[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 133 (Tuesday, October 5, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1091-D1092]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
U.S. COMMISSION ON NATIONAL SECURITY/21ST CENTURY
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the U.S. Commission on 
National Security/21st Century. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century: 
Gary Hart, Co-Chair; Warren B. Rudman, Co- Chair; Norman Augustine and 
Andrew Young, both Commissioners.
ELECTRICITY COMPETITION AND RELIABILITY ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing 
on H.R. 2944, Electricity Competition and Reliability Act of 1999. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Energy: T. J. Glauthier, Deputy Secretary; James Hoecker, Chairman, 
Vicky Bailey, Linda Key Breathitt, Curt Hebert and William Massey, all 
Commissioners, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
SEND MORE DOLLARS TO THE CLASSROOM
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Began mark up of H.R. 2, to 
send more dollars to the classroom.
  Will continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following: H.R. 2886, 
to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an adopted 
alien who is less than 18 years of age may be considered a child under 
such Act if adopted with or after a sibling who is a child under such 
Act; H.R. 1520, Child Status Protection Act of 1999; H.R. 2961, 
International Patient Act; and two private relief bills.
GOLDEN SPIKE/CROSSROADS OF THE WEST NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA 
AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands 
held a hearing on H.R. 2932, to authorize the Golden Spike/Crossroads 
of the West National Heritage Area. Testimony was heard from Katherine 
Stevenson, Associate Director, Cultural Resource Stewardship and 
Partnership, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Glenn 
J. Mecham, Mayor, Ogden, Utah; and public witnesses.

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BIPARTISAN CONSENSUS MANAGED CARE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999;
QUALITY CARE FOR THE UNINSURED ACT OF 1999
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 9 to 3, a structured rule 
providing for consideration of H.R. 2990 and H.R. 2723. The rule 
provides two hours of debate in the House on H.R. 2990, Quality Care 
for the Uninsured Act of 1999, equally divided among and controlled by 
the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Committee on Commerce, 
the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and the Committee on Ways 
and Means. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill. The rule provides one motion to recommit H.R. 2990.
  The rule provides three hours of general debate on H.R. 2723, 
Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act of 1999, equally 
divided among and controlled by the chairmen and ranking minority 
members of the Committee on Commerce, the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce, and the Committee on Ways and Means. The rule waives all 
points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides 
that the amendments printed in part A of the Rules Committee report 
accompanying the resolution shall be considered as adopted upon 
adoption of the rule. The rule provides for consideration of only the 
amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report accompanying 
the resolution. The rule provides that the amendments printed in part B 
of the Rules Committee report will be considered only in the order 
specified 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 and shall not be subject to amendment. The 
rule waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part 
B of the report except that the adoption of an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute shall constitute the conclusion of consideration of the 
bill for amendment. The rule provides one motion to recommit H.R. 2723, 
with or without instructions. Finally, the rule provides that in the 
engrossment of H.R. 2990, the clerk shall add the text of H.R. 2723, as 
passed by the House, as a new matter at the end of H.R. 2990, and then 
lay H.R. 2723 on the table.
PLANT GENOME SCIENCE
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Basic Research continued hearings 
on Plant Genome Science: From the Lab to the Field to the Market, Part 
2. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FUELS FOR FUTURE
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a 
hearing on Fuels for Future. Testimony was heard from Jay E. Hakes, 
Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; 
and public witnesses.
FATHERHOOD LEGISLATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a 
hearing on fatherhood legislation. Testimony was heard from Senator 
Bayh; Representatives Shaw and Carson; Marilyn Ray Smith, Associate 
Deputy Commissioner and Chief Legal Counsel, Child Support Enforcement 
Division, Department of Revenue, State of Massachusetts; and public 
witnesses.