[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 10 (Tuesday, February 8, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D63-D64]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education held a hearing on the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and the Health Care Financing Administration. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and 
Human Services: Donna E. Shalala, Secretary; and Nancy Ann DeParle, 
Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration.
DEFENSE BUDGET ADEQUACY
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the adequacy of the 
defense budget. Testimony was heard from the following former 
Secretaries of Defense: James R. Schlesinger; and William J. Perry; and 
public witnesses.
RECENT BANK FAILURES
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Held a hearing on Recent 
Bank Failures; Underlying Factors including Subprime Lending, Asset 
Securitizations, and Fraud; Regulatory Initiatives; and H.R. 3374, 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Examination Enhancement and 
Insurance Fund Protection Act. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of the Treasury: John D. Hawke, Jr., 
Comptroller of the Currency; and Ellen Seidman, Director, Office of 
Thrift Supervision; Donna Tanoue, Chairman, FDIC; and Laurence H. 
Meyer, member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Administration's Budget 
for Fiscal Year 2001. Testimony was heard from Jacob J. Lew, Director, 
OMB.
OVERSIGHT--2000 CENSUS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on the Census held an 
oversight hearing on the 2000 Census: Examining the Status of Key 
Census 2000 Operations. Testimony was heard from Kenneth

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Prewitt, Director, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife, and Oceans held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3331, 
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Conservation Act of 1999; H.R. 3390, 
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Conservation Act of 1999; and H.R. 
3516, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act to prohibit pelagic longline fishing in the exclusive economic zone 
in the Atlantic Ocean. Testimony was heard from Representative Goss; 
Penelope Dalton, Assistant Administrator, Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule on H.R. 2086, 
Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act, 
providing one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by 
the chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Science. The rule 
provides that it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for 
the purpose of amendment the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Science now printed in the bill, 
modified by striking section 8. The rule provides that the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute, as modified, shall be open for amendment by 
section. 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 and provides that those 
amendments shall be considered as read. 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 Sensenbrenner and Representative Hall of Texas.
MARRIAGE TAX PENALTY RELIEF ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule on H.R. 
6, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Act of 2000, providing two hours of 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means. The rule waives all 
points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule provides 
that the amendment recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now 
printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted upon adoption of the 
resolution. The rule provides for consideration of the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute, printed in the report accompanying the 
resolution, if offered by Representative Rangel or his designee which 
shall be considered as read and shall be separately debatable for one 
hour equally divided between the proponent and an opponent. The rule 
waives all points of order against consideration of the amendment 
printed in the report. Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman Archer and Representatives Weller and Rangel.
OUTCOME--SEATTLE WTO MINISTERIAL
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on 
the outcome of the World Trade Organization Ministerial held in 
Seattle. Testimony was heard from Representatives Lewis of Georgia, 
Weller and Waters; Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative; 
Susan Westin, Associate Director, International Relations and Trade, 
GAO; and public witnesses.