[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 32 (Tuesday, March 21, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D234-D236]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a 
hearing on Food Safety and Inspection Service. Testimony was heard from 
Catherine Wotecki, Under Secretary, Agriculture, Food Safety, USDA.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia 
held a hearing on DC Public Schools (including Charter Schools). 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the District of 
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority: 
Alice M. Rivlin, Chair; and Constance B. Newman, Vice Chair; and the 
following officials of schools of the District of Columbia: Arlene 
Ackerman, Superintendent; Josephine Baker, Chair, DC Public Charter 
School Board; and Malcolm Peabody, Chair, PC Public Charter School 
Coalition.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development held a hearing on Department of Energy-Nuclear Waste 
Management and Disposal. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Energy: Carolyn L. Huntoon, Assistant 
Secretary, Environmental Management; and Ivan Itkin, Office of Civilian 
Radioactive Waste Management.

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LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
VA, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies held a hearing on Consumer Product Safety Commission and the 
Consumer Information Center. Testimony was heard from Anne Brown, 
Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission; and Teresa N. Nasif, 
Director, Federal Consumer Information Center.
DEFENSE PROGRAMS--ENERGY DEPARTMENT BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Procurement held 
a hearing on the Department of Energy Fiscal Year 2001 Budget request 
(defense programs) and related matters. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Energy: T. J. Glauthier, 
Deputy Secretary; Carolyn L. Huntoon, Assistant Secretary, 
Environmental Management; Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Gioconda, USAF, Acting 
Deputy Administrator, Defense Programs and Rose E. Gottemoeller, Acting 
Deputy Administrator, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, both with the 
National Nuclear Security Administration.
MARGIN LENDING
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic 
and International Monetary Policy held a hearing on Margin Lending. 
Testimony was heard from Senator Schumer; and public witnesses.
USDA'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AUDIT RESULTS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology held a hearing on ``Results of the 
Department of Agriculture's Fiscal Year 1999 Financial Statements 
Audit''. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: 
Roger Viadero, Inspector General; and Sally Thompson, Chief Financial 
Officer; and Linda Calbom, Director, Resources, Community, and Economic 
Development, Accounting and Financial Management Issues, Accounting and 
Information Management Division, GAO.
OVERSIGHT--PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held an 
oversight hearing on Private Property Rights and Telecommunications 
Policy. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY AMENDMENTS ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing one 
hour of debate in the House on S. 1287, Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments 
Act of 2000, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Commerce. The rule provides one 
motion to commit. Testimony was heard from Representatives Upton, 
Gibbons, Dingell, Markey, Traficant, Kucinich, and Berkley.
OIL PRICE REDUCTION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified open rule 
providing one hour of general debate on H.R. 3822, Oil Price Reduction 
Act of 2000, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on International Relations. The rule 
makes in order the Committee on International Relations amendment in 
the nature of a substitute now printed in the bill as an original bill 
for the purpose of amendment, modified by striking subsection 6(c). The 
rule provides that the bill should be open for amendment by section. 
The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the 
Congressional Record and pro forma amendments for the purpose of 
debate. The rule provides that each amendment printed in the 
Congressional Record may be offered only by the Member who caused it to 
be printed or his designee, and that each amendment 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 Gilman 
and Representatives Kasich, Shays, Hobson, Collins, Gejdenson, Markey, 
Sanders, Traficant, Baldacci, Larson and Inslee.
FEDERAL FUEL TAX REDUCTION--IMPACT ON TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Ground 
Transportation held a hearing on the Impact on Transportation Programs 
of Reducing the Federal Fuel Tax. Testimony was heard from Peter J. 
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Programs and Chief Financial Officer, Department of Transportation; and 
public witnesses.
TAX INCENTIVES--ASSIST DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing 
on Tax Incentives to Assist Distressed Communities. Testimony was heard 
from Jonathan Talisman, Acting Assistant Secretary, Tax Policy, 
Department of the Treasury; Xavier Romeu, Secretary, Department of 
Economic Development, Puerto Rico; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL IMAGERY AND MAPPING PROGRAM BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Fiscal Year 2001 National Imagery and Mapping Program 
Budget. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.