heard from 
Margo T. Oge, Director, Office of Mobile Sources, Office of Air and 
Radiation, EPA; Tom Skinner, Director, EPA, State of Illinois; and 
public witnesses.
  Hearings continue September 16.
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE--PLANS TO TERMINATE
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Technology held a hearing to 
Review the Department of Commerce's Plan to Terminate the National 
Technical Information Service. Testimony was heard from Robert Mallett, 
Deputy Secretary, Department of Commerce; Michael F. DiMario, Public 
Printer, GPO; and public witnesses.