[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 132 (Monday, October 4, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1084-D1085]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and Environment concluded 
hearings on Prescription Drugs: What We Know and Don't Know About Seniors' 
Access to Coverage. Testimony was heard from Representatives Peterson of 
Minnesota, Stark, Fletcher, Allen, Berry and Gilman.
BIPARTISAN CONSENSUS MANAGED CARE IMPROVEMENT ACT; QUALITY CARE FOR THE 
UNINSURED ACT
Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Chairmen Bliley, Goodling and 
Archer; and Representatives Upton, Cox, Ganske, Norwood, Coburn, Lazio, 
Shadegg, Greenwood, Boehner, DeMint, Thomas, Shaw, Houghton, Kolbe, Hobson, 
Kelly, Ney, Gibbons, Dingell, Thurman, Traficant, Slaughter, Berry and 
Capuano, but action was deferred on the following bills: H.R. 2723, 
Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act of 1999; and H.R. 2990, 
Quality Care for the Uninsured Act of 1999.

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CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing 1 hour of 
debate on H.R. 764, Child Abuse Prevention and Enforcement Act of 1999. The 
rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule 
waives points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply 
with clause 4 of rule XXI (prohibiting appropriations in legislative bills). 
The rule provides that the bill shall be open for amendment at any point. 
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 Representatives McCollum 
and Scott.
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