[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 53 (Wednesday, May 3, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D418-D420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative approved for 
full Committee action the Legislative Appropriations for fiscal year 
2001.
BANK RESERVES MODERNIZATION ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Held a hearing on H.R. 
4209, Bank Reserves Modernization Act of 2000. Testimony was heard from 
Laurence H. Meyer, member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; 
Gary Gensler, Under Secretary, Domestic Finance, Department of the 
Treasury; and public witnesses.
INTERNET MEASURES
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4202, 
Internet Services Promotion Act of 2000; and H.R. 1291, Internet Access 
Charge Prohibition Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from Representative 
Upton; and public witnesses.
OPEN SHOPS--21ST CENTURY WORKPLACE
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on Open Shops in the 21st Century 
Workplace. Testimony was heard from Representative Goodlatte; Mark 
Paschall, Representative, State of Colorado; and public witnesses.
FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT--WHITE COLLAR EXEMPTIONS--MODERN WORKPLACE
Committee on Education and the Workplace: Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections held a hearing on the Fair Labor Standards Act: White 
Collar Exemptions in the Modern Workplace. Testimony was heard from 
Cynthia M. Fagnoni, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security 
Issues, GAO; T. Michael Kerr, Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, 
Department of Labor; and public witnesses.
``MISSING WHITE HOUSE E-MAILS: MISMANAGEMENT OF SUBPOENAED RECORDS''
Committee on Government Reform: Continued hearings on ``White House E-
Mails: Mismanagement of Subpoenaed Records, Day Three''. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Office of Administration, 
Executive Office of the President: Michael

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Lyle, Director; and Karl Heissner, Branch Chief, Systems Integration 
and Development; and Robert Raben, Assistant Attorney, Legislative 
Affairs, Department of Justice.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
``MINIMAL PROGRESS''--IMPLEMENTING REFORMS TO PROTECT PEOPLE IN MEDICAL 
RESEARCH
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy and Human Resources held a hearing on ``Why Have Recommended 
Reforms to Protect People Who Participate in Medical Research Been 
Ignored?'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Health and Human Services: George Grob, Deputy Inspector 
General; William Raub, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Science Policy; Gary 
Ellis, Acting Director, Office of Protection from Research Risks; and 
Daniel Michels, Director of Enforcement, Office of Regulatory Affairs, 
FDA; and public witnesses.
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN--INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO END
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on International 
Efforts to End Discrimination Against Women. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Maloney of New York; Woolsey; and Morella; and Theresa 
Loar, Director, The President's Interagency Council on Women, 
Department of State.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held 
a hearing on the following bills: S. 439, to amend the National Forest 
and Public Lands of Nevada Enhancement Act of 1988 to adjust the 
boundary of the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; S. 1374, Jackson 
Multi-Agency Campus Act of 1999; H.R. 3657, to provide for the 
conveyance of a small parcel of public domain land in the San 
Bernardino National Forest in the State of California; H.R. 3817, to 
redesignate the Big South Trail in the Comanche Park Wilderness Area of 
Roosevelt National Forest in Colorado as the ``Jaryd Atadero Legacy 
Trail''; and H.R. 4226, Black Hills National Forest and Rocky Mountain 
Research Station Improvement Act. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Bryan, Gibbons, Cubin, Thune, Tancredo and Bono; and 
James R. Furnish, Deputy Chief, Forest Service, USDA.
WAIVING TWO-THIRDS REQUIREMENT FOR SAME DAY CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION 
REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving clause 6(a) 
of rule XIII (requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the 
same day it is reported from the Rules Committee) against certain 
resolutions reported from the Rules Committee. The rule applies the 
waiver to a special rule reported on or before May 4, 2000, providing 
for consideration or disposition of a conference report to accompany 
the bill (H.R. 434) to authorize a new trade and investment policy for 
sub-Sahara Africa, or any amendment reported in disagreement from a 
conference thereon.
OVERSIGHT--OCEAN SHIPPING REFORM ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation held an oversight hearing on the 
Ocean Shipping Reform Act. Testimony was heard from Harold J. Creel, 
Jr., Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission; Capt. Jon S. Helmick, U.S. 
Maritime Service, Director, Logistics and Intermodal Transportation 
Program, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Maritime Administration, 
Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
U.S.-CHINA BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT--ACCESSION OF CHINA TO THE WTO
Committee on Ways and Means: Concluded hearings on the U.S.-China 
Bilateral Trade Agreement and the Accession of China to the WTO. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Wolf; Lawrence H. Summers, 
Secretary of the Treasury; Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture; 
William M. Daley, Secretary of Commerce; Ambassador Charlene 
Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative; Elliott Abrams, Commissioner, 
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom; Robert E. 
Rubin, former Secretary of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
IRAQ
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Iraq. Testimony was heard from departmental 
witnesses.

Joint Meetings
IRS REFORM
Joint Committee on Taxation: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the strategic plans and fiscal year 2001 budget of the Internal Revenue 
Service, focusing on the progress and problems in implementing the IRS 
Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, after receiving testimony from 
Charles O. Rossotti, Commissioner, and W. Val Oveson, National Taxpayer 
Advocate, both of the Internal Revenue Service, and David C. Williams, 
Inspector General for Tax Administration, all of the Department

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of the Treasury; and James R. White, Director, Tax Policy and 
Administration Issues, General Government Division, General Accounting 
Office.