[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 28, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D275-D276]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development held a hearing on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Army, 
Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. Joe N. Ballard, USA, Commanding 
General; and Maj. Gen. Hans A. Van Winkle, USA, both with the Corps of 
Engineers; and Joseph Westphal, Assistant Secretary.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held an oversight 
hearing on Forest Service Research. Testimony was heard from Robert L. 
Lewis, Deputy Chief, Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, held a hearing on Departmental Management 
Panel and Inspectors General Panel and on the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting and the National Labor Relations Board. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy: Frank 
S. Holleman, Deputy Secretary; and Lorraine Lewis, Inspector General; 
the following officials of the Department of Labor: Patricia W. 
Lattimore, Assistant Secretary, Administration and Management; and 
Patricia A. Dalton, Acting Inspector General; the following officials 
of the Department of Health and Human Services: John J. Callahan, 
Assistant Secretary, Management and Budget; and June Gibbs Brown, 
Inspector General; the following officials of the SSA: William A. 
Halter, Deputy Commissioner; and James G. Huse, Jr., Inspector General; 
the following officials of the Railroad Retirement Board: Kenneth P. 
Boehne, Chief Financial Officer; and Martin J. Dickman, Inspector 
General; Robert T. Coonrod, President and CEO, Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting; and John C. Truesdale, Chairman, NLRB.
TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government held a hearing on Office of Management and 
Budget, and on National Archives. Testimony was heard from Jacob J. 
Lew, Director, OMB; and John W. Carlin, Archivist, National Archives 
and Records Administration.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies held a hearing on Selective Service System, on Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, and on National Credit Union 
Association. Testimony was heard from Gil Coronado, Director, Selective 
Service System; Neal Lane, Director, Office of Science and Technology 
Policy; and Norman E. D'Amours, Chairman, National Credit Union 
Association.
MONEY PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION
Committee on Banking and Finance: Subcommittee on Domestic and 
International Monetary Policy held a hearing on the Production and 
Protection of Money. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of the Treasury: Thomas A. Ferguson, Director, Bureau 
of Engraving and Printing; Bruce Townsend, Counterfeiting Head, U.S. 
Secret Service; and John Mitchell, Deputy Director, U.S. Mint; Louise 
Roseman, Director, Operations and Payments Systems, Federal Reserve 
Banks, Federal Reserve System; and Philip Diehl, former Director, U.S. 
Mint, Department of the Treasury.
TEAMSTERS--ONE YEAR AFTER ELECTING JAMES P. HOFFA
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on ``The International Brotherhood of 
Teamsters One Year After the Election of James P. Hoffa''. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the International Brotherhood 
of Teamsters: James P. Hoffa, President; Patrick Szymanski, General 
Counsel; and Edward Steir, Consultant.
MUNITIONS LIST EXPORT LICENSING
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on Munitions List 
Export Licensing Issues. Testimony was heard from John D. Holum, Senior 
Advisor, Arms Control and International Security, Department of State.
ABANDONED MINE RESTORATION ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources 
held a hearing on H.R. 2753, Abandoned Mine Restoration Act of 1999. 
Testimony was heard from Charles R. Smith, Assistant, Environment and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary, Civil Works, 
Department of the Army, Department of Defense; Alan Coyner, 
Administrator, Division of Minerals, State of Nevada; and public 
witnesses.

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NOAA/NMFS BUDGET REQUEST OVERSIGHT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans, held an oversight hearing on the Administration's 
Budget Request for NOAA/NMFS for Fiscal Year 2001. Testimony was heard 
from D. James Baker, Under Secretary, Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA, 
Department of Commerce.
OVERSIGHT--CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES 
CONFERENCE
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans held an oversight hearing on the Eleventh Meeting 
of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International 
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Testimony was 
heard from Don Barry, Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, 
Department of the Interior.
DILLONWOOD GIANT SEQUOIA GROVE EXPANSION ACT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held 
a hearing on H.R. 4021, Dillonwood Giant Sequoia Grove Park Expansion 
Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Radanovich, Thomas and 
Dooley of California; and Randle G. Phillips, Deputy Chief, Programs 
and Legislation, Forest Service, USDA.
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule on H.R. 3908, 
making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2000, providing one hour of general debate equally divided between 
the Chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations. 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 2 of rule XXI 
(prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in a 
general appropriations bill) except as specified in the rule. The rule 
provides, prior to the consideration of any other amendment, for 
consideration of the amendments printed in Part A of the Rules 
Committee report which may be offered only in the order printed in the 
report. The rule provides for consideration of the amendments printed 
in Part B of the Report which may be offered only at the appropriate 
point in the reading of the bill. The rule provides that amendments 
printed in the Rules Committee 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, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the 
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives 
all points of order against the amendments printed in the Rules 
Committee report. Testimony was heard from Chairman Young of Florida, 
Lewis of California, Goodling, Bereuter, Kasich, Shays, Weldon of 
Pennsylvania, Ramstad, Campbell, Camp, Bachus, Smith of Michigan, 
Hoekstra, Largent, Sanford, Hutchinson, Schaffer, Isakson, Obey, 
Murtha, Hoyer, Kaptur, Pelosi, DeLauro, Hinchey, Farr, Frank of 
Massachusetts, Sawyer, Taylor of Mississippi, Waters, Stupak, Wynn, 
Delahunt, and Wu.
BRIDGING THE TECHNOLOGICAL GAP: COMBATING DIGITAL DIVIDE
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Empowerment held a hearing 
on Bridging the Technological Gap: Initiatives to Combat the Digital 
Divide. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
2000 RETURN FILING SEASON AND IRS FY 2001 BUDGET
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing 
on the 2000 Tax Return Filing Season and the IRS Budget for Fiscal Year 
2001. Testimony was heard from Charles O. Rossotti, Commissioner, IRS, 
Department of the Treasury; James R. White. Director, Tax Policy and 
Administration Issues, General Government Division, GAO; and public 
witnesses.
NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE PROGRAM BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on National Reconnaissance Program Budget (NRO, etc.) 
Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.