[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 120 (Wednesday, September 15, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D991-D993]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FAMILY FINANCIAL CRISIS
Committee on Agriculture: Concluded hearings to review the farm 
financial crisis. Testimony was heard from Dan Glickman, Secretary of 
Agriculture.
AMERICAN HOMEOWNERSHIP AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing 
and Community Development held a hearing on H.R. 1776, American 
Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 1999. Testimony was heard 
from William Apgar, Assistant Secretary, Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Development; and public 
witnesses.
BALANCED BUDGET ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment held a 
hearing on the Balanced Budget Act of 1997: Impact on Cost Savings and 
Patient Care. Testimony was heard from Mike Hash, Deputy Administrator, 
Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human 
Services; William J. Scanlon, Director, Health Financing and Public 
Health, GAO; Daniel L. Crippen, Director,

[[Page D992]]

CBO; Murry Ross, Executive Director, Medicare Payment Advisory Council; 
and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--BROADCAST OWNERSHIP REGULATIONS
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held an oversight hearing on Broadcast Ownership 
Regulations. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OLDER AMERICANS ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Ordered reported, as amended, 
H.R. 782, Older Americans Act Amendments of 1999.
Y2K COMPUTER PROBLEM
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology held a hearing on The Y2K Computer Problem: 
Implications for International Travel. Testimony was heard from John 
O'Keefe, Special Representative for the Year 2000, Department of State; 
David Jhirad, Senior Adviser, Multilateral and Bilateral Affairs, 
Department of Energy; and a public witness.
BALKANS OVERSIGHT
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on Balkans 
Oversight I: Corruption in Bosnia. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of State: Larry C. Napper, 
Coordinator, Support for Eastern European Assistance; and David Dlouhy, 
Special Advisor, Bosnia Implementation; and Craig Buck, Mission 
Director, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Montenegro, AID, U.S. 
International Development Cooperation Agency.
EAST TIMOR RESOLUTION; TAIWAN, THE PRC, AND THE TAIWAN SECURITY 
ENHANCEMENT ACT
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific approved for full Committee action H. Res. 292, expressing the 
sense of the House of Representatives regarding the referendum in East 
Timor, calling on the Government of Indonesia to assist in the 
termination of the current civil unrest and violence in East Timor; and 
supporting a United Nations Security Council-endorsed multinational 
force for East Timor.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Taiwan, the PRC, and the 
Taiwan Security Enhancement Act. Testimony was heard from Senator 
Thomas; Susan Shirk, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs, Department of State; Kurt Campbell, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Asia and Pacific Affairs, Department of Defense; and public 
witnesses.
SPECIAL COUNSEL ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held a hearing on H.R. 2083, Special Counsel Act of 
1999. Testimony was heard from James K. Robinson, Assistant Attorney 
General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; and public 
witnesses.
PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS IMPLEMENTATION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing on H.R. 2372, Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 
1999. Testimony was heard from Joseph Barbieri, Deputy Attorney 
General, State of California; and public witnesses.
INDIAN FEDERAL RECOGNITION ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT
Committee on Resources: Held a hearing on H.R. 361, Indian Federal 
Recognition Administrative Procedures Act. Testimony was heard from 
Representative McIntyre; Loretta Tuell, Acting Director, Office of 
Tribal Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; 
and public witnesses.
FEDERAL MILK MARKETING ORDERS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 
1 hour of debate on H.R. 1402, to require the Secretary of Agriculture 
to implement the Class I milk price structure known as Option 1-A as 
part of the implementation of the final rule to consolidate Federal 
milk marketing orders. The rule waives clause 3 of rule XIII (requiring 
the inclusion in the report of a CBO cost estimate and a statement on 
certain budget matters if the measure includes new budget or 
entitlement authority) and section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget 
Act (requiring a Congressional Budget Office cost estimate in the 
committee report on any legislation containing new budget authority) 
against consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order the 
Committee on Agriculture amendment in the nature of a substitute as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment, modified by the amendments 
printed in part A in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 
the resolution. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute is considered as read.
  The rule waives clause 7 of rule XVI (prohibiting nongermane 
amendments) against the amendment in the nature of a substitute. The 
rule makes in order only those amendments printed in part B of the 
Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. The rule provides 
that amendments made in

[[Page D993]]

order may be offered only in the order printed 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 except as specified in the report, and 
shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the 
House or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of 
order against the amendments printed in the report.
  The rule permits 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 
Pombo, Boehner, Manzullo, Blunt, Green of Wisconsin, Ryan of Wisconsin, 
Sweeney, Stenholm, Peterson of Minnesota, Dooley of California, Minge, 
Obey, Sanders, Kind, Baldwin and Crowley.
PILOT FATIGUE
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation concluded hearings on Pilot Fatigue, Part II. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SAFETY
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency Management held a hearing on 
Aircraft Electrical System Safety. Testimony was heard from Bernard 
Loeb, Director, Office of Aviation Safety, National Transportation 
Safety Board; Thomas McSweeny, Associate Administrator, Regulation and 
Certification, FAA, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.