[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 21, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1010]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
RUSSIAN MONEY LAUNDERING
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Held a hearing on Russian 
Money Laundering. Testimony was heard from Lawrence H. Summers, 
Secretary of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
``CLEMENCY FOR THE FALN: A FLAWED DECISION?''
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing on ``Clemency for the 
FALN: A Flawed Decision?'' Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Fossella and Romero-Barcelo; the following officials of the Department 
of Justice: Neil Gallagher, Assistant Director, National Security, FBI; 
Michael B. Cooksey, Assistant Director, Correctional Programs, Bureau 
of Prisons; and Jon Jennings, Acting Assistant Attorney General, 
Legislative Affairs; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--SURVEY AND MANAGE SPECIES ON THE NATIONAL FORESTS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held 
an oversight hearing on Survey and Manage Species on the National 
Forests. Testimony was heard from Jim Furnish, Deputy Chief, National 
Forest System, Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL MONUMENT NEPA COMPLIANCE ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing one 
hour of general debate on H.R. 1487, National Monument NEPA Compliance 
Act, equally divided between the chairman and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Resources. The rule makes in order the Committee on 
Resources amendment in the nature of a substitute as an original bill 
for purpose of amendment, which shall be open for amendment at any 
point. The rule authorizes the Chair 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 Representatives 
Hansen and Vento.
INTERSTATE CLASS ACTION JURISDICTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified open rule 
providing one hour of general debate on H.R. 1875, Interstate Class 
Action Jurisdiction Act of 1999, equally divided between the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The rule 
provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended 
by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill be considered 
as an original bill for the purpose of amendment. The rule provides 
that the amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be open for 
amendment by section. The rule provides for the consideration of pro 
forma amendments and 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 shall be considered as read. 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 Representative Conyers.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation approved for full Committee action the following: a concurrent 
resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the European 
Council noise rule affecting hushkitted and re-engined aircraft; and 
the National Transportation Safety Board Amendments Act of 1999.

Joint Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
  Conferees continued in evening session to resolve the differences 
between the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 1906, making 
appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000.