[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 28, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1048-D1049]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SECURITIES TRANSACTION FEES
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials 
held a hearing on Securities Transaction Fees, focusing on the 
following bills: H.R. 2441, Fairness in Securities Transaction Fees; 
and H.R. 1256, Savings and Investment Relief Act of 1999. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Lazio and Menendez; and James M. McConnell, 
Executive Director, SEC.
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment held a 
hearing on Prescription Drugs: What We Know and Don't Know About 
Seniors'

[[Page D1049]]

Access to Coverage. Testimony was heard from Michael Hash, Deputy 
Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Laura Dummit, Associate Director, Health 
Financing and Public Health Issues, Health, Education, and Human 
Services Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue October 4th.
COMPENSATING VACCINE INJURIES
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy and Human Resources held a hearing on Compensating Vaccine 
Injuries: Are Reforms Needed? Testimony was heard from Thomas Balbier, 
Director, National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, Department of 
Health and Human Services; John Euler, Deputy Director, Torts Branch, 
Civil Division, Department of Justice; and pubic witnesses.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa held a 
hearing on the Democratic Republic of Congo: The Lusaka Peace Accords 
and Beyond. Testimony was heard from Howard Wolpe, Special Envoy for 
the Democratic Republic of Congo, Department of State; and public 
witnesses.
CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported H.R. 764, Child Abuse 
Prevention and Enforcement Act.
AGRICULTURE RISK PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified open rule, 
providing one hour of general debate on H.R. 2559, Agriculture Risk 
Protection Act of 1999, to be equally divided between the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Agriculture. The rule 
waives all points of order 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 the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying the resolution. The rule waives all points of order 
against consideration of the amendment in the nature of a substitute, 
as modified. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute shall be open for amendment by title. The rule makes in 
order only those amendments preprinted in the Congressional Record and 
pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate. The rule provides that 
the amendments may be offered only by the Member who caused it to be 
printed or his designee, which shall be considered as read and shall 
not be subject to a demand for a division of the question in the House 
or in the Committee of the Whole. 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 Combest and Representatives Upton and Stenholm.
CONFERENCE REPORT--FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 2606, making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs 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 Callahan 
and Pelosi.
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND NATIONAL PROSPERITY--IMPACT OF BASIC 
RESEARCH
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Basic Research held a hearing on 
the Impact of Basic Research on Technological Innovation and National 
Prosperity. Testimony was heard from Rita Colwell, Director, NSF; and 
public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
AMERICAN LEGION
  Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the 
legislative recommendations of the American Legion, after receiving 
testimony from Alan G. Lance and Steve Robertson, both of the American 
Legion, Washington, D.C.
SATELLITE COPYRIGHT, COMPETITION, AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT
  Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House 
passed versions of H.R. 1554, to amend the provisions of title 17, 
United States Code, and the Communications Act of 1934, relating to 
copyright licensing and carriage of broadcast signals by satellite, but 
did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.