[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 4 (Thursday, January 27, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D29-D30]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing 
on the House of Representatives and the Library of Congress. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the House of Representatives: 
James M. Eagen III, Chief Administrative Officer; Jeff Trandahl, Clerk; 
Wilson Livingood, Sergeant at Arms; Robert B. Frey, Acting Inspector 
General; Geraldine R. Gennet, General Counsel; John R. Miller, Law 
Revision Counsel; M. Pope Barrow, Jr., Legislative Counsel; and John F. 
Eisold, M.D., Attending Physician; and James H. Billington, Librarian 
of Congress.
DOD DRUG INTERDICTION PROGRAM
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy and Human Resources held a hearing on ``The Decline of DOD 
Assets in the Fight Against Illegal Drugs.'' Testimony was heard from 
Jess T. Ford, Associate Director, International Relations and Trade 
Issues, National Security and International Affairs, GAO; Ana Maria

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Salazar, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Drug Enforcement Policy and 
Support, Department of Defense; Rear Adm. Ernest R. Riutta, USCG, 
Assistant Commandant, Operations, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of 
Transportation; and Charles Stallworth, Executive Director, Air and 
Marine Interdiction Division, U.S. Customs Service, Department of the 
Treasury.
``Y2K--IN RETROSPECT''
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology and the Subcommittee on Technology of the 
Committee on Science held a joint hearing on ``The Year 2000 Computer 
Problem: Did the World Overreact and What Did We Learn?'' Testimony was 
heard from John Koskinen, Chair, President's Council on Year 2000 
Conversion; Charles Rossotti, Commissioner, IRS, Department of the 
Treasury; Fernando Burbano, Chief Information Officer, Department of 
State; Joel Willemssen, Director, Civil Agencies Information Systems, 
GAO; and public witnesses.
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE--PENALTY AND INTEREST PROVISIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing 
on Penalty and Interest Provisions in the Internal Revenue Code. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
the Treasury: Joseph M. Mikrut, Tax Legislative Counsel; and W. Val 
Oveson, National Taxpayer Advocate; Lindy Paull, Chief of Staff, Joint 
Committee on Taxation; and public witnesses.